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ROTARY CLUBS OF THE CBRM
The Rotary Clubs of the CBRM include the Rotary Club of Sydney-Sunrise and the Rotary Club of Sydney, both of which work throughout the year to provide financial and volunteer support to a variety of local initiatives with a focus on youth, health, food insecurity, seniors, community infrastructure projects, etc.
Globally, each of the Rotary Clubs of the CBRM also contributes to humanitarian projects supporting world peace, the eradication of Polio, safe drinking water, reduction of poverty and hunger, health care, literacy and other much-needed developing country and disaster relief projects.
To learn more about each Rotary club, when they meet, how to join and the projects they supported over the past year, please refer to the club profiles below.
Rotary Club of Sydney
The Rotary Club of Sydney currently meets each Wednesday at 5:30 PM at Boston Pizza in Sydney. Chartered in 1920, the Rotary Club of Sydney has a rich history of service throughout our community for more than 100 years.
The Club continues to be actively involved with supporting activities and organizations that support our youth. This year marks 65 years of sponsorship of 693 Sydney Rotary Air Cadet Squadron from its very beginning in 1959 to the present time! Cadets learn valuable life and work skills like teamwork, leadership, democracy, and citizenship.
The Club also supports Rotary sponsored Interact Clubs at both Riverview Rural High School in Coxheath and at Allison Bernard Memorial High School in Eskasoni First Nation. This year the Rotary Club of Sydney also provided scholarships to students at Sydney Academy, Riverview Rural High School and at Allison Bernard Memorial High School. Other youth related initiatives include financial support for school breakfast programs, the NS Youth Project Society, Clifford Street Youth Center, Ronald McDonald PJ Walk for Kids, Sydney Curling Club Youth Program. The Rotary Club of Sydney selected two students to attend the Adventures in Citizenship program in Ottawa. The Club also financially supported participation in HIP (Honoring Indigenous Peoples), a Youth-to-Youth Program focused on fostering truth and reconciliation for community well-being and advancing the next generation of leaders.
The Rotary Club of Sydney also supported other community, and national based initiatives such as the VON Adult Care Center, the Baseball Park Association, Shelter Box Canada, Muscular Dystrophy Canada, Diabetes Canada, Loaves and Fishes, The Salvation Army, Rotary Park and The Christmas Crew Society.
Even with all this support, the club still has time for fun and social activities and would be pleased to introduce new members to the fellowship of Rotary. For more information or to request information on becoming a member, please visit our website.
Rotary Club of Sydney-Sunrise
The Rotary Club of Sydney-Sunrise was chartered in 1996 and meets on Thursday mornings at 7:30 at Boston Pizza, Sydney. The atmosphere is always casual and fun-filled, and membership is open to anyone interested in actively giving back to the community.
The Club is actively engaged in providing funding and hands on assistance to numerous community-based and international projects that focus on youth, senior, food insecurity, health and well-being as well as community infrastructure.
Members volunteer and the club provides financial contributions to local organizations such as Loaves and Fishes and New Dawn Guest Home. The club’s fundraising activities also enables the provision of support to a number of other local organizations including BGC Cape Breton, Big Brothers-Big Sisters, Salvation Army, Transition House, Ally Centre, Cape Breton Youth Project, Every Woman’s Centre, Cape Breton Regional Library, Push Cape Breton, Cape Breton Literacy Coalition, Glace Bay Food Bank, and food cupboard on Grand Lake Road.
In addition, the club sponsors the Glace Bay and Memorial High School Interact Clubs, provides funds for Adventures in Citizenship and scholarships for students at Glace Bay and Memorial High Schools.
For more information or to request information on becoming a member, please visit our website