Tapas Fundraiser a success for many!

The Campbell River Daybreak Rotary Club is hosted the 2nd annual Dancing and Tapas II. This Rotary effort, in conjunction with the Wheelchair Foundation of Canada, will provide wheelchairs to children or adults in need in the Philippines. Saturday night's focus was on the wheelchairs, but it was also about the food and music from Latin America. The renowned South American band Kumbia invited dancers to Merenge, Cha, Cha, Rumba, Samba and Tango. Non dancers enjoyed a latin dance demonstration. With the help of the students and instructors in the culinary arts program at North Island College five Tapas stations served culinary appetizers from oysters to South American exotic bits and fruits and there were several bars offering wines of the region and Pisco Sour. This fundraiser has already successfully delivered two full containers of wheelchairs to the needy in regions of Peru and Venezuela. Daybreak Rotary in Campbell River along with members of the Campbell River Rotary Noon club raised $2000 for student bursary for the Culinary Arts Program at the North Island College plus $30,000 for wheelchairs.