Rotary Club of Abbotsford Presents Three Community Charities with Funding
(Abbotsford, BC) – The Rotary Club of Abbotsford presented today three community charities with funding to help support their local programs. As a result of the Rotary Club’s very successful Million Dollar Hole-in-One event held this past June the first group of charities will receive proceeds from this event. The event raised $85,000 over eight days with the thanks to many sponsors, donors, volunteers and participants.
The first group of
charities to benefit from event proceeds includes the Abbotsford Youth
Commission, the Centre of Epilepsy and the Abbotsford Food Bank.
The Abbotsford
Youth Commission received $3,590 to fund their “The Integrity Project (TIPS)”
that provides funds for fifty local youth to explore what it means to live with
integrity through youth led and youth driven projects. The projects will serve
more than 400 local youth over the coming year.
The Centre of
Epilepsy received $1,375 to send two of their clients to a specialized summer
camp experience at Camp Zajac this year. The camp is for children and young
adults with chronic, life-threating and/or debilitating conditions. These experiences
give participants the opportunity to explore the outdoors while developing
great social and environmental awareness and self-confidence.
The Abbotsford
Food Bank received $3,700 to fund and
assist in the creation of Satellite Food Banks, bringing the services of the
Abbotsford Food Bank into the neighborhoods and local communities where need is
the highest. This will provide greater access and convenience for existing food
bank clients, and funding is being directed to those neighborhoods where the
current Rotary Blessings in a Backpack program is being most heavily used by
elementary schools.
Rotary Club President
Hugh Ellis said, “on behalf of club members I want to thank everyone involved
in making today’s funding opportunities possible and wish to acknowledge the
amazing work and care all three charities provide to people in our community.”
Hugh goes on to say, “When we work together like a fine-tuned symphony, we can
make great music together and that music is helping others.”
The Rotary Club of
Abbotsford wishes to thank all of our Hole-in-One event sponsors: Matsqui
Development Co. Ltd., Traveland RV, BerryHill, the Abbotsford News, Canadian
Western Bank, Star 98.3, 107.1 Country, Sunnyside Greenhouses, FraserGlen Golf
Course, Envision Financial, Abbotsford Duty Free, Prospera Credit Union, DHM,
Magnuson Ford, MountainView Harley-Davidson, Sandman Hotel and Suites,
Clearbridge, Unitex, Badesha & Narang, Abbotsford International Airshow and
Dignity Memorial.
(L-R) Dave Murray, Abbotsford Food Bank; Shona Brown, Centre of Epilepsy; Bev Olfert, Abbotsford Youth Commission; and Club President, Hugh Ellis