About
ROTARY CLUBS OF THE CBRM
When you support Rotary, you’re supporting your community!
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 some of the projects they supported over the past year, please refer to the club profiles below.
- 693 Sydney Rotary Air Cadet Squadron
- Ally Centre
- BGC Whitney Pier
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters
- Breakfast Programs
- Canada -Ukraine Intercountry Committee
- Cape Breton Literacy Coalition
- Cape Breton Regional Library
- Christmas Crew Society
- Christmas Daddies
- Clifford Street Youth Centre
- Diabetes Canada
- Every Women’s Centre
- Glace Bay Food Bank
- Hearing and Speech Nova Scotia
- HIP program, honouring Indigenous Peoples and advancing the next generation of leaders
- Loaves and Fishes
- Muscular Dystrophy Canada
- Nova Scotia Youth Project Society
- Pine Tree Park
- Ronald MacDonald PJ Walk for kids
- Salvation Army
- Scholarships for Riverview Rural High School, Glace Bay High, Sydney Academy, Memorial High School and Allison Bernard Memorial High School students.
- Shelter Box Canada
- Student participation in Adventures in Citizenship, preparing tomorrow’s leaders
- Student participation in Rotary Adventures in Human Rights Program focused on Growing Leaders and Building Community
- Sydney Curling Club Youth Project
- Transition House
- VON Adult Care Centre
Rotary Club of Sydney
The Rotary Club of Sydney currently meets the second Thursday every month at 6:00 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 in supporting organizations in support of youth, community and national initiatives, many of which are listed above.
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 in the Nova Scotia Community College, Waterfront Campus, 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.
For more information or to request information on becoming a member, please visit our website