Community and International Contributions

Whitby Ribfest is the largest annual event presented by the Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise. It is a 100% volunteer-driven charity fundraiser. Each day, the Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise pour their passion, integrity, and intelligence into completing events and projects that have a lasting impact!

Whitby Ribfest enables the Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise to generate funding to support a significant number of community organizations. Some of the community organizations the Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise has supported are:
  • ACT Foundation
  • Big Brothers and Big Sisters
  • Boys and Girls Club of Durham
  • Canadian Caribbean Cultural Ass’n of Durham
  • Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Canada
  • Crime Stoppers (Grade Nine Mirror Program)
  • Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre for Children and Youth
  • School Emergency Kits, Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre for Children and Youth
  • Christmas Gift Giving Program
  • Community Care Durham
  • Community Living Ticket to Margaritaville fundraiser
  • Dear Santa Durham
  • Distress Centre of Durham Region
  • Distress Centre Durham (Adolescent Suicide Awareness Program)
  • Durham Attack Volleyball Club
  • Durham Deaf Services, Oshawa
  • Durham District School Board
  • Durham Family Court Clinic
  • Durham Hospice
  • Durham Steelhawks
  • Durham Steelhawks Sledge Hockey Association
  • Distress Centre Durham
  • Feed the Need in Durham
  • Fairview Lodge
  • Frantastic Treats (Frontline Workers Program)
  • Gloves for Road Clean-up
  • Grandview Children’s Foundation
  • Girl Guides of Canada
  • Heart & Stroke “Ride for Life” Sponsorships
  • Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre (Pediatric Cancer Program)
  • Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre
  • Humane Society of Durham
  • Kinark Foundation
  • Kids Against Hunger Project
  • Lakeridge Health Foundation
  • Lakeridge Health Whitby
  • Learning for Hope (El Salvador Project)
  • Lebanese Ice Hockey Federation
  • Light of Dae
  • Luke’s Place
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
  • John Howard Society
  • Kids Against Hunger Canada,
  • Kid’s Safety Village
  • March of Dimes
  • Muslim Welfare Center
  • Novas Ark
  • Ontario Hockey Federation Championship
  • Ontario Regiment Foundation
  • Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health
  • Penny Pack Initiative
  • Rotary Club of Willowdale
  • Rose of Durham
  • Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps
  • Royal Canadian Legion
  • Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 112
  • Senior Gift Giving Program by Nancy Nicholas
  • Station Gallery
  • Racing Against Drugs (Durham District School Board)
  • St. Vincent’s Kitchen
  • Sir William Stephenson Public School Healthy Snack Program
  • Simcoe Hall Settlement House Day Camp
  • Simcoe Settlement House
  • Sinclair Sprockets
  • Search On (Children’s Safety Education)
  • The Denise House,
  • The Ontario Regiment
  • The Regional Municipality of Durham
  • Taunton Mills Nursing Home
  • Their Opportunity Minor Sports Corp.
  • Towne Cleaners
  • Tree planting (Thickson’s Woods)
  • True Patriot Foundation
  • Victim Services of Durham Region
  • Whitby Salvation Army Food Bank
  • Whitby Lawn Bowling Club
  • Whitby Lightning Girls Softball Association
  • Whitby Public Library
  • Whitby Sea Cadets
  • Windreach Farms
  • Whitby Sports Hall of Fame
  • Whitby-Ajax Community Garden Project
  • Windreach Farm Foundation
  • Wounded Warriors
  • YWCA Durham
Whitby Ribfest enables the Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise to generate funding to support a significant number of projects. Some of the Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise’s projects have included:
  • Wounded Warriors Park of Reflection
  • Durham College Culinary School
  • Rotary Gym at Heydenshore
  • Construction of gazebos at Rotary Sunrise Lake Park and Fairview Lodge.
  • Creation of the Whitby Sports Hall of Fame
  • Hosting of Rotary Youth Exchange students from around the world.
  • Donation of scholarships for local high school students.
  • Support for the Sunrise Youth Group.
  • Provision of “Smart Walkers” to enable children with muscular dystrophy to walk.
  • Development work in the Dominican Republic including the provision of bio-sand water filters, playground equipment, medical and school supplies and the construction of classrooms at the La Loma adult training school
  • Participation in Rotary International’s campaign to end polio.

With the success of Whitby Ribfest, the Rotary Club of Whitby Sunrise is thrilled to have been able to provide support to these organizations and projects. With every dollar raised, we are working towards improving our community and meeting the needs of those less fortunate!

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