What We Do

Some of the initiatives that we have supported financially:

significant local donations

• Commissary Kitchen at Fiddle Park
• donation to the Shelburne Food Bank from the proceeds of the Nutcracker Gala hosted by the Rotary Club of Shelburne 
• Community Partner level donation for the Shelburne Food Bank’s cargo van
• Town of Shelburne for Splash Pad enhancements such as tables, chairs, and benches
• Rotary Splash Pad at Greenwood Park
• Numerous donations to Headwaters Health Care Centre (Orangeville Hospital), now totaling over $135,000
• Renovation of the Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex (Shelburne Arena)
• BMX track at Greenwood Park in Shelburne
• Redevelopment of the Shelburne Library

other local donations

• Glenbrook Public School Breakfast Program
• Annual Hearts Wide Open for Autism Charity Fundraiser
• Thanksgiving Food Drive
• Special Olympics Dufferin County
• Huruma Children’s Trust (Canada)
• Streams Community Hub
• Friendship Garden at the Headwaters Health Care Centre
• Shelburne Backpack Project
• Dufferin Oaks Ice Cream Social
• Shelburne Soccer
• Ontario SPCA and Humane Society Orangeville Location
• Shelburne Food Bank
• Food for You
• Dufferin Community Foundation Arts, Culture & Heritage Fund for the nurturing of talent and enriching our culture (in memory of Bill Dougherty)
• Skate Canada Shelburne – Regional Skating Competition – Bring on the Fun – Silver Sponsor
• Rotary Youth Exchange
• Youth Award for Museum of Dufferin Life in the Country Photo Exhibit
• CDDHS Girls Rugby Program
• Shelburne Food Bank Senior’s Market
• Founders Circle Member of the Dufferin Community Foundation
• Shelburne Christmas Hamper Program
• Club and District matching funds to purchase books for children and young adults as part of the Christmas Hamper Program
• Local high school awards
• Local elementary school awards
• Active Lives – towards their programs and activities for children and adults in Dufferin County with various neurological disorders
• Shelburne Girl Guides and Boy Scouts
• Hospice Dufferin
• Museum of Dufferin Corn Flower Glass Gallery

national and international donations

• Canadian Red Cross – Alberta Fires Appeal
• Project in Nepal to uplift the livelihoods and health status of Indigenous women through self-sustaining entrepreneurship
• Diabetes Canada – 11th Annual Shelburne Flame of Hope Golf Tournament
• Scholarship for Master’s of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Waterloo
• Juno Beach Centre to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. In honour of past Shelburne Rotarians and all Canadians who served our country
• Rotary Roller Barrel Project to provide those who must carry water multiple times a day from a far distance with a simple push/pull Roll-Along Water Barrel.
• Heart monitors for a hospital in remote Zimbabwe
• Feeding the Future & Shoes for Children of Torres de la Paz, Mexico
• PolioPlus – a program to eradicate polio worldwide