In the past five years (to summer, 2021) the Rotary Club of Victoria-Harbourside and the Harbourside Foundation have donated over $604,000 to organizations you see here.
Summer, 2021 $194,000 was awarded to the following:
- 1000X5 Children's Book Recycling Project Society - provide books for babies and preschoolers with a goal to have every child have a home library and have those books read to them 1000 times by the age of 5.
- 9-10 Club Serving Soup to the Hungry Society - give diners warm socks, gloves scarves, hats, jackets, toiletries and heating pads.
- C.A.R.T.S. Outreach - provide warm dry socks to those in need, especially in the colder and wet season
- Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) – Vancouver Island Region - provide CNIB clients with assistive devices, a smartphone or tablet loaded with a suite of curated accessible apps and one-on-one or small group training, participants can communicate via phone, text, email, voicemail, access information through the internet, travel and navigate exterior spaces, and listen to audio books, music or podcasts.
- Central Middle School - Central Middle School Breakfast
- Connections Place Society - provide a Work-Ordered Day program, for skills training for marginalized/at risk populations
- Crisis Intervention and Public Information Society of Greater Victoria (NEED2 Suicide Prevention Education & Support) - support NEED2’s Youth Suicide Prevention Program (YSPP) 3 initiatives: Youthspace.ca (digital crisis service for youth under 30, accessible through instant messaging and texting), Suicide Education and Awareness (“SEA” - classroom presentation that delivers mental health literacy and suicide prevention tools to Grade 8 & 10 classes), and Mindfulness for Middle Schools (“MMS” – workshop series where Grade 6 & 7 classes learn about mindfulness as a coping tool).
- Friends of Living and Learning Through Loss - deliver an 8-week, 16 hour peer support program that provides a safe place for youth who have been impacted by major loss
- HeroWork Program Society - renovate the Salvation Army kitchen
- James Bay Community Project - support low income families and seniors by providing grocery cards, food hampers and meals to meet increased need for food security; - provision of more basic necessity items such as personal hygiene items, diapers and school supplies; provision of means for families and seniors to connect with others while isolated due to COVID - e.g. increased cell phone minutes, internet costs, loan or purchase of computer devices such as tablets, Zoom subscriptions.
- Oaklands Elementary School - complete a 500+ student Totem Pole Carving project (including integration of FN into school curriculum)
- Parkinson Wellness Projects - expand its community centre at 2680 Blanshard Street with the addition of a specialized fitness and counseling space for a wide range of new and expanded programs. PWP will also provide new workshops involving balance and safe falls, as well as Functional Movement classes.
- Sanctuary Youth Centre Victoria - provide vulnerable youth with a place where they can drop in, receive warm meals, use the internet, showers, and laundry facilities, obtain clothing, toiletries, and first aid, and have a friendly face to talk to and listen to their stories.
- Shelbourne Community Kitchen Society - establish a container project to grow over 1,000lbs of produce and provide to those in need
- The Salvation Army Victoria ARC - provide marginalized individuals, within the city of Victoria, with access to technology and assistance with improving their computer literacy.
- Victoria Community Food Hub Society (VCFHS) - provide organizations with “Farmbucks,” allowing them to purchase food from farms at a subsidized rate and distribute it to the families and children they support. Further, it allowed us to pay farmers a fair price, support them with a living wage and make fresh food accessible to vulnerable communities.
- Victoria Conservatory of Music - support a Music Therapy Summer Camp for school children with developmental/other disabilities to continue music training
- Victoria Restorative Justice Society - build relationships with seven local schools to increase youths’ ability to access Restorative Justice services and to support schools in addressing issues of concern through RJ.
- Victoria Sexual Assault Centre Society - provide critical services of VSAC’s Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), a 24-hour immediate response service available by phone or in-person for survivors in our community who have experienced a recent sexual assault.
- Victoria Women's Transition House Society - provide a a specialized, intensive, integrated counselling and recreational camp for children and youth who have witnessed domestic violence and abuse. Offered free of charge, the program includes Summer and Spring Break day camps for children ages 8-14.
- Wear2Start Society - provide wardrobe consultation and clothing/hair cuts for at risk women
- YMCA-YWCA of Vancouver Island - support Y’s Pandora Youth Apartments Program, providing supportive housing while addressing a number of complex issues facing vulnerable youth.
tary Foundation, including 6 other Rotary clubs and the Government of Canada. The Contribution from the Rotary Club of Victoria-Harbourside was $3200 USD. Total accumulated funds that will be used for this initiative will be $70,003 USD. Women trained in this program already have micro businesses and can normally expect to double their income by completing the program.