The past couple of months have been busy on the membership front for the Rotary Club of Terrace, with four new members added to our ranks.

Terrace Rotary was delighted to welcome Jesse Olinyk, Chris Mallett, Shelly McDaniel and Jenelle Champoux to the family of Rotary.

Jesse and Chris were inducted into the club by President Manuela Krisinger and their sponsor Brian Downie. Photo below.

Manuela also presided over the induction of Shelly, who was sponsored by her husband (and fellow Rotarian) Rick McDaniel (pictured below).

And Jenelle was welcomed to the club by Director John Crawford and by her sponsor Yvonne Koerner  (pictured below)

The strength of Rotary comes from its members – and its supporters!

Congratulations to Elliott Good – this year's winner of $25,000, in the Terrace Rotary Wild Duck Race.  

Elliott's ticket number matched the plastic duck that was the first to cross the finish line in the 2026 race – an annual event that is an integral part of Terrace Riverboat Days.

A total of 4,000 tickets were sold in one of the Rotary Club's major fundraisers.  The proceeds are used to fund various community projects and organizations.

Three other prizes were awarded:   second prize went to Andrew Versolatto, who won a ½-hour helicopter ride courtesy of Canadian Helicopters;  third prize was won by Chris Collins, who receives a $500 gift card from Canada Safeway;  and fourth prize was taken by Mona Houlden, who receives a $500 gift card from Canadian Tire.   

A big thank you to everyone who purchased tickets this year – your purchase ensures the Rotary Club of Terrace can continue to fund worthy projects and groups in the Terrace area.

Also a big thank you to Emil Anderson for traffic control on the Dudley Little Bridge during the race and Canadian Helicopters for dropping the ducks – and to our many volunteers out in those boats, scooping up the ducks and passing them to even more volunteers who loaded them onto the waiting truck. You were awesome!

[PICTURED: Elliott Good holding his $25,000 cheque and his winning duck ticket – flanked by Rotarians Bryan Gascon, Rick McDaniel, Valerie Gauvin, Club President Manuela Krisinger, Brian Downie and Sarah Zimmerman]  

The Rotary Club of Terrace is delighted to donate $3,000 to Terrace Little Theatre's “Raise the Roof” fund.

The Theatre group's aging venue, the McColl Playhouse, badly requires the replacement of its leaky roof, with society president Treena Decker saying they long for the days when they can put away the water buckets, placed strategically to catch water dripping from the ceiling.  

The society has been engaged in numerous fund-raising activities, and has received many donations from numerous community organizations and individuals, and through memberships.  If you'd like to contribute, visit the TLT website:  Raise the Roof | mytlt

At this week's Rotary Club meeting, Terrace Rotary President Manuela Krisinger presented a $3,000 cheque to TLT President Treena Decker – which brings the “Raise the Roof” campaign that much closer to its final target.   

The new Rotary year has begun – and this past week, the Rotary Club of Terrace held its Installation Barbecue, to welcome incoming President Manuela Krisinger and her new executive for the coming year.

We also thanked outgoing President Reece Dozzi for a great year (his first) at the helm.   Well done Reece!

And we congratulated Sarah Zimmerman, our Rotarian of the Year for 2025-26.

[PHOTO BELOW:  Reece receives his President's Plaque from Manuela] 

[PHOTO BELOW:   Reece congratulations Rotarian of the Year Sarah Zimmerman] 

[PHOTO BELOW:  This year's executive – Brian Downie, Rick McDaniel, President Manuela Krisinger, Past President Reece Dozzi, Val Gauvin, John Crawford, Gord Blumhagen, Dave Merritt, Yvonne Koerner, Rich Toomey   (missing is President-elect Ward Skinner)]

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The Rotary Club of Terrace has once again moved its meeting location.  

The club is now holding its weekly meetings at Arabisk Mediterranean Cuisine, at 4665 Lazelle Avenue (at the corner of Sparks Street).  

The meeting day and time remain the same:   every Monday (except stat holidays) at 12:15pm.

The club wants to thank the Royal Canadian Legion for serving as our meeting place for the past couple of months, following our two decades of meeting at the Bavarian Inn. 

May 20th is the start of our Terrace Rotary Duck Season!  

For the past 40 years, Rotarians have provided an opportunity to support Rotary and our many community projects with the purchase of Duck Tickets.

Tickets are $20 and prizes include:
First Prize          $25000 cash
Second Prize     Half Hour Helicopter Flight on Canadian Helicopters
Third Prize         $500 Gift Card at Canadian Tire
Fourth Prize      $500 Gift Card at Safeway

You can purchase your ticket from Rotarians at the Terrace Farmers Market, at the BC Liquor Store or at Canadian Tire.

Our Terrace Rotary Duck Drop occurs August 3rd into the Skeena River at Ferry Island.

It's that time of year again!  Rotary has organized rotarians and volunteers to clean-up the Highway 37 right-of-way from the Roundabout to the Northwest Regional Airport turn-off in the spring and fall each year for more than the past 25 years.

The Rotary Club of Terrace is planning this spring's cleanup on April 19th; volunteers meet at the turn-off at 10 AM to get their hi-vis vests, pickers and garbage bags and to start their day with coffee and treats.  

The Rotary Club of Terrace is delighted to support the Terrace Skating Club's 2026 Ice Show coming up later this year.

President Reece Dozzi presented a $1000 cheque to Skating Club President Linda Gingles and coaches Katie Gingles, Heather Hannah and Shelby Corbett at this week's Terrace Rotary meeting.

Terrace Rotary congratulates long-time member John Heighington, who has been recognized by Rotary International with membership in the Paul Harris Society, for his ongoing contributions to the programs of the Rotary Foundation. John was given a special pin by fellow Rotarian Brian Downie at this week's meeting.

The Rotary Club of Terrace honours and thanks John for his generous, ongoing support of The Rotary Foundation. We are all very proud of John!

The Paul Harris Society continues the legacy of Rotary’s Founder, Paul Harris, to improve the lives of people in our community and around the world.

Worldwide, 30,000 Rotarians in the Paul Harris Society make ongoing commitments to donate $1000 (USD) annually to the Rotary Foundation annual programs, polio eradication, disaster response and towards Rotary’s promise to improve our communities and communities around the world.

REMINDER TO ALL CLUB MEMBERS AND GUESTS: The Rotary Club of Terrace will hold our next two meetings -- January 5 and January 12 -- at the Royal Canadian Legion while our regular venue (the Bavarian) undergoes renovations.

Meeting times will still be 12:15pm. We hope to be back at the Bavarian on January 19.

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Our 2025 Rotary Auction is complete and was very successful, thanks to the enthusiastic participation of Rotarians from our Club and Terrace-Skeena Valley, the donors and the bidders.  

While we were competing with Game 7 of the World Series, bidding was active and the Auctioneers worked hard to raise the bids.

At this week's Club meeting, we reviewed the Auction and our successes and ideas for change for 2026.

Numbers were down slightly from last year, but the Club is still pleased with the results.

The 65th annual auction was streamed live via Zoom from the Terrace Sportsplex, and Rotary spokesperson Brian Downie says preliminary figures show that 224 businesses donated 354 items, valued at over $75,000.  There were also $3500 in cash donations from local businesses.

The two-day auction generated $42,749 in bids.

By comparison, the 2024 auction featured 382 items, valued at just under $74,000, and generating $43,754 in bids.  

The money raised goes to fund worthy community projects in the Terrace area.

As Christmas approaches, Terrace Rotary is proud to support the Salvation Army as they prepare for the giving season. 

Club President Reece Dozzi recently presented a $2500 cheque to Salvation Army Captain Sabrina Silvey.

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It was our pleasure to welcome District 5040 Governor Jan Gisborne to this week's Terrace Rotary meeting.

Governor Jan presented Club President Reece Dozzi with a Major Donor Certificate in recognition of our club's contributions to Rotary International's fight to eradicate polio.

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Terrace Rotary is pleased to welcome realtor Rick McDaniel to our club. Rick is a long-time Terrace resident and active on many local community groups.

Rick received his Rotary pin at a recent meeting from Past President Chad Sallenback.

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