In the past eight years (to summer, 2024) the Rotary Club of Victoria-Harbourside and the Harbourside Foundation have donated over $1,006,000 to organizations you see here.
Organizations recently funded:
Child Abuse Trauma Counselling is Victoria's primary service provider to treatment, education and support of child/youth victims of abuse and their caregivers. Funds requested for child abuse trauma counselling services.
Community First Foundation Operating as Backpack Buddies
Delivers backpacks of food to school children who face food insecurity. 900 children in 51 schools in CRD.
Cornerstone Youth Society
Provides a safe space for vulnerable youth Wed to Sun including warm meals and groceries, internet, showers, laundry, clothing, toiletries, bus tickets, first aid, socializing in supportive environment. Asking for funding for operational costs.
James Bay New Horizons
Seniors Food Program - supplying low income seniors with much needed groceries.
Justice Van Society
With a purpose is to feed, clothe and generally support marginalized people living on the streets of Victoria. The funds would go toward repairs and maintenance of van used to carry out transport and delivery of services.
Take A Hike Youth Mental Health Foundation
Provides early-intervention and prevention mental health support through continuous clinical counselling and outdoor experiential learning through its outdoor education program.
Victoria Rainbow Kitchen Society
Provides barrierless access to meals and goods each weekday to anyone in need while supporting like-minded community organizations which increases food distribution. Funds would support a hot meal program, groceries, senior's meal programs, young mothers, and family resource center.
Victoria Sexual Assault Center
Provides service offering emotional, informational, suicide assessments, safety planning, triaging, and referrals as needed. Clinic located at VSAC can provide SART, medical, police services in one location with less trauma and with confidentiality and by trained service providers.
Victoria Women's Transition House Society
Offers shelter, counselling, support services to women and children fleeing domestic violence and abuse. Funds support Project Peace; Prevention, Education, Advocacy, Counselling Empowerment program. A Camp designed for ages 8-14 children who witnessed domestic violence and abuse to aid in recovery.
YMCA-YWCA Vancouver Island Pandora Apartments
The Pandora Youth Apartment project provides safe affordable housing while assisting youth to realize educational, employment and personal goals. Education per life skills such as budgeting, food security, employment searches, landlord tenant relations, housing searches, application for post-secondary education, medical access, tax education
Anawim Companions Society
The Anawim Companions Society Drop-In Program offers a drop-in continental breakfast, sign-up lunch, showers, laundry, and support to our street community.
Our Place Society
Offers support services for people experiencing homelessness, poverty, addiction, mental health challenges. Funds support Our Place's Paramedic Program via providing essential medical equipment for the program. Paramedics respond to burns, gangrene, seizures, overdoses and more.
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.