November is Rotary Foundation Month.

All club PHF and community recipients are honored annually at our Paul Harris Fellow breakfast. Paul Harris founded Rotary in Chicago in 1905. Our club honours a club member and a community member for their work in the club and community each year. As well, individuals can donate $1000 US to Rotary International for the funding of many projects. In doing so they will receive a PHF for their generosity. Rotarians helping others with "Service Above Self".

Shown in the photo are the PHF attendees at this year's breakfast. 

Surrey BC, October 17, 2011 – Seven local youth were honoured Friday evening at the 1st Annual SASSY -Service Above Self Surrey Youth-Awards hosted by the Semiahmoo Rotary Club held at the Bell Centre for Performing Arts.

Each award recipients received a $500 bursary, $500 donation to the charity of their choice, a signed copy of Craig Kielburger‟s book "Me to WE‟ and a stylized glass "S" SASSY Award.

After more than 25 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are now very close to eradicating polio, to making history and to changing the world. We are so close to ending polio—all we need is you.

April 3, 2012: 11th Annual Wine and Dine
June 5 & 6th, 2012: 23rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament and Calcutta

For information about these events, Click on CALENDAR above  and scroll through the months to find the date. Click on the event. 

Barry Hodgson, centre in photo, represented Semiahmoo Rotary Club at the launch of the Intergenerational Therapeutic Community Garden and recognition of Rotary’s funding support of the “Sharing Circle” in the garden. During the summer, seniors will share stories with children and youth in this beautiful space near the South Surrey Recreation Centre.

Another successful event with over $23,000 being raised for our club's various projects. This year saw 16 restaurants participating and approximately 600 attendees. The food and wine were excellent and the weather perfect.

Shown here is member Mike Gibson with his wife and members of his group of 40 participants arriving at one of their stops along Marine Drive.

We are looking forward to next year's event which will be held in April 2012. More information will be available closer to the date.

Our club was honoured to have Mayor Diane Watts as guest speaker on March 17, 2011. Mayor Watts spoke "unplugged" about the City of Surrey and its various and unique neighbourhoods. The discussion was lead by Rotarian Nancy Shewfelt and focused on Community Service, which is one of the five avenues of service in Rotary and a large part of the work done by Semiahmoo Rotary.

The Semiahmoo Rotary Club has partnered with the City of Surrey to create the Recreational Picnic Shelter adjacent to the Rotary Field House in South Surrey Athletic Park. The Picnic Shelter was built to commemorate the 20th Anniversary (1989-2009) of the Semiahmoo Rotary Club.