The Rotaractors of District 5040 headed into 2018 with a busy schedule, and exciting news on many levels! We are proud to announce, that the redesigned Rotaract5040.org website has gone live! There are a few more updates in the works, specifically regarding PACE and its application process. Information about the RYLA sponsorship for Rotaractors and past-RYLArians has been distributed. We are very excited for the opportunity! Continuing reading to read Club updates and exiting events you do not want to miss.
Rotaract Vancouver Young Professionals had a very successful “Paper Cranes for Peace”-event last Saturday, where over 100 paper cranes have been made. The paper cranes will be sent to Hiroshima, and shown in front of the Children´s Peace Monument at the Peace Memorial Park in conjunction with the Rotary International Presidential Peace Conference in March. There will be a Super Bowl Party/Food Drive on February 4th(for more details please see: https://www.facebook.com/events/1986637311351849/), as well as a Burger, Beer and Trivia Night on February 8th(for more details, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/163416474279816/) .
Rotaract Burnaby had it´s first Community Dinner in 2018 at the Burnaby Neighbourhood House on January 21st. Rotary District Governor Do Evans and his wife Deb joined and helped them to feed 35 guests with homemade Chili! In last month´s Christmas Bake sale they raised 900 Dollars, which will be donated to the Burnaby Neighbourhood House, as well as to an international volunteer trip to Guatemala.
Rotaract Yaletown has currently raised $1200 of their $1500 goal to donate to Project Techo, a housing project in El Salvador reflecting the lack of decent housing. We are very excited as this is the first time the club has been able to manage this feat. In the planning stages are a Valentines fundraiser and a St. Patricks Day fundraiser in which they plan to surpass that goal and donate the funds accordingly.
Rotaract New Westminster is working on their international event right now. Currently they are holding a book drive to donate to the organization Books for Africa. They are also planning a fundraiser which will happen on March 5th at the Cactus Club on Byrne road. This fundraiser will be a dinner with a silent auction meant to raise money for the organizations Books for Africa and the Malala Fund.
Rotaract North Shore will volunteer with the Harvest Project on February 17th from 10am to 2pm, where they will either be preparing lunches or sorting items at the warehouse. They will also be having a Board Games Night Fundraiser on February 2nd.
Rotaract Richmond started their volunteering at the Richmond Food Bank , where they are helping with food distribution. They also had two snowshoeing socials.
The Rotaractors of District 5040 headed into 2018 with a busy schedule, and exciting news on many levels!
We are proud to announce, that the redesigned Rotaract5040.org website has gone live! There are a few more updates in the works, specifically regarding PACE and its application process.
Information about the RYLA sponsorship for Rotaractors and past-RYLArians has been distributed. We are very excited for the opportunity!
We are working on developing a PR Strategy to take advantage of World Rotaract Week (March 12-18) to promote Rotaract to our District and the world. With it being the 50th Anniversary for Rotaract it is great time to promote! If you have helpful contacts and relations to local radio stations, news papers or other media channels, which provide a fitting format for promoting Rotaract, we would appreciate to hear from you! Please message our District PR chair (email: carina.dietze@gmail.com).
Our idea of having a gala to celebrate the 50th Anniversary has been scaled back and combined with our annual Installation Dinner. Please save the date: May 12th - more details will follow soon.
We are working with District 5050 Rotaractors to hold a joint event, the tentative date would be April 21st. Since the size of our district gives us rare opportunities to connect and work together with other district, we decided that an evening of networking and connecting with our District-“neighbours” would be a great opportunity to build new platforms for future cooperations!
Last but not least there is an upcoming District Rotaract Skating Social on February 17th at 3pm at Minoru Arena, to which we would like to invite all Rotarians to! We hope to see you there! For further information please check out the event page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/161150064519691/