To assist young adults to enter university programs to become teachers or to study gerontology or geriatric nursing,we have founded a charitable organization, called the Friends of VRTA Scholarship and Bursary Fund. This fund is under the umbrella of the R.R. Smith Memorial Fund Foundation and hosted by the VanCity Community Foundation. The fund was generously initiated by an anonymous $1000.00 donation in June, 2018 and we reached $12,000.00 in 2021. We gave to the UBC Awards department $2000 to be split between an Education Award for student teacher and Nursing geriatrics Award . We now wish to boost our fund to over $20,000 so we can earn enough interest to give two students attending SFU Awards as well
DONATING ONLINE BY CREDIT CARD IS EASY— Go to www.vancitycommunityfoundation.ca, click “Funds” at the top, type R.R. Smith in “Search” area, click on “R.R. Smith Community Fund”, click on “Give to this Fund”, and be sure to fill in the "Leave a comment" section. Designate funds by typing Friends of the VRTA in “Leave a comment” space. Fill in details with your credit card. Donations of $20 or more get an INSTANT tax receipt in your Inbox! Then send a copy of the Tax Receipt to our Treasurer: Dave Ellis (dellis7734@gmail.com). This is important to ensure that the funds are deposited into our Friends of the VRTA account.
Or WRITE a CHEQUE to VanCity Community/ R.R. Smith Memorial Fund Foundation and ADD this information in the Memo Line. In the Memo Line Write: Friends of the VRTA. then mail to Dave Ellis, 2086 Newport Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5P 2H8
