The Rotary Club of Truro presented the Colchester East Hants Hospice Society with $15,000.00 worth of Atlantic Superstore gift cards for their Food From the Heart Program.

 

In the picture, Rotarian Rod Jones presents the cards to Hospice Executive Director Craig Johnson

The Rotary Club of Truro presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Arthritis Society - Nova Scotia Division in support of their Camp JoinTogether program.

 

Camp JoinTogether is offered to Maritime children and youth living with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). Campers at JoinTogether can share a common experience with peers and engage in camp activities. The donation from the Rotary Club of Truro will allow ten young people to go to camp.

 

Pictured accepting the cheque are campers MacKenzie and Jenna.  Behind them are (L-R) Rotarian Christine Blair,  ‎Jone Mitchell, Director of Development, Maritime Region at The Arthritis Society and District Governor Jim Goit.

 

Check out this video on Camp JoinTogether
http://arthritis.ca/news-and-media/media-centre/public-service-announcements/childhood-arthritis/jenna-and-emily-the-power-of-friendship

The Rotary Club of Truro presented $7,000 to support programming at Maggie's Place Family Resource Centre.

 

Kathie Sutherland from Maggie's Place spoke to the club about the various programs that the Centre operates and how important it is to our community.  She then accepted the cheque from Rotarian Alana Hirtle.

 

The Rotary Club recently made an $8,500 contribution to the Scotia Pool Society that went toward the purchase of a chair lift to help disabled people in and out of the pool.  

 

Presenting the cheque to the Society Chairperson Glenda Bowers are Rotarians Christine Blair and Adam Wylie.