The Rotary Club of Spruce Grove has answered the community's call for support as we grapple with the public health, social, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency. In April, our club members volunteered in many ways to help those in need. Highlights include picking up hampers at the food bank to deliver them to those who couldn't pick them up for themselves, delivering brown bag lunches to families in need of nutritional support, assisting Canadian Blood Services to ensure their recent donation clinic was healthy and safe for donors, and providing messages of support to front-line workers.
Thanks to our club's financial supporters and the generosity of Rotarians, our club was able to support the following community organizations providing vital relief services to the people of Spruce Grove and surrounding area.
| Organization | Activities | Donation |
|---|---|---|
| Auggie's Cafe | Providing brown-bag lunches to people needing food support | $4,200 |
| Parkland Pregnancy Support Centre | Providing baby supplies, consumables and food to families expecting or who have recently had babies | $4,500 |
| Engage Network Church | Providing food hampers to people needing food support | $1,800 |
| Tri-Region Pay Forward Kindness Society | Providing supports to unsheltered people in the region | $1,000 |
| Tri-Community Adult Learning Association | Providing wireless hubs and devices to households without Internet connections | $1,000 |
| Compassionate Connections | Providing furniture and household items to families with children | $1,000 |
| Parkland Food Bank | Providing food hampers to people needing food support | $1,000 |
| TOTAL | $14,500 |