Drop off your gently used bicycles at Sportwheels from April 3rd, 2023 to May 31st, 2023, 209 Sackville Dr., Lower Sackville during regular business hours. Sportwheels will clean and service them, The Salvation Army will turn them over to families-in-need. Junk Works ensures waste materials are picked up and properly disposed of, including further recycling of parts where the opportunity exists.

We are big believers in “Giving Forward Together” and thank you so much for bringing joy to those who will receive your gently used bikes.

Other ways to Help:

You can donate, as your budget allows, to help the Rotary Club of Sackville and Area buy helmets too! Simply e-transfer your donation to rotarybicycles@gmail.com or by cheque made out to Rotary Club of Sackville and Area, PO Box 147, Lr. Sackville, NS, B4C 2S8. We are hoping to raise enough funds to supply a new helmet with every bike donated.  Sponsorship packages are also available.  To learn more about them click https://tinyurl.com/4a478s6t 

• Platinum Sponsorship  $ 1,000 - 4 Facebook shout outs and 1 year on Recycle Your Cycle homepage sponsor board.
• Gold Sponsorship        $    500 - 3 Facebook shout outs and 9 months on Recycle Your Cycle homepage sponsor board.
• Silver Sponsorship       $    300 - 2 Facebook shout outs and 6 months on Recycle Your Cycle homepage sponsor board.
• Bronze Sponsorship     $    200 - A Facebook shout out and 3 months on Recycle Your Cycle homepage sponsor board.

Sackville Snow Days 2022

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Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever.

As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.

Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort.

Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.

Speaker at our May 11th Rotary Club of Sackville and Area Club Meeting, Tracilyn George engaged us in conversations about being a student, travelling, and her writings. She is a well travelled author, drawing inspiration from the beauty and historical sites she visits, and takes the time to people watch and absorb her surroundings.  Her published works include poetry, short stories, and novels, with over 150 children's books published, several of which are pictured above.  She is also an avid on line Trivia buff  and helped our Club develop Trivia Night FUNdraiser.  Thank you Tracilyn for a very inciteful meeting and the support you give our Club.  

Jennifer E. Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, has been nominated to become Rotary International’s President for 2022-23, a selection that will make her the first woman to hold that office in the organization’s 115-year history.

A current Rotary Foundation trustee, Jones has been a member since 1997 and has served Rotary as Vice President, Director, Training Leader, Committee Chair, Moderator, and District Governor. 

The Christmas Wish Tree is set up at Walmart in Bedford/Sackville.  Each tag on the tree represents a gift to be purchased at Walmart and donated to the Salvation Army to be delivered during the Christmas Season.  Rotary Club of Sackville and Area manage the setting up of the Wish Tree, making, placing and refurbishing the Wish tags, collecting the gifts, delivering them to the Salvation Army and thanking everyone.  Shown here by the Tree  are Debbie Gascoigne, Ron and Gail Zwaagstra after replenishing gift tags.  Also above is Jane Nauss busy organizing and sorting the gifts at Salvation Army.

 This year our Wishes Tree at Wal-Mart in Bedford Commons was the most successful it has ever been, thanks to contributors posting on social media and encouraging a wider reach. Thank you once again to the whole community for support of this project.

However, also through social media, and a question about seeing the same tag more than once, we realised that despite this being the 5^th year for this project, some clarification is required about how the project works.

It has been perceived as a “senior’s tree” and whilst this is not wholly inaccurate it is so much more than that.........................

For each donation received, you or your business will be identified by name at the time of the auction. Business participants will also have the opportunity to get community exposure among the large number of attendees.

This event allows us to continue our high school breakfast programmes, our elementary school literacy support, our book stall and Ker-Plunk  game at Sackville Snowdays and so much more!