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*
- 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)
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
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*
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)
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