Rotary Club of Wolfville
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Rotary Club of Wolfville Nova Scotia, Canada |
    
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Projects Supported Community and Recreational Projects Vocational and Educational Projects National and International Projects Community and Recreational Projects Community Service Projects 2008/09 Donations:
Community Service action - Events Supported (non-financial)
The Flower Cart The RCoW provided financial support to the Flower Cart, a vocational training and service provider for adults labeled as mentally handicapped dedicated to helping their clients become fulfilled and creative members of the workforce. The Wolfville Area Inter-Church Council The RCoW provided financial support to the WAICC to help maintain two food programs providing assistance to needy over 100 families. The council minimizes the administrative expenses by distributing food vouchers redeemable at local stores, saving the costs of transporting and storing foodstuffs. This method gives the assisted families some choice in the selection of food items, as well as being supportive of local businesses. Appeals for help are approved on the advice of social workers, health care professionals and clergy. Stile Park/Fred Elderkin Nature Trail/Quiet Park and Rotary Field The RCoW purchased, built and maintains the 15 acre Stile Park, located on 'The Ridge' above Wolfville. Picnic tables, barbeques, outhouses and an 1100 m long nature trail built to provincial/national standards (with benches and interpretive nature signs) are recent additions to the facilities. The park overlooks the beautiful Gaspereau Valley. Historical Contributions: The Wolfville Skateboard Park In 2001, the RCoW supported development of a skateboard park across from Willow Park after the town passed a skateboarding by-law prohibiting skateboarding on public sidewalks. This project provides teenage youth to participate in this recreational activity in a safe manner. The Alexandra Society for Special Needs The RCoW has provided financial support to the ASfSN for:
The Wolfville School Environment and Playground Committee In 2001, the RCoW has provided financial support to construct a new playground on the facility. Vocational and Educational Projects Each year, the Rotary Club of Wolfville undertakes a number of initiatives to further the vocational and educational goals of deserving individuals in our community Student Achievement Awards
In 1985, the Rotary Club of Wolfville celebrated their 50th anniversary.
To commemorate this event, they initiated their Rotary Achievement Award
program. These scholar bursaries are awarded to local high school students from
Horton High School, Northeast Kings Education Centre and Landmark East School
who will be enrolled in a tertiary education program in the following year.
Since its inception, the club has disbursed over $186,000 to 135 students with
financial need. These awards have been made to students who are leaders in their
respective schools in academic achievement, extra-curricular activities and
community service. Monies raised from the Rotary Club of Wolfville's annual
Celebrity Chefs Dinner are used to support these awards. The Rotary Club of Wolfville
would like to thank all of those who contributed to this past year's very successful
'Caribbean Cuisine' event and to invite you to join us again this year.
Potential applicants wishing to download the RCoW Student Achievement Award application form directly from this website, click on the following hyperlink '2010 application form in Word .doc format' , then select 'File/Save As' to store the document on your computer. You may then print out this document when convenient. Alternatively, you may select '2010 application form in a pdf format' Rotary Club of Wolfville-Acadia University Award
In 2008, the Rotary Club of Wolfville decided to initiate a new scholarship program. They partnered with
Acadia University to create a 4-year, renewable $4000 per year scholarship at Acadia University for a worthy student
from the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board. Like the Student Achievement Awards, monies raised from the
Rotary Club of Wolfville's annual Celebrity Chefs Dinner are used to support these awards. The Rotary Club of Wolfville
would like to thank all of those who contributed to this past year's very successful 'Caribbean Cuisine' event and to
invite you to join us again this year.
Rupert MacNeill Book Prize This cash award, made in honour of long-time RCoW member Rupert MacNeill and former Geology Professor, is made to a worthy student within the Geology Department of Acadia University to pay for textbooks in the upcoming year. In 2008, the prize was awarded to Environmental Science student, Majur Bior, Acadia's World University Service of Canada 'refugee student' from Sudan. View list of past Rupert McNeill Book Prize recipients. Adventures in Citizenship Go to their site
Each year, the RCoW sends an outstanding student from Horton High School or Northeast Kings Education Centre
with excellent potential to become a community leader, to participate to a four-day citizenship program in our
nation's capitol. The program is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Ottawa, and the Rotary Club of Wolfville has been
participating in this event since its inception in 1950.
Food for Thought The RCoW has partnered with the Rotary Club of New Minas Sunrise and local elementary schools to raise money through a raffle to allow the school's breakfast and lunch programs to provide nutritious meals to disadvantaged students. This year, this program raised $16,500, which was distributed to 5 elementary schools and one middle school in the Annapolis Valley. Thanks to the New Minas Atlantic Superstore and Walmart, and the Wolfville Farmers Market for their prize contributions this year.
Acadia Rotaract Club
In 2006, the Rotary Club of Wolfville sponsored the first Rotaract Club at Acadia University, a group of young adults whose dedication to charitable causes reflects a true 'Rotary spirit'. This year, the club has been active in assisting the RCoW in their 'Food for Thought' fundraiser, undertook their own Christmas basket raffle to raise money to Christmas gifts and dinner for a local disadvantaged family, established an after-school 'Book in the Nook' reading program for kids at the Wolfville Public Library, served as volunteer ushers at the Fezziwig Community Christmas Play, aired 'Gossip Girl' at the Irving Centre each week to raise funds for their charitable causes, and co-sponsored airing of the film, "The Final Inch", about Rotary International's polio eradication program. Junior Achievement The RCoW has historically participated in Junior Achievement programs at our local Horton High School. This year, the RCoW will be presenting the one-day "Economics of Staying in School" JA curriculum to students at risk of dropping out of high school. National and International Projects In addition to its efforts locally, the Rotary Club of Wolfville is also engaged in projects throughout the world.Some of the projects for which we have provided funding are described below. Seniors Daycare Centre in llha Solteira, Brazil $1,500 (Donated by Frank Maxwell) our Club’s contribution for a matching grant project to purchase Solar-Heating Equipment for a Seniors Daycare Centre in llha Solteira near Sao Paulo, Brazil. The genesis was the Group Study Exchange that preceded this initiative (our Club rep and host to four of the visiting Brazilians was Frank Maxwell). The project was a joint venture with the Rotary Club of Ilha Solteira : a city of 30,000 people, where we provided the first level of matching-grant funds for solar heating equipment in a new daycare centre for destitute seniors. This equipment will be used to supply the centre with hot water, and it's installation was completed last month. The attached photo shows this, along with the Brazilian Rotary folks involved. The project manager for the entire daycare project was also present.
The daycare centre itself is expected to be completed in December 2009, at an overall cost of about $400,000 Cdn. It will provide single and double rest rooms, a craft room, a physiotherapy room, medical services and noon-time meals. We toured this partially completed facility when we were there last December, and met all of the people in the attached photo...plus the local press. Students Supported for International Work
PolioPlus Go to their site Since 1985, Rotarians worldwide have raised US $240 million to immunize the children of the world; by 2005, Rotary's centenary year and the target date for the certification of a polio-free world, the PolioPlus program will have contributed US$500 million to this cause. In addition, Rotary has provided an army of volunteers to promote and assist at national immunization days in polio-endemic countries around the world. The Rotary Club of Wolfville makes annual donations to Polio Plus.
Contributions made in honour of each
guest speaker are being made under the Annual Program Fund.
Niger Project
PaulHarris Fellow Named in honour of Rotary’s founder, the Rotary Club of Wolfville bestows these fellowships upon individuals who have served our community in exemplary ways (not just Rotarians). A $1000 US donation to the Rotary Foundation is made to honour each recipient.
This year we budgeted for a Paul Harris
Fellow, but with a credit from last year, and two more coming as a result of the
club's contribution to the Annual Programs Fund, we decided this amount should
be pushed into the new FY.
Support to Acadia WUSC
Rotary Student Exchange
Through Rotary Club of Wolfville sponsorship, senior high school students from around the world have the opportunity to experience living in the lovely Annapolis Valley with host families in our community and studying at a local high school for a year. Local high school students have an opportunity to experience living and studying abroad for a year. Our club is once again participating in
this program. Our Outbound student is Patricia Bishop, who will be heading to
Ecuador this summer.
In the new FY, we have inbound student Charles Beltaire from France.
Emergency Relief Fund
World Community Services
Rotary Foundation, Annual Programs Fund
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