Reminder on how the funds get used through the Rotary Foundation.
- 92% of funds are spent on program awards and operations
- Rotary has a 4 STAR RATING - Charity Navigators highest rating!
Examples of how funds of all sizes are used:
Your gift makes a difference! Here are ways in which donations at any level make a difference, and how money is spent in the world:
- $15.00 - Polio Vaccinations
- $50 - Water Filter
- $200 - Medical equipment
- $500 - Anti-bullying Campaign
- $1,000 - Conflict resolution training
- $2,650 - An Irrigation System
As you can see the money that you all donated and worked to collect will have a huge impact on individuals, families, and communities around the globe. At this time of year as we approach the holidays it feels good to be able to say, we did that, we made a difference in the lives of others.
Here is a snapshot of how the funds rolled in:
- 30% of the funds came from the Platinum plus sponsors
- 18% through the Platimum sponsors
- Overall the individual donanations this year, all came in much higher than in the previous years, thank you to everyone for making this year a banner year.
Platinum Plus Sponsors, we had 3 at the $1,000 level.
Our own Martha Basset, Rotarian with our club, once again showed incredible support and leadership (she was the very first person to donate. Martha is an avid supporter for the Polio cause, thank you Martha for your generous donation and kindness.

Nortech Parking Systems – This is the 2
nd year for Nortech.Nortech provides parking system for Easypark and are located in Winnipeg, but they like to support causes that make a difference and they have been extremely generous to be a platinum sponsor once again.

Our Newest corporate sponsor, Zipby is a large company that provides payment solutions for parking lots (app-based) and also systems for gated lots to make it easier to move in and out of lots in a frictionless way.They are located in Australia with offices in Florida and California.They are the newest partner for Easypark so you will see this app on EasyPark lots in the city. Zipby is a business founded by family values, and as such, they were eager to help support the causes of Rotary around the globe through this fund. Special thanks to them, for this amazing support.
Platinum Sponsors, we had 9 at the $500 level

Fearless Consulting Inc. and our co-President Ram Nayyar. This is a multiple-year donation, and we thank Ram for his continued support.

SPG and our own Rotarian Bal Jouhal have for the second year, renewed the sponsorship donation level. Thank you to Bal and his team.
Tim

Hortons and our own Rotarian and Foundation Chair Ajit Thandi has once again renewed the sponsorship at this level. Time Horton’s and Ajit are wonderful community partners.

Total Green and Rotarian Jonas Stahr have sponsored at this level for an additional year. Thank you Jonas and the team!


Columbia/APC and John Wu and his team have again renewed sponsorship at this level.John is always quick to sponsor and again was one of the first people to pledge the commitment. Thank you John.

Prominent and our own Roratian and past chair, Ellen Hsu – has once again renewed sponsorship at this level. Thank you so much Ellen.

Promont and our own Rotarian Tom Ip, has once again renewed sponsorship at this level.Thank you Tom and the team!
J

ennifer Gee and EasyPark have once again renewed sponsorship at this level.Thank you so much Jennifer

A new sponsor company at this level, Pink Diamond is a special pet food supplier distributor and the company of our own Rotaraina team; Matt and Miya. Matt and Miya are new Members this year and have been amazing supporters of Rotary and our club, they have done so much in just a short amount of time. Thank you.
Gold Sponsor, we had 1 at the $300 level.
Special thanks to Jennifer Gee who personally donated at this level again. Jennifer is not currently a Rotarian, but she works in many ways to support various organizations, around BC. So much so that Last year our club awarded her the Paul Harris for her work in funding and support.
Silver sponsors, we had7 at the $200 level.

Including a brand new Corporate sponsor this year, CHEF HUNG, our own Rotarian Judy Wong, and Natalie Siu her Daughter. Thank you so much to the two of them.
And thank you to everyone else that donated at this special time of year.
Thank you for making a difference in the lives of many!