

Service Above Self
Terrace, BC V8G 1N8
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The Rotary Club of Terrace recently donated $2,500 to My Mountain Co-op/Shames Mountain to support the hill's Snow Angels program, which allows low income kids to have the opportunity to ski and snowboard.
My Mountain Co-op Director Kelly Gingles accepted the cheque from Rotary Club of Terrace president Sean Bujtas.
Terrace Rotary was busy as 2021 came to an end, with three more donations to local community groups during the month of December.
President Sean Bujtas and Treasurer Rich Toomey presented a cheque for $5,000 to Cindy Hall of the Terrace Women's Resource Centre, to support the centre's Imagination Library. The Imagination Library is an international initiative founded in 1995 by singer Dolly Parton to promote reading and literacy.
They also presented the Rotary Club's $3,000 contribution Mary Krug and Laurie Mitchell of “Stitching Generations” – to provide comfort quilts for Terraceview Lodge, Mills Memorial Hospital and RCMP Victims Assistance, among other local organizations in need.
And a $2,000 cheque was given to Rose Dreger, Marion Falette and John Van De Velde of the Terrace Church's Food Bank to help feed those in need during the busy Christmas-New Years season.
The Rotary Club's contributions came from funds generated during last August's Wild Duck Race and November's TV/Online Auction.
The Rotary Club of Terrace got into the Christmas Spirit over the holiday season with a contribution to this year's Salvation Army Christmas Hamper program.
In the photo below, Terrace Salvation Army Lt. Sabrina Silvey is presented a cheque for $2,500 from Rotary Club of Terrace member Brian Downie.
The 61st annual Rotary Club of Terrace Auction is now history – and despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, area residents once again showed their generosity – and an eye for bargains.
Preliminary numbers released by the club after the two-day weekend auction show a total of $46,765 was bid on the 400 items donated by area businesses and agencies.
That represents just over 64% of the total retail value of the items.
Residents also donated $2,550 in cash.
The auction was live-streamed on YouTube, and was also available on Zoom – and despite a few technical glitches, Rotary Club spokesperson Brian Downie says the weekend went fairly well, thanks to the help of the many volunteers and the giving spirit of Terrace and area residents.
For the second straight year, COVID restrictions meant that spectators were not allowed in the Terrace Sportsplex to bid from the floor.
The money raised through the auction will be used to support the many community projects funded by Rotary.
