In the past seven years (to summer, 2023) the Rotary Club of Victoria-Harbourside and the Harbourside Foundation have donated over $886,000 to organizations you see here.
Organizations recently funded:
Broadmead Care Society
Broadmead Care provides long-term care for more than 400 veterans, seniors, and adults with disabilities at five Care Homes in the greater Victoria area. The grant will fund companion services for adults with disabilities at Nigel House.
Burnside Gorge Community Association
The grant contributes to the creation of independence through a three-year asset building and financial literacy skill development program primarily focused on families in subsidized housing and those receiving the Rental Assistance Program subsidy.
Community First Foundation operating as Backpack Buddies
Backpack Buddies provides a weekend meal program to children who do not have secure access to food at home. Backpack Buddies currently supports 5300 children in 60 BC communities.
Cornerstone Youth Society/
The Sanctuary Youth Centre
Funding will go toward the purchase of a van which will be used for a variety of purposes such as transportation to nature outings and helping youth move residences.
James Bay Health & Community Services Society
James Bay Health & Community Services Society provides food support for families and seniors. Through gift cards the project will help low-income families and seniors who are experiencing a lack of adequate access to food.
James Bay New Horizons
The Food Security program provides food security to the most vulnerable seniors in James Bay Community. The grant will go toward food, essentials, and wages.
Living Edge Community Church
The Living Edge Community Market distributes recaptured food to food-deprived individuals and families weekly at seven neighborhood markets in the CRD.
Need2 Crisis Intervention & Public Information Society of Greater Victoria
They provide crisis support and suicide prevention and education to youth 9-19. The program provides workshop style suicide prevention education to use in classrooms for community groups.
Parkinson Wellness Project
Funding will support one on one and group counselling services for People with Parkinson’s participants and family members.
Red Cedar Café Association
They provide healthy meals to those experiencing food insecurity. Funding will go toward the frozen meal program to provide 1200 meals a week to 200 households.
Saanich Neighborhood Place
Funding will support the Lunches for Little Ones program which provides lunch and snacks daily for the children who attend its licensed childcare facility.
Shelbourne Community Kitchen Society
Funds will go toward purchase of protein and dairy products not typically donated through food drives. Feeding approximately 1050 adults and 400 children annually.
Mustard Seed Street Church
The grant will fund the purchase of much-needed personal safety equipment for staff and volunteers at the food distribution centre.
Threshold Housing Society
Funding will support the Rotary Education Pursuit Fund which lowers financial barriers for youth receiving housing and support services. Threshold currently supports 127 youth and their families.
University of Victoria, School of Nursing Momentia
Funding will support the Momentia project to ensure that people living with dementia (PwD) and their care partners have the opportunity to contribute in meaningful ways and participate in joyful and creative activities. Momentia aspires to ensure equitable participation and expression that improves well-being and quality of life for this underserved group.
Vancouver Island Kids Klub Centre
Funding goes to serving over 750 lunches weekly to elementary and middle school students in the Victoria, Saanich, and Sooke school Districts who have been identified as coming to school without a lunch.
Victoria Brain Injury Society
Funding will go toward creating interactive presentations for grade 12’s and community sports teams in the Capital Region regarding student head injury Neuro Education.
Victoria Community Food Hub Society
Our funding will be distributed to community organizations which serve low income, Indigenous, marginalized, and single parent families with 1 - 6 children.
Victoria Native Friendship Centre
VNFC community kitchens provides 100 000 healthy meals and snacks annually to reduce food insecurity to our urban Indigenous people.
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre
Funding will provide accessible, welcoming space for medical, justice and emotional support needs of recent sexual assault victims.
Victoria Women’s Transition House
Funding will support specialized, intensive, integrated counselling and recreational camps for children and youth who have witnessed domestic violence and abuse.
YMCA – YWCA of Vancouver Island
Funding will support safe and affordable housing for youth experiencing trauma, abuse, mental illness, lack of stable family housing, personal histories of family issues and absence of positive role models.
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. 