Service Above Self is Rotary’s principal motto, which means that every Rotarian is responsible for finding ways to improve the quality of life in his or her community and in those around the world through service.
The role of our Community Service committee is to lead the club’s service initiatives and to help develop and implement educational, humanitarian, and vocational service projects that benefit the local community.
Projects we have funded in the past:
A transformative gift of $60,000 to the YMCA Welcome Village Family Resource Centre.
$40,000 to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton in 2016 to give their gymnasium a facelift, after giving $200,000 in 2011 to the McCauley Renovation Project, specifically, to create a proper eat-in kitchen so kids can share meals together and a dedicated homework room.
In October 2012 our club completed a $400,000 multi-year commitment to support the Africa Centre, in partnership with the Council for the Advancement of African Canadians (CAAC).
The Rotary Centre for New Canadians was a collaboration between The Rotary Club of Edmonton and Catholic Social Services. The project created a First Stop-One Stop Centre for immigrants and refugees alike. The Centre offers an opportunity to expand the number and type of options for affordable housing to Edmonton'sd newest community members and provide services to assist in their integration, wellness, independance, financial stability, and ability to participate in and contribute to the community. Clients (i.e. refugees, immigrantrs, migrants) of this project will benefit by receiving safe, conveneintly located, and affordable housing, and will have easy access to social, educational, language, settlement and health services which will assist in their ability to move on to the housing continuum.
Rotary Millenium House was another legacy project where we funded the construction of a 25-unit building in the McAuley community in collaboration with the Edmonton Inner City Housing Society. Our support is ongoing in that every year our Club hosts a summer BBQ and a Christmas Dinner with the residents of Rotary Millenium House.
Other legacy projects and partners over the years include: Bissell Centre & Franciscan Sisters Lurana Shelter, Boyle McCauley Health Centre Dental Clinic, the Rotary Friendship Clock Tower at City Hall, the Arthur Henry Griesbach Statue, and Fort Edmonton Park.
