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Projects Supported Community and Recreational Projects Vocational and Educational Projects National and International Projects
Community and Recreational Projects
The Kings County Kids Opportunity Funding Network
The RCoW provided financial support to several local elementary schools for the
purchase of personal sports equipment (e.g., shoes, helmets, etc.)
for disadvantaged children who would otherwise not be able to participate in
school sports or recreational activities. 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.
The RCoW provided financial support to this national charity through member
participation at the Dick Parker Curl for Cancer fund raising event. Stile Park/Fred Elderkin Nature Trail 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: 1) developing on-going
arts-based programs to children and teens with special needs, 2)
providing resources for those working with special needs populations, 3)
organization of workshops and sponsoring of special guest speakers on topics of interest,
4) producing instructional materials such as videos, manuals and brochures, and
5) promoting the inclusion of people with special needs into their
communities. The
Wolfville School Environment and Playground Committee
Vocational and Educational Projects In the past year, the following projects were supported by the Rotary Club of Wolfville to further the vocational and educational goals of deserving individuals in our community.
Horton High School, Northeast Kings Education Centre & Landmark East Graduate 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 $177,250 to 132 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. This year, the Rotary Club of Wolfville will be holding its
24th consecutive Rotary Achievement Awards competition. In 2007, three awards of $2500, $2500, and $1250 were made. View list of past recipients. To download the application form for this award directly from this website, click on the following hyperlink '2008 application form', then select 'File/Save As' to store the document on your computer. You may then print out this document when convenient.
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 2003, the prize was awarded to Colin Zwicker.
Each year, the RCoW sends an outstanding senior high school student, 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 enters its 52nd consecutive year. It exposes 220 student leaders each year to our identity, shared values, the implications of the freedoms we all enjoy. It examines our history of tolerance and the search for compromises to bridge our differences. The obligation to be ethical and fair in all relationships is also considered. The implications of the fact that most of us are either immigrants or descendants of immigrants to this land is explored, and the program illustrates how the most important attributes of citizenship are determined by Canadians individually and collectively.
Each year, the RCoW supports an outstanding high school student to attend the week-long 'Forum for Young Canadians' on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to learn first hand how government works. This programme was created by the Foundation for the Study of Processes of Government in Canada, a non-profit, non-partisan agency, incorporated in 1975. Cabinet ministers, senators, members of Parliament, the judiciary, senior public servants, press representatives, minority groups and business and labour leaders contribute to the programme, making it a rich and varied experience.
Historical Contributions:
Horton High School Music Program The RCoW donated funds in 2001 toward the purchase of a concert grand piano for the high school music and drama program.
The RCoW donated funds in 2001 toward construction of a new
wheelchair-accessible front entrance for
Canada's premier international school for children with learning disabilities and
Attention Deficit Disorder.
Horton High School 'Safe Graduation' Program The HHS 'Safe Grad Committee', formed to ensure a safe graduation party and evening for all participants, has for several years sold RCoW Apple Blossom Festival Duck Race tickets, in exchange for a share of the revenue from the Duck Race, to support their safety initiative.
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.
Angola Agriculture Project
Status: Project Completed
Last year our club
provided support for an agriculture project. This year we were asked to help
purchase furniture for the Essukula Health Centre.
Unfortunately the Health Centre has not been completed, but the $1600 grant
purchased 40 new mattresses that will provide a comfortable ward, where straw
mats on a concrete floor might have otherwise been used.
Our club continues supporting three students from the following countries -
Haiti, Ecuador and El Salvador. We receive routine correspondence from each and
hold our breath when natural or political problems are reported in the media.
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
Water Project in Nigeria
 L-R: Roy Brideau (Wolfville SAO), James Laceby (donor), Neil Burgess (RofW Int Svcs Director), Maureen Kendall (spouse of Dick Kendall for whom project is dedicated), Robert Stead (Wolfville Mayor), Sean Laceby (donor and PHF), Michael Laceby (donor and PHF).
Humanitarian Project -
Nigeria
HIV/AIDS
In August of 2005, Tracey Thorne, a medical student at Dalhouse University,
approached the club for assistance towards her trip and/or medical supplies as
part of the Medical Humanities Program at Dalhousie.
Ikhwezi Lokusa Wellness
Centre
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.
Rotaract
Literacy Project
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 Geordie Slipp, who will be heading to
Ecuador this summer.
Tsunami Relief
Emergency Relief Fund
World Community Services
Rotary Foundation, Annual Programs Fund
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