Who We Help
Whether close to home or in communities across the globe, our club supports many initiatives to contribute to a better world.
Projects Sidney by the Sea Rotary has supported and funded over the years:
*indicates continued funding/support to the present.
Community Projects
Related to Youth:
- Scholarships for graduates of Parkland, Stelly’s and Claremont high schools*
- Foundation and bursaries for Camosun College students (since 2007)*
- Sea and Air Cadets*
- International Student Exchange program
- Adventures in Citizenship*
- Rotary Youth Leadership Assembly
- Panorama Play in the Park
- Parkland, Stelly’s & Sidney Elementary PAC’s
- North Saanich Free Ride Bicycle Park (2012/2013)
- Water Spray Park in Iroquois park (2011/2012)
- Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association
- Jeneece Place
- Peninsula Scout Groups
- ORCCA Dental Clinic (2014/2015 funded autoclave + ongoing support)*
- Food Exchange program at Sidney Elementary School*
- 1000×5 Literacy Program*
- Youth Clinic at Shoreline Medical
- Boys and Girls clubs
Related to the Environment:
- Peninsula Streams Society, educational initiatives and beach clean ups*
- Rugged Coast Research Society (Salish Sea ocean clean ups)
- Surfrider Conservation Society (beach clean ups)
- Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea, environmental education*
- Victoria Food Rescue Project*
- CRD Regional Parks ecosystem restoration *
- RotaryGreening the Future Ghana
Other:
- Sidney Food Bank
- Service dogs for the blind and PTSD
- Victoria Epilepsy and Parkinson’s Centre (2015/2016)
- Our Place Society breakfasts
- Mary Winspear Centre Society (audio-visual equipment)
- Town of Sidney Maintenance Shop (purchased an AED for the shop)
- Beacon Services, Shoal Centre (bursaries for those who cannot afford membership) *
- Greater Victoria Women’s Shelter, Sidney site
- Compassionate Resource Warehouse
- Mount Newton Centre
- Saanich Peninsula Hospital and Health Care Foundation
- Shoreline Medical Clinic
- Cycling Without Age, Saanich Peninsula ( most recent 2024)
- ArtSea Community Arts Council
- Sidney Museum and Archives Society
International Projects
- 2009/2010 Lages, Brazil, Seara do Bem Children’s Hospital. Intensive Care equipment (US$18,000).
- 2010/2011 Malawi Atsikana Pa Ulendo Girl’s School. Kitchen equipment (US$8,249), water expansion and solar power system.
- 2011/2012 Menge Hospital, Uganda Container Project with Compassionate Resources Warehouse (US$13,500)
- 2012/2013 Mercy Ships. Conakry, Guinea, Specialized training for facial surgeon and operating room equipment, (US$105,000)
- 2013/2014 Amorok Society. Startup of a new School in Bangladesh (US$10,000)
- World Wide Polio eradication – *ongoing
- Malawi Atsikana Pa Ulendo Girl’s School, annual funding for students in partnership with Thrive Malawi
- ShelterBox, annual funding for disaster relief ($2000/annum over the last few years)
- 2022 Sewing Seeds, teaching sewing to community women in Guatemala
- 2023 RACHEL education support project in Guatemala, providing refurbished computers for the project in partnership with another island Rotary club
- 2023 ESRAG Clean Cooking project, Aqua Fria, Queretaro state, Mexico, partnered with clubs in Districts 5020 and 6330