 COMMUNITY
SERVICE - WHAT IT MEANS: Besides support
for Camp Tidnish ($17,500), the Rotary Club of Amherst
supports the Blood Donor Clinic, Operation Lifeline,
Amherst 2000 (Millennium Celebrations), the Cumberland YMCA ($5,000),
the capital campaign for the Regional Hospital ($10,000), Amherst and
Cumberland Theatre Foundation ($10,000), scholarships and youth development
projects ($10,000), the V.O.N. ($6,000), Cumberland Community Campus
($2,000), St. John's Ambulance ($500), Palliative Care ($3,000) and
the Amherst Pre-School.
On several occasions,
Club members have held a walkathon to Camp Tidnish in order to raise
money for a new Rotary Van, which provides transportation to the Amherst
Pre-School.
CAMP
TIDNISH: 
The Rotary Club
of Amherst has a long history of Community Service, but it is Camp Tidnish
that stands as a shining example of Rotary support, for it was a mere
two years after the founding of Rotary in Amherst that the camp began
operation in the summer of 1937.
Camp Tidnish
is a unique residential camp designed to meet the needs of individuals
with disabilities. Each summer, over 350 campers stay at the fully physically
accessible camp to enjoy a safe, but challenging and fun holiday!
Click
here to find out more about Camp Tidnish.
 COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT:
The Rotary Club
of Amherst has assisted many worhtwhile projects in the Amherst and
Greater Area including the Amherst Food Bank, Pink Potato Project, Blood
Donnor Clinics and much more. Recently the Club became a major contributor
to the first phase of the Accessible Playground Project on Beacon Street
just completed in September.
HANDICAPPED
& EASTER SEALS:
Click
here to find out about Easter Seals. (Information from The Abilities
Foundation of Nova Scotia Website.)
ROTARY
VAN:
TAX
CLINIC:
Each year Rotarians
volunteer their time to assist Seniors with preparation of their annual
income Tax returns. Contact the Club Secretary for information regarding
the 2002 Taxation year.
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