Programs
The Rotary Club of Revelstoke offers a broad range of programs and activities designed to improve our communities locally and abroad.
Adventures in Citizenship
Each year the Rotary Club of Revelstoke accepts applications from Grade 11 & 12 students attending high school in Revelstoke for its Adventures in Citizenship program.
Secondary students are offered unique opportunities to participate in Adventure Programs sponsored by the club in conjunction with other Rotary Clubs throughout Canada and the United States. Students who have participated in previous years have found the program to be a very rewarding experience.
One deserving applicant will receive an all expenses paid trip to Ottawa to join other students from across Canada as they learn about Canada’s parliamentary system.
Applicants must be Revelstoke students (including home schooled) between the ages of 16 and 19 who are Canadian Citizens or Landed Immigrants. The selected student will be responsible and caring with a strong academic standing who has demonstrated community service with an emphasis on non-school related volunteering. Students who wish to apply for the program, are asked to write a letter of application stating how they meet the above selection criteria, and include a personal statement describing what being a citizen of Canada means to them.
Upon returning home, the student will make a brief presentation to the Rotary Club and at their school.
Community Service
A community, defined in its simplest terms, is a group of people who have something in common. But in real life, it is something far more complex than that. Each member, every individual, group, organization, and business draws benefits from the community in many different ways. For a community to thrive, each of its members must honour a commitment to contribute to the well being of the whole by returning those benefits in kind.
Rotarians recognize the importance of giving back to the community. After all, Community Service is one of the Four Avenues of Service. Every Rotary club and every Rotarian assumes a responsibility to find ways to improve the quality of life for those in their communities and to serve the public interest. When those efforts are effective, they not only contribute to the greater good, they also promote Rotary’s positive image.
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Polio Eradication
In 1985, Rotary launched PolioPlus, one of the most ambitious humanitarian programs ever undertaken by a private-sector organization. PolioPlus was the catalyst for the World Health Assembly’s resolution in 1988 to eradicate polio. Today, thanks to Rotary’s commitment and its leadership in mobilizing volunteers, the world is on the threshold of eradicating the polio virus.
Rotary Foundation
The Rotary Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.
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Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
Each year, thousands of young people take part in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program worldwide. Young people ages 14-30 chosen for their leadership potential attend an all-expenses-paid seminar, camp, or workshop to discuss leadership skills and to learn those skills through practice. Rotary Clubs and Districts select participants and facilitate the event’s curriculum.
Scholarship Program
Each year the Rotary Club of Revelstoke awards scholarships to graduating students in the Revelstoke area. Awards are based on the students demonstrated scholastic ability, community leadership and citizenship.
The available scholarships are:
1. Revelstoke Rotary Club General scholarship – $1,000 (entering post-secondary education, 12 month expiry)
2. Rotary Trades Scholarship – $1,000 (entering into trades training, 12 month expiry)
3. Dennis Lewsey Scholarship (Rotary) – $500 (entering a fine arts program, 12 month expiry)
4. James Cameron Scholarship valued at $1,500 (This scholarship is for the top RSS grad and determined in the autumn after graduation, 24 month expiry)
Vocational Service
As business leaders, Rotarians share their skills and expertise through vocational service, one of the Four Avenues of Service. Your vocational service efforts can play a vital role in improving the quality of life for those hardworking members of the community who need direction and expertise. By participating in any of a number of vocational service activities; mentoring, career days, vocational awards, business assistance, or even talking about your job at a club meeting you can turn your experience into an invaluable resource for others.
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World Community Service (WCS)
A World Community Service project is born when Rotary clubs from two or more countries join together to accomplish a community service project. The WCS program links Rotary clubs that need extra help with clubs in other countries that are willing to provide funds, materials, technical and professional assistance.
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Youth Exchange
Youth Exchange provides thousands of young people with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their cultures, thus planting the seeds for a lifetime of international understanding. Since 1927, students and host families all over the world have had their horizons broadened and their lives enriched by the generosity of Rotary’s Youth Exchange program. Administered by Rotary Clubs, Districts and multi-district groups, the program today involves more than 80 countries and over 8,000 students each year. Each year the Rotary Club of Revelstoke hosts a youth exchange Weekend in the Mountains bringing outbound and inbound exchange students together to Revelstoke to share their experience and learn from each other.