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Rotary Club of Nanaimo is where neighbors, friends, and problem-solvers share ideas, join leaders and take action to create lasting change. We meet at 12 p.m.

Each day, our members pour their passion into projects that have a lasting impact. We are roughly 65 professional and business men and women dedicated to improving our community as well as communities around the world. on most Fridays at the Nanaimo Golf Club. Members enjoy Rotary fellowship over lunch which is followed by a short business meeting and a guest speaker. The meetings conclude at 1:30 p.m. We also have one virtual meeting a month and one evening social a month. Visit our website for more details: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/387/page/our-meetings-and-events

Members support some of our projects directly with their time, expertise and effort and others indirectly by donations. Fundraising is used to carry out the good work of Rotary in our community and internationally. Our major fund raiser is our Used Book Sale held in the spring and fall. The majority of the proceeds from our fundraisers go directly to our community with a smaller portion going to international projects. Members also donate to Rotary Foundation which supports Local and International Projects, the largest being the Eradication of Polio worldwide. We can be contacted by mail or email
Address
The Rotary Club of Nanaimo
P.O. Box 405
Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 5L3

09/08/2026

📚 Where Book Sale Funds Go: Take a Hike Nanaimo

This year, 100% of the Grade 12 students in the Take a Hike Nanaimo program graduated!

Book sale proceeds help Take a Hike Foundation provide meaningful experiences that support local youth. Before the school year ended, participants completed a four-day canoe trip through six lakes in Sayward Forest, camping in a different location each night.

Through land-based learning, youth build confidence, strengthen coping and social skills, develop trusted relationships, and discover a greater sense of belonging and purpose.

Every book you donate or purchase helps make opportunities like these possible. Thank you for supporting our book sale and Nanaimo youth!

📖 Shop our next Rotary Book Sale:
September 25 to October 4, 2026
Nanaimo North Town Centre

09/05/2026

👋 Meet Our Book Sale Neighbours: CommonFolk Apparel

Books for your shelves and something new for your wardrobe!

While you’re visiting the Rotary Book Sale, stop by Commonfolk Apparel near Centre Court. This contemporary boutique offers women’s and men’s clothing and accessories, including Italian linen, silk and other natural fibres.

Our Book Sale brings thousands of people to Nanaimo North Town Centre, and we encourage everyone to discover the businesses that welcome us into their neighbourhood.

📍 Unit 139, near Centre Court
📅 Visit during the Rotary Book Sale, September 25 to October 4

09/02/2026

📚 What’s on your Book Sale wish list?

If you could find one book, author or type of book at the Rotary Book Sale, what would it be?

A mystery you’ve been hunting for? A favourite childhood book? A cookbook, travel guide or novel by an author you love?

Tell us what you’ll be searching for in the comments!

📅 September 25 to October 4
📍 Nanaimo North Town Centre, 4750 Rutherford Road, Nanaimo

08/30/2026

📚 MEET OUR BOOK SALE NEIGHBOURS: ART 10 GALLERY 🎨

When you visit the Rotary Club of Nanaimo Fall Book Sale, take some time to explore our neighbours at Art 10 nanaimo.

This artist-run gallery showcases original work by more than 25 talented Nanaimo-area artists, including paintings, prints, pottery, jewellery, glass and sculpture.

Support local twice in one visit: find your next great read at the Rotary Book Sale, then stop by Art 10 Gallery to discover a one-of-a-kind creation from a local artist.

📍 Nanaimo North Town Centre
📅 Rotary Book Sale: September 25 to October 4

Learn more: https://art10gallery.ca/

08/28/2026

🌲 WHERE THE FUNDS GO | Making trail work a little lighter

Moving loads of gravel up the Alder Trail at Morrell Nature Sanctuary Nanaimo BC. is a long and demanding haul. Funds raised through our Book Sales allowed us to provide a grant toward two electric wheelbarrows for the sanctuary’s trail-maintenance volunteers.

After several weeks of testing, the first wheelbarrow has passed with flying colours. Volunteers have already used it to haul gravel to the Alder Trail, and it has proven so helpful and sturdy that the second one is now being ordered.

This practical equipment will make it easier for volunteers to maintain the trails that so many people in our community enjoy.

When you donate books, volunteer or shop at our Book Sales, you help us fund projects like this throughout Nanaimo. Thank you for making it possible!

08/25/2026

📚 Nanaimo book lovers, the countdown is on!

In just one month, the Rotary Club of Nanaimo Fall Book Sale returns for 10 days of great books, great deals and unexpected treasures.

Whether you are searching for a favourite author, a children’s classic or your next great read, there will be something waiting for you. Best of all, every purchase helps Rotary support projects that make a difference in our community.

📍 Nanaimo North Town Centre
📅 September 25 to October 4

Start making room on your shelves and plan your visit:
https://portal.clubrunner.ca/387/Page/book-sale

08/22/2026

WHERE YOUR BOOK SALE SUPPORT GOES 💙

When you shop at the Rotary Club of Nanaimo Book Sale, you help us support organizations and events that strengthen our community.

This year, Rotary was proud to once again be a Gold Sponsor of the Westwood Lake Dragon Boat Regatta, hosted by VI Paddling.

The 2026 regatta brought approximately 1,800 paddlers to Nanaimo, along with hundreds of coaches, volunteers, families and spectators from across Vancouver Island and beyond. Beyond the excitement on the water, the event builds community, supports local tourism and contributes to cancer research.

VI Paddling also invests in youth programs, adaptive paddling, Learn to Dragon Boat programs, coach and volunteer development, and community outreach.

This is what happens when our community supports Rotary. Books are donated. Books are purchased. And those proceeds go back into making Nanaimo and Vancouver Island stronger.

Thank you to everyone who shops, donates and volunteers at our Book Sale. You help make this possible!

08/19/2026

A huge thank you to Nanaimo North Town Centre for continuing to give the Rotary Club of Nanaimo a home for our Book Sale. 📚💙

Their ongoing support makes it possible for us to bring thousands of donated books together under one roof, welcome our community through the doors, and raise funds that go right back into local projects and organizations.

When you come to the Book Sale this September, we hope you’ll make a day of it. Browse the books, then take some time to shop, eat, and visit the many businesses throughout Nanaimo North Town Centre.

Supporting the businesses that support our community is one more way we can all make a difference.

📚 Rotary Club of Nanaimo Fall Book Sale
September 25 to October 4
Nanaimo North Town Centre

08/15/2026

📚 What gem have you found at the Rotary Nanaimo Book Sale?

If you are one of our Book Sale regulars, we would love to hear about a favourite find from over the years. Maybe it was a book you had been searching for, an unexpected treasure, a childhood favourite, or something you simply could not believe you found.

Tell us about your best Book Sale find in the comments, and feel free to share a photo! 📖✨

We love seeing where all those donated books end up.

08/13/2026

📚 Your old books can do new good!

Donate the books you no longer need and help Rotary Nanaimo raise funds to support our community and beyond.

We gladly accept:
• Adult and children’s books
• Current non-fiction
• Puzzles, CDs, DVDs and games

We cannot accept:
• Magazines
• Textbooks
• Damaged books
• Outdated technical or reference materials

📍 Where to donate:
Our only book donation location is the blue bins across from London Drugs at Nanaimo North Town Centre, accessible during mall hours.

Have a large donation? Boxed books can be left beside the bins, or contact us to arrange a drop-off time.

Address

P. O. Box 405
Nanaimo, BC
V9R5L3

Opening Hours

12pm - 2pm

Website

http://rotarynanaimo.com/

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