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Join us at a club meeting in person or on Zoom
Mondays at 12:00 PM - Meeting will open for entry at 11:30 AM MDT
11 of 12 Rotary Clubs in Calgary collaborated to help Community Kitchens replace a stolen 5 -ton reefer delivery truck. Together the 11 clubs gathered funding that represented almost 30% of the total value of a replacement truck.
The following clubs: Calgary Stampede Park,, Calgary Downtown,, Calgary West,, Calgary Centennial
Calgary Heritage Park,, Calgary Chinook,, Calgary Sarcee,, Calgary Milennium,, Calgary North,, Calgary East,, Calgary Olympic all contributed funds which gave Community Kitchens the needed support to order the truck in October of 2021. Along with an insurance payout for 25% of the new truck cost and 9 other organizations contributing funds, Community Kitchens was able to purchase the truck outright. The truck is on the road 5-days a week picking up and delivery grocery donations with as many as three trips a day.
Over 2,000,000 lbs of food is handled by Community Kitchens this year and the most recent estimate is that they directly affect a little over 400,000 individuals who are directly affected and are Food Insecure. From loss of the delivery truck in August 2021 it has been almost 15 months in getting the truck delivered and most recently having the truck wrapped with the logos of our 11 clubs as recognition.
Short video on the Community Kitchen Truck:
Community Kitchen Interview on CTV news, including our one and only Bill Lawless
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Linda Anderson
IMAGINE ROTARY
CARE AND COMFORT 2022-2023
CALGARY WEST ROTARY:
- Is part of the global organization known as Rotary International;
- Is a group of leaders who serve to change lives locally and globally;
- Is committed to the principles of reconciliation as laid out in the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada;
- Aims to work tireless toward Diversity, Equity and Inclusion both in our organization and throughout the world.
In our 2022-2023 Rotary year, we will focus on care and comfort not only for our members but for the communities we seek to serve at home and globally.
CARE: Our members are important and we seek to understand why they joined Rotary and what we can do to help them realize their Rotary dream of service above self - the way they Imagined Rotary when they joined.
We will seek to assist with community needs through projects that will educate and inspire the various interest groups operating within communities.
COMFORT: We aim to be there for our members in time of need and to provide support through manpower and fund raising to assist our members with the social projects they have chosen to champion.
We will work tirelessly to bring comfort to those in our community and globally who need our understanding and help - be it through continuing our commitment to End Polio; providing support through our funding raising projects such I Can for Kids, Shelter Box, and African projects; focusing efforts here and abroad to Empower Women and Girls to realize their potential; and working to increase awareness of the danger of “human trafficking” not only in the world but right here at Calgary
Help us make our community a better place
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