Helping local families and individuals in need:
- BC Wildfire and Flood Relief & Recovery Fund: over $150,000 has been raised and is being used to help those impacted by fire and flood damage in Lytton and other BC communities.
- Sponsor an SUV for 4 years for senior’s transportation programs of the Richmond Cares Richmond Gives organization.
- Sponsor and delivery weekly hot lunches to isolated seniors in need.
- Provided 700 food hampers to support 35 Richmond families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Help over 200 individuals and families in need by providing pancake breakfasts throughout the year, and an annual Thanksgiving dinner.
- Provide a Christmas lunch to over 100 socially isolated seniors
International Relief Programs:
- Raised and donated $7,500 to provide tents and supplies to Bahamas hurricane victims.
- Raised and donated over $13,000 for equipment to a rural fire brigade in Australia.
Education and Literacy Programs:
- Support and administer the “Write to Read” program that has helped to create 20 libraries and learning centres in First Nations communities throughout BC.
- Donate funds to the Amarok program to educate mothers in slum areas in Bangladesh
- Distribute dictionaries to grade four students in Richmond schools.
We also provide financial support to other local organizations, including:
- Fraser Marine Rescue Society for volunteer Search & Rescue.
- RCMP D.A.R.E. program for youth drug prevention in schools.
- Steveston Community Centre & the Richmond Food Bank.
In addition, we sponsor and support the “Interact” club at McMath High School.
- Over 100 students learn to organize and carry-out charitable activities under the Rotary service model.