The Official Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Cumberland Centennial, PO Box 101, Cumberland, BC VOR 1S0 The Miner’s Lamp Bringing the Light of Service to the Community and the World Through Rotary March is Literacy Month TNMs eee Coes OS Oca Nec Ued Cincy Cons DORKS Our USU eur history of helping develop literacy and numeracy in Pastas aces Reese eae Cee eure) Pee auratus ee ke tla Paco acca eC gaan Pre eee ee ag eet) registered until they start Pe ee) Pee aCe eat Ruri) Paneer | March 2011 2011 Volume 26, Issue 4 BUILDING COMMUNITIES BRIDGING CONTINENTS Community Way Dollars Our speaker on Tuesday was Pieter Say Vorster. Pieter is originally from South Africa who moved to Cumberland about two years ago. Pieter’s business is called Continual Palingenesis, Social Media Solutions. Pieter explained that he has become a strong advocate of the movement to create Community Way Dollars, an idea developed by our other guest of the morning, Michael Linton. Pieter distributed a number of banknotes, a cheque a credit card and Community Way Dollars as a way of introducing the concept. Any business or service agency in the Comox Valley can become involved by registering an account online: www.communityway.ca The concept involves participation by groups that agree to provide Community Way (CW) dollars to their members and members of the public in return for regular cash. How does one obtain CW dollars? The answer is to pledge goods or services in an amount that suits the donor. In return for the pledge, the donor receives an equal amount of CW dollars which then can be distributed through the business or organizations’ members. Businesses that have registered to participate agree to accept a portion of the value of the good or services they provide For instance, the Waverly Hotel will accept up to 50% of the value of refreshments purchased by a customer The CW dollars they receive are then circulated back into the community. Currently there are 72 businesses that have registered in the Comox Valley and there are approximately $150K CW dollars in circulation. Contact Pieter for more info at: 250-792-2874 or pieter@cp-sms.ca SKYPE: bloemboypw www.rotarycc.org Page 1