An outdoor musical instrument is Rotary Club of Powell River’s most recent community service project. It is located near the children’s playground equipment that Rotary bought and installed years ago for Palm Beach in Area C of qathet Regional District.
Celebrating its 70th anniversary next month, the international service club is among 46,000 clubs with 1.4 million members in 200 countries.
“Each year, our club undertakes projects both here at home and around the world,” said 2024/2025 president Kelly Keil. “We fundraise for the projects in various ways and then determine where and how to spend those funds.”
Her young daughter Haedyn has attended many meetings since her mother has been a member and was given a Rotary t-shirt and special designation as assistant to the president this past year.
During discussions about possible projects, Hayden proposed the outdoor instrument, an idea that was accepted by club members. She had seen one in another community and thought it would be good to have one here.
The club raised $7,500 and received a matching grant of $7,500 from Rotary District 5040. The local club is one of 50 within that district which stretches from Prince Rupert to Richmond and includes the Sunshine Coast.
Rotary worked with qathet Regional District to enable the project to be completed in April.
“I was excited to try it out when I saw it was installed,” said Haedyn. “I hope visitors to the park enjoy it as much as I do.”
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