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Rotary Supports Elspeth Reid Family Resource Centre

Rotary Wine Festival support of Child & Family Services Westman

Rotary Club of Brandon Visits The John Howard Society Transitional Housing Centre

January 13, 2026 – Members of the Rotary Club of Brandon visited the John Howard Society Transitional Housing Centre today, a facility our Club has proudly supported through a recent donation toward furnishings for bedrooms and common areas. The tour included viewing key spaces such as the newly furnished bedrooms, meeting rooms, dining facilities, and visiting areas, giving members a firsthand look at how their contributions are making a difference.

Rotary Club of Brandon Extends Warm Holiday Wishes

Merry Christmas from Rotary Club of Brandon _ Season's Greetings

Rotary Club’s Christmas Cheer Contribution Featured in Brandon Sun

The Rotary Club of Brandon’s holiday spirit was on full display in the December 4, 2025, edition of the Brandon Sun, which featured the club’s generous contribution to the Brandon Christmas Cheer Fund.

Source: Brandon Sun, December 4, 2025 edition

Two New Members Welcomed at Rotary Club of Brandon Christmas Supper

The Rotary Club of Brandon 1344 was proud to officially welcome two new members during our annual Rotary Christmas Supper on December 9th, 2025

Honouring a Lifetime of Service: The Rotarian Carl Golletz Memorial Bench

The Rotary Club of Brandon has honoured the legacy of longtime Rotarian Carl Golletz with the installation of a memorial bench at the Riverbank Discovery Centre. This tribute celebrates his 50+ years of "Service Above Self" and provides a quiet place for reflection.

Our Rotary Grant in Action: Fueling 70 Years of Christmas Cheer

Our Rotary grant directly fuels the Christmas spirit for our community, supporting a 70-year legacy of holiday hope.

Rotary Club of Brandon Proudly Sponsors the Western Manitoba Youth Choir 2025 in Concert

Rotary is proud to sponsor the Western Manitoba Youth Choir 2025 in Concert at First Presbyterian Church. This wonderful event happens on Tuesday, October 21st at 7:30 p.m. and only costs $15 per person! Children 12 and under are FREE.

ROTARY BOOK BINS

UPDATE:
The Rotary Book Bin from Superstore is now at the Velvet Dip!

Thanks so much for all the books you drop off during the year. The book sales can’t happen without your books!

The BOOK BINS are at

Lee's Restaurant

Heritage Co-Op Grocery - Richmond Ave

Velvet Dip

Home Hardware

Dollarama - Beside Sobey's West-end!

Thanks so much for dropping your books off.

Thank you to all who are volunteering, your help is appreciated!

The Fall Rotary Booksale will be

September 11, 12, & 13th, 2025

Rotary Wine Festival donation to Child and Family Services of Western Manitoba

Rotary Club of Brandon President Alan Moulin

Nonny Cancade and Tracy Baker Co-Chairs of the Westman Wine Festival (WWF) Committee

presented a cheque to

Arlene Stewart - Chief Executive Officer of Child and Family Services (CFS) of Western Manitoba

Surien Fourie - Communication and Public Relations Specialist of Child and Family Services (CFS) of Western Manitoba

Lisa Ramsay - Coordinator - Elspeth Reid Family Resource Centre

Rotary Ripple Effect Program Third Quarterly Report for 2024/2025

The Rotary Club of Brandon has contributed to District 5550 Ripple Effect program in Guatemala. Our support has been focused on the Hector Barillas Orantes School.

The project is the construction of two new classrooms, sealing between the wall and the ceiling in the existing classrooms for pest control (rats and pigeons) and the construction of 46 meters of perimeter wall.

Status:

Construction is 100% complete. The interior of the classrooms was painted by Rotarians, Rotaract and Interact members of the club. The classrooms are fully furnished with whiteboards and desks.

Rotary club’s display cases in the Main Concourse of the Keystone Centre club’s display cases.

The cases, gratefully provided to the club by the Keystone Centre, now offer the public updated information about our club and its ongoing activities in Brandon and Westman.The display also contains some of the club’s cherished artifacts, such as our original Charter, signed in 1921.

“If you haven’t yet had the opportunity to check it out, possibly you might find some time to take a look,” says Don. “I think you will find it interesting. The display cases graphically encapsulate just how active The Rotary Club of Brandon #1344 is.”

Any questions or comments are welcome, contact Don 204-729-7188

Ripple Effect is a Rotary District 5550 program through which Rotarians and other organizations and individuals in Canada can reach out to countries where children’s education is at risk. The program works in partnership with Rotary Clubs and communities in Guatemala to help build, equip and support schools for children in grades K to 6. Your donation to the Ripple Effect Program will help build and/or equip a school in Guatemala.

The Rotary Club of Brandon, along with other Rotary Clubs in Ontario and the Prairies have worked together to build a school in San Miguelito, to help reduce the incidence of illiteracy and poverty among the people of the area. Guatemala is not only one of the poorest countries, (Guatemala is geographically south of Mexico), but has the lowest literacy rate in Central America. The school has taken several years to build, with all work done by local people and supervised over all by local and Canadian Rotary clubs. Presently there are 5 classrooms, a computer lab, kitchen, washrooms, principal's office, storage along with a cemented playground, fencing and retaining walls. Needless to say, the school has become the meeting place of the town with a market and place for sports and recreation.

The ShelterBox program is an unbelievable program to give the opportunity to an individual or a group to be able to step up and give a huge amount of help to people in need.

For example, the Shelterbox provides sustained shelter for people dealing with disaster in the Philippines.

Shelterbox already has two response teams on the ground in the Philippines who are working with the help of Rotarians to provide emergency shelter and lifesaving supplies in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan.

ShelterBox delivers, the tent boxes shown above, or specific Shelter Toolkits for areas where repairs to homes are needed.

Some 90 countries have received ShelterBoxes. And more than 130,000 ShelterBoxes have been deployed since the Rotary Club project since 2000.

For some more info, see: http://www.shelterboxcanada.org/