The fifth annual Spruce Grove Rotary Ribfest on July 11 - 13 is going to be our biggest and best!
For full details visit - www.groverotaryribfest.ca
Rotary unites community leaders to share ideas and take action to make our community and our world a better place.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a fun social event for Rotarians and their partners to get to know each other better and "build goodwill and better friendships". It's a mystery dinner date where the hosts and guests are unknown to each other until the front door opens.
In each round of the event, a Rotarian agrees to host at their house or a restaurant of their choosing four to six guests in total, they being Rotarians and their partners, if any. The catch is, the hosts aren't told who is coming. Likewise the guests aren't told until right before the event begins what address they're being sent to! Each round, we change up who is hosting and shuffle the guest list so there ends up being a good variety of combinations. For each time you host, you should end up being a guest twice.
If you're interested in participating, please sign up here. Depending on interest, we'll figure out how many hosts we need in each round, who'll they'll be, and then set up our first date for sometime in April.
Thank-you to the Rot
ary Club of Stony Plain!
Our Community Pantry is a project of the Spruce Grove Rotary Club, but it's positive impact on the children of Stony Plain and Parkland County draws ongoing support from the Stony Plain and Parkland After Dark Rotary clubs.
At the Our Community Pantry Christmas volunteer lunch, support from the Rotary Club of Stony Plain came in the form of a $41,000 donation, which were dollars raised thru a single fundraising auction.....Amazing!
What is "Our Community Pantry"
Too many children in our community attend school hungry, often arriving without having breakfast and without a lunch. When children are hungry they struggle to learn, and their overall health is compromised. Providing lunches to children at school supports our belief that education and good health are essential for children to reach their full potential. In partnership with Parkland School Division (PSD), our 100% volunteer powered team, prepares and delivers nutritionally balanced lunches weekly to 22 schools.
Spruce Grove Rotarians' celebrated the Christmas season with good food, fellowship, and our annual Silly Santa Auction.
Held at RavenWolf Brewery, this year's Silly Santa event offered plenty of unique auction items and a crowd willing to pay top dollar to find out what was under the wrapping! With the $2112.50 raised, the Spruce Grove Rotary club purchased Christmas gifts for the 49 mothers at Wings of Providence Second Stage Shelter and donated $910.00 to Hope Beverly House, the Tri-Region's Women's Shelter.
Looking for an extra special gift this year that will do double duty? Check out the Parkland Potters Guild and Crooked Pot Gallery in Stony Plain.Every year the Parkland Potters donate pottery to be sold in the gallery with 100% of the proceeds going to a designated charity. This year, their chosen charity is Rotary: Our Community Pantry, who provides 850 brown bag lunches weekly to 18 local schools, as well as prepared meals for families using rescued food from our local Stony Plain North Central Co-op.They will be raising funds until Christmas!