Local Rotarians Celebrate Big Birthday

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 03:48 AM

Prince George, B.C.- It’s party time for the Rotary Club.

Rotary International is 106 years old today and the three Prince George Rotary Clubs (Downtown, Yellowhead and Nechako) will be celebrating with a special dinner at the Coast Inn of the North.

Over the years, the Rotary clubs of Prince George have made numerous contributions to the community. They provided most of the funding for projects such as the skateboard par, the soccer fields, the water play area t Fort George Park, Hospice House and the viewing stand at UNBC.

The clubs have sponsored many programs including, literacy programs, the Salvation Army Christmas Kettle campaign and scholarships at local high schools.

Their work is not limited to the local community though, as Rotarians also sponsor international projects such as schools, End Polio Now , clean water projects and Disaster Aid.

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Posted on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 03:48 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: opine on February 23 2011 9:10 AM

Hats off to Rotary.

Just a clarification, though.

The PG Rotary Clubs may have financially assisted the Water Spray Park (I'm not sure if they did or did not), but the Water Spary Park was a project undertaken by The Rotaract Club of Prince George and, I believe, the majority of funds for the project came through Rotaract.

Rotaract is a subset of Rotary that is comprised of commmunity minded people between the ages of 18 & 29.

Posted by: Erman on February 23 2011 10:31 AM

You are quite right opine.

The Water Spray Park was a Rotaract project. The Rotary Club of Prince George
donated $30,000 to the $50,000 project.
Rotaract would know what the other Rotary Clubs donated.

One of the Rotaract leaders was the late David Ferris, who along with his Rotaract
members put a tremendous amount of effort
into this terrific project

Posted by: opine on February 23 2011 11:10 AM

Erman - here is a thought for you(sensing that you may have in inside ear to the Rotary Club of PG).

It would be a tremendous honor and fitting tribute to have funds dedicated to a memorial plaque placed at the Water Spray Park in memory of David Ferris.

Dave touched a lot of hearts and his character was a legacy in itself. Other than fiscal restraint, I couldn't imagine a Rotarian that knew Dave that would say no to the idea.

What do you think?