Mailing address: PO Box 8025, Canmore, AB T1W 2T8
Lawrence Nyman | Email: canmorerotaryfoundation@gmail.com Phone: 403-707-8878
The Town of Canmore is offering a pick-up service for food waste from restaurants and other businesses.
The Rotary Club of Canmore has generously donated $3250 to subsidize the start-up cost for businesses wishing to participate in the program. The Town of Canmore would like to than the Rotary Club of Canmore for this donation, and their support of the hospitality sector during this challenging time for the industry.
How the subsidy works:
- The program will subsidize one food waste pick up per business, per week for a maximum of ten weeks from April 1 - June 30, 2021.
- A maximum of 32 businesses will be able to participate, on a first-come, first-served basis.
COVID-19 Press Release - May 5, 2020
The Canmore Rotary Club Charitable Foundation launched the Rotary COVID -19 Relief Fund back on March 21st, 2020 in response to this unprecedented public health emergency which has adversely affected so many of our local families, most of our business community and placed vulnerable populations at higher risk.
On April 9th, we teamed up with the Banff Canmore Community Foundation and the Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation to coordinate Bow Valley grantmaking. This collaboration provides a streamlined response for organizations in need. One online application avoids duplication of effort in grant writing. The Bow Valley Emergency Grant committee reviews applications weekly with decisions and funding usually completed within the week. The dollars just stretch further when we work together. Through on going consultation with local agencies, we continue to see, food security as the top priority. Some of the organizations that be been supported to date are: The Food Alliance, The Filipino Canadian Association, Bow Valley Learning Center and Bow Valley Specialized Transportation.
We invite charitable organizations and those partnered with a charitable organization TO APPLY at www.banffcanmore@org/in-this-together/
Although we are proudly working within coordinated effort of the Bow Valley Emergency Grant Committee, The Canmore Rotary Club Charitable Foundation (CRCCF) and the Rotary Club of Canmore (RCC) have funded other organizations independent of our collaboration with Banff Canmore Community Foundation (BCCF) and the Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation (Pauw). In mid-April CRCCF donated $5000.00 to the Bow Valley Food Bank and $5000.00 from RCC annual community grants was funded to Food and Friends. Food and Friends is now serving up to 400 meals per week out of the Iron Goat with other inkind donations from local business. Today CRCCF presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Primary Care Network and The Good Food Box for the provision of subsidies for low income families buying low-cost healthy food, fresh fruits and vegetables complimenting the predominantly processed foods available from other sources.
The CRCCF and RCC would like to thank everyone in the Bow Valley who has supported the Rotary COVID -19 Relief Fund. Without that support we simply could not do the work we are doing to support current circumstances in the Bow Valley. Thank you also to Banff Canmore Community Foundation and the Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation. This is a small group of well connected, community oriented and compassionate folks in the Bow Valley.
Bow Valley Foundations Team Up to Coordinate Funding in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
We are all in this together.
Rotary COVID-19 Relief Fund Announced
During this unprecedented public health emergency, many of our local families, businesses and those at risk in our community are being adversely affected.
Today, the Canmore Rotary Club Charitable Foundation (CRA Registration No. 86371-5520-RR0001) and Rotary Club of Canmore announce the launch of the Rotary COVID-19 Relief Fund.
Your local Canmore Rotary Club Charitable Foundation is currently accepting donations. COVID-19 is altering lives in our community now. We are in the process of assessing community needs. We will be collaborating with community organizations and agencies serving Canmore, MD of Bighorn, Kananaskis and Morley to determine where best to allocate funds received. Once we have determined community priorities, we will announce to the public.
Donations for the Rotary COVID-19 Relief Fund can be made online by using the blue donate button below or by cheque to the Canmore Rotary Club Charitable Foundation, P.O. Box 8025, Canmore, AB T1W 2T8. Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $25.00 or more when a mailing address is provided.
“Our local Rotary Club of Canmore is a group of more than 100 passionate individuals. We’re always looking for opportunities to make a difference here at home and around the world,” says Donna Potter, Chair of Canmore Rotary Club Charitable Foundation.
Applications Being Accepted Now!
2020 Event - Sunday May 3rd - Friday May 8th, 2020
Application Deadline: Friday, February 21, 2020
Saskatoon has been a leader in applying various modes of technology for decades. The University of Saskatchewan has been the incubator and Innovation Place is a natural extension of this. The five Rotary Clubs of Saskatoon jointly organize and host a maximum of 28 students from across Western Canada, including Manitoba and northern Ontario, who attend this not to be missed learning opportunity.
During their visit, students will tour an exciting array of some of Canada's most interesting corporations and research facilities including the University of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Light Source. These organizations offer tours, provide hands-on learning opportunities and informative lectures.
Students are also treated to the best in Saskatchewan hospitality. A varied social program promotes building friendships, goodwill and exercising leadership skills.
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