The Rotary Club of Salmon Arm recently donated $2500 to the Father's Day Fishing Derby, founded and organized yearly by James Murray. seen here receiving the cheque from club Board Members. James Murray started the fishing derby 28 years ago in honour of his father. It has grown in popularity over the years and now attracts hundreds of children.
"It gives young people a chance to experience fishing and families to spend times together enjoying an outdoor activity,” said Murray. “Some of these kids take the derby pretty serious. They have their gear all rigged up and ready the night before, and are down there early to pick out what they think – hope – will be the best spot.”
The Salmon Arm Rotary Club and The Mall at Piccadilly co-hosted a Repair Cafe on January 27th down by the Library in the Piccadilly Mall. Over 40 items were appraised and repaired by the volunteers from the Shuswap Makerspace program.
The 40th Reino Keski Salmi Loppet was held on January 20, 2024, and the Rotary Club of Salmon Arm was there!
At our Christmas Luncheon meeting, seven members were singled out for their long term service to Rotary.
Top Left: Maureen McTavish, 25 years. Top Right: Rick Roberts, 30 years
Bottom Left: Gary Carder, 25 years Bottom Right: Ted Hillary, 40 years
Salmon Arm's three Rotary Clubs sponsored Christmas Dinner for 800 residents of our community. Many thanks to the parishioners of St Joseph's Catholic Church and the First Community Church for spending Christmas morning cooking and boxing all the dinners, which Rotarians later delivered or distributed to local residents.
Assembly line crew of church members boxes up the meals.
Boxed dinners are ready to be given out.
We wish everyone all the best of the season and for 2024. We appreciate all the support we've had from businesses and individuals in the community over the last year.
At our recent Christmas lunch, we were happy to present two Paul Harris Fellowships - one to a valued community member - Bert Revel - and the other to our long-time member Cole Graf.
At our Dec 4 meeting, Gordon Bose, Thompson Okanagan Regional Director of BC Search and Rescue Association and Training Officer of Salmon Arm Search and Rescue, outlined the training and work done by our local Search and Rescue Association.
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