 "Duck in a Truck" Ticket Lottery All Proceeds in Support of the Sea to Sky Community Hospice Facility. Help us realize the dream of a dedicated space for end of life care. Tickets $20 - only 2000 total Get your lucky Duck Number - - from a Rotarian. - at the Squamish Street Market June 17, July 15, August 12. - on Canada Day July 1. Prizes 1st: - $10,000 Cash 2nd:- Golf Package for Four ($2,328) 3rd:- $1000 Bike Package 4th:- Annual Family Pass Sea to Sky Gondola ($349) 5th:- Salted Vine 4-course Menu for Four ($200) draw on August 12th, 2pm, Pavilion Park, Squamish |
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Howe Sound Inn & Brew Pub
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Squamish, BC V8B 0A7
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On a beautiful sunny Sunday, Rotarians were “pitching-in” to help give our community a spring cleaning by removing garbage and litter from urban, rural and wilderness areas. Pitch-In Week, Canada’s largest environmental improvement campaign, runs from April 22-29, 2018. |
Squamish athlete Alex Cairns has been chosen to join Canada’s para-alpine ski team at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang. He’s expected to be competing in the giant slalom and slalom events. In 2013, the Rotary Club of Squamish helped to fund a sit-ski for Alex. Just look at him now.
Full story in the Squamish Chief.
In lieu of our regular meeting, Squamish Rotarians enjoyed a social evening and a traditional Japanese meal at the Oryzea Japanese restaurant in downtown Squamish.
At the conclusion of the Rotary Peacebuilding Conference in Vancouver, Rotary International President Ian Riseley planted a Ginkgo tree in the VanDusen Garden. This tree is a descendant of a ginkgo tree that survived the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 - a message of peace and hope for a nuclear-free world.
2017 saw significant progress in our campaign to eradicate polio from the world forever. We saw the fewest cases in history caused by the wild polio virus, Only 22 cases were confirmed worldwide in only two countries - Pakistan with 8, and Afghanistan with 14.
2018 will be a critical year for the polio eradication programme, and we will be strengthening efforts to reach all the vulnerable children and to find the places that the polio virus still lurks in the environment.
Polio Eradication remains Rotary's number one humanitarian priority, You can read the latest Polio Newsletter HERE.
 At our meeting on February 1st, Rotary member Max Saenger described what it takes to prepare a venue for the Olympic Biathlon. Max is the Course Technical Expert for the Biathlon at the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics. He was also the Venue Director for the biathlon at the 2010 Olympics in Whistler. |
 At the same meeting, the Squamish Rotary club received a cheque for $10,000 as a District Grant from the Rotary Foundation. This will go towards the new Squamish Hospice facility. |
We were delighted to have Krystle tenBrink and Michalina Hunter from Squamish CAN as our speakers today. They updated us on their activities and specifically about the Mamquam Edible Schoolyard Project (MESY). This wonderful project is now starting phase 2. See http://squamishcan.net/mesy/.
Make your own Christmas Centrepiece or Swag.
Rotary Club of Squamish in support of Squamish Hospice Society.
Sunday, December 17, 1:00pm.
Greg Gardner GM, 40310 Government Road.
RSVP to lyndarocha@live.com or text 250-639-6054.
Rotary Club of Squamish in support of Squamish Hospice Society.
Sunday, December 17, 1:00pm.
Greg Gardner GM, 40310 Government Road.
RSVP to lyndarocha@live.com or text 250-639-6054.
- Bring your favourite centrepiece container (some available for a fee).
- All greenery, ribbons, ornaments, and tools supplied.
- Hot beverages and sweets.
- Santa’s elves around to assist.
- Ready-made centrepieces available for purchase.
- $20 minimum donation.
All proceeds will go to the new Squamish Hospice Palliative Care Centre.
Our speakers this week were Judith Knapp and Wolfgang Pauli from the Eagle Watch Program. They gave a fascinating presentation on the bald eagles that come to the Squamish River every winter to feed on the spawning salmon. The program does an amazing job promoting eagle tourism, and environmental sustainability. Like many volunteer organisations, they are short of resources. If you would like to help by sponsoring the Eagle Watch Program, contact Judith Knapp.
Sachi Komura Rummmel was our guest at our recent meeting and shared her story. She was eight years old and living with her family in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945 when the atomic bomb “Little Boy” was dropped. Her father, aunt, and later mother died as a result. She is now an advocate for peace. You can watch a short youtube video HERE.
At our meeting on October 26th, we presented donations to support three organisations in Squamish.The Squamish Skating Club for its Annual Christmas Show. More information at squamishskatingclub.ca.
Cutting Barriers provides culinary training for individuals with barriers to employment. It is partnering with the Squamish Helping Hands Society and the Squamish Food Bank in the planned Under One Roof facility. More information at cuttingbarriers.org.
The Squamish Youth Resource Centre for equipment for its media room.
The Youth Centre provides Squamish youth with a safe place to drop in and hang out, daily activities, advocacy & support, someone to talk to confidentially. More information at squamishyouthcentre.
We are so close to achieving a polio-free world. For over 30 years Rotary and our partners have been leading the campaign to eradicate this terrible disease. Since 1985, the number of cases has dropped from 350,000 per year to less than 40 in 2016, and only 12 so far this year - in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Learn more at www.endpolio.org.
Squamish Rotary was a major sponsor of the annual Pumpkin Patch. The pumpkins were donated by Save-on-Foods and Rotarians & Interactors set up and ran the patch. Visitors could buy their pumpkins and join in games & activities. The proceeds go to Community Christmas Cares.
