Service and Fellowship

Community Events

2011 Cariboo Festival of Beers 22nd October

dWe enjoyed a terrific range of beers - domestic and international, traditional and progressive, old names and new. Thanks to all our supporters, in particular Panago for the pizza and City Furniture for the bar fridge door prize.

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2011 Toast to India! 24th September 2011

Click here for details of the Mobile Literacy Project to which we have been able to commit $6,000 from the net proceeds of our first "Toast to India". We are also working on a local literacy project for Quesnel - please check back for details.

2011 Seniors' Trip to Barkerville

The weather didn't dampen the spirits of those who joined us for our 48th annual trek...

This event was made possible by Direct Access Gaming Grant funding from

Gaming Policy and
Enforcement Branch

2011 Billy Barker Days Pancake Breakfast

After all that blinking wet weather...the clouds cleared in time for the Parade on Saturday and again on Sunday morning...and over 700 breakfast appetites were well and truly satisfied!

Thanks for coming out - we'll see you again next year!

2010 Cariboo Festival of Beers

5^th November: another great event at Quesnel Seniors' Centre, thanks go to the participating breweries who treated those attending to a number of new, as well as tried-and-tested, brews.



Night Owl Music



2010 Seniors' Trip to Barkerville

Monday 23rd August saw two full bus-loads head out for the 47th Annual Seniors' Trip to Barkerville. The weather just about co-operated...



This event was made possible by Direct Access Gaming Grant funding from



Gaming Policy and
Enforcement Branch

Community Projects over the years... In addition to the Radio-TV Auction, Rotary Club of Quesnel is also behind a number of other annual events in our community, such as the Wine Festival, Billy Barker Days Pancake Breakfast, and Cariboo Festival of Beers. Funds raised at these events, together with the radio-TV Auction, have made possible an impressive and still growing number of investments in our community:
• $100,000 to the capital cost of the palliative care wing of Dunrovin Lodge which opened 4th August 2009 • Local landmarks, such as the Rotary Little League Ball Park, Rotary RV sani-station and our very first Auction project in 1957, the Quesnel Civic Arena • Quesnel & District Recreation Centre: $23,000 for the installation of specialized ceiling lift equipment (2004 Auction) and stretching mat; purchase of Evolv Stand & Glide (2010 Auction) and active-passive trainers; and the original planting of the Japanese Garden • Quesnel Youth Soccer: $20,000 seed money for their magnificent Indoor Sports Facility (2002 Auction); electric golf cart for indoor and outdoor field maintenance • $15,000 to Royal Canadian Legion towards the renovation of Legion Beach (2009 Auction) • $20,000 to Quesnel Search & Rescue mobile command centre (2005 Auction) • Quesnel & District Seniors’ Centre: $10,000 towards the original construction; carpet bowls equipment; sound system (2007 Auction) • Renovation of Quesnel’s War Memorial (2006 Auction); New display case at Royal Canadian Legion • G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital: furnishing of the 3^rd floor patients and visitors lounge and of the A.L.C. unit; ambulatory blood pressure equipment; handicap recliner • Partner-funding of the automatic doors at Quesnel Curling Rink • Concrete picnic table for Alex Fraser Park • C.D. Hoy photograph selection at the Community College Campus • Development of the video-oral history of local Chinese pioneers by the Quesnel & District Museum & Heritage Museum Commission • “Rotary Community Access Centre” at Seasons Homeless Shelter • S.P.C.A. dog socialization pens • Equipment purchases for Cariboo Hoofbeats Assisted Activity Program (CHAAPS) • Barlow Creek 4-H livestock grooming stands • Big Brothers Big Sisters – inaugural support of the Renew Crew bins; purchases of a computer desk, printer/fax and event banners • Inaugural support of Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program in Quesnel • Flight simulator for Air Cadets • Books For Babies program with Quesnel Literacy and Success By 6 • West Fraser Park: $37,000 towards the original development; relocation of the caboose ; installation of the ENERGI activity equipment • Albert Johnson Park playground equipment • $5,000 towards the Lebourdais Park water-spray park • Partner-funding to Gold Rush Cycling for the Adventure Skills Bike Park	• Child Development Centre Adventure Playground; $15,000 towards the development of the Pregnancy Outreach Program facility (2008 Auction) • Stove purchase for the Correlieu School Breakfast Programme via Quesnel Partnership for Student Nutrition • $4,000 towards furnishing of Amata House • $2,500 to purchase an Automated External Defibrillator for Red Bluff Firehall • Permanent outdoor furniture at Dunrovin Lodge • Nearly $6,000 to Quesnel Pipes & Drums to purchase new drums and related equipment • Quesnel Live Arts – new seating at Chuck Mobley Theatre • $4,400 to Festival of Performing Arts • Fraser Village – funding towards the original construction and the subsequent extension; purchase of appliances • Baker Lodge: $23,500 towards the purchase of their bus; also a wheelchair purchase • Partner funding for the original Community Policing van • Women’s Resource Centre exterior decorating and installation of a new covered wheelchair ramp • $1,000 towards the 2010 and 2011 Seniors Luncheon by Bouchie Lake Recreation Commission Society • Co-sponsorship of Quesnel Aquatics swim-with-the Olympians “SuperFish Camp” • Gavin Lake Forest Education Society: many equipment purchase and facility upgrades, most recently boardwalk and bridge reconstruction • Quesnel Horseshoe Club facility upgrades • Quesnel Figure Skating laser printer • Annual support of Quesnel Good Cheer, and Child Development Centre; and numerous equipment and similar purchases for Quesnel Food Bank, Quesnel Minor Hockey, Quesnel Ringette Association, Quesnel Home Support Services Society, Quesnel Environmental Society, Quesnel Lakers Wheelchair Basketball, Quesnel Minor Ball, Quesnel Girls Softball, Two Rivers Boxing, Quesnel Technics Gymnastics, Quesnel & Districts Arts Council, Quesnel Special Olympics, Lightning Creek Ski Club, North Cariboo Comprehensive Youth Centre, Quesnel Aquatics, Quesnel Aboriginal Chronic Disease Primary Prevention Program, Quesnel Exhibition & Fair • Student Exchange – students to and from Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Holland, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, Sweden and Switzerland • In conjunction with funding support from BC Gaming – Seniors’ Trip to Barkerville, annual scholarships to Quesnel Secondary School and Correlieu Secondary School; youth development opportunities such as Adventure in Citizenship, Adventure in Industry, Adventure in Forestry, Adventure in Tourism, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, aka RYLA Lakelse, RYLA South and RYLA North ( speak with any Rotarian for details)

International Projects

	Polio Plus is a global humanitarian program where Rotarians can actively participate, not just by fundraising, but also by volunteering in their communities and across the world as we work towards the global eradication of polio. For more information on this amazing project, go to: Polio Plus Canadian donors, please click here
	Onil Stoves for families in Guatemala. To learn more about these stoves that can change the lives of families in developing countries go to the website: Onil Stoves
Disaster Relief Shelter Box Canada and Disaster Aid Canada are Canadian disaster relief charities that deliver emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster worldwide. Click on the images below for more information.

Memories...

2009 Cariboo Festival of Beers

Saturday 24th October...we served over 300 discerning connoisseurs at

Quesnel's Seniors' Centre. Competition among the attending breweries was fierce...but Molson Canadian took top honours, with 2008 winner Dude Limelite by Pacific Western Brewery coming a close second, and Rickard's Red taking third.

Our sincere thanks to all those who turned out, and especially to our suppliers - Molson-Coors (Maria Garcia), who brough a ton of great giveaways, Pacific Western Brewing (Ben English), Tin Whistle Brewing, Howe Sound Brewing and Tree Brewing Company.

Also thanks to our event sponsors: *City Furniture and Appliances *McDonalds *Ricki's Bootlegger *Panago Pizza *Investors Group *C&C Wood Products *Night Owl Music *The Wolf and The Max *Quesnel-Cariboo Observer

Net funds raised will be used to support to support community groups and projects.

2009 Seniors’ Trip to Barkerville Over 150 made this year’s Trip, on August 31^st. With stops at Cottonwood House and Wells, a good time was had by all. But don’t take our word for it – take a look at the glowing testimonial from two of our guests...	This event was made possible by Direct Access Gaming Grant funding from Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch

2009 Billy Barker Days Pancake Breakfast
	The weather held and we served over 540 hungry patrons before the parade on Saturday 18^thJuly, and another 180 or so Sunday 19^th. Quesnel also showed its generosity, again, in donating over $400 to ShelterBox which the Club will be matching.

2010 Billy Barker Days Pancake Breakfast

Saturday 17th July and Sunday 18th July…780 hungry appetites were satisfied in the Safeway parking lot on Front Street. Thanks for coming out...see you next year!

Thanks as always to Canada Safeway, as well as to the supplier of our birch-made cutlery: