The main objective of a Rotary Club is
service in the community, the nation and throughout the world.
The Rotary Club of Healdsburg has a legacy of service in these
areas going back to its charter year of 1948. The Club also
offers financial assistance and volunteer services to many deserving
non-profit agencies. The following is a list of projects - both
ongoing and just beginning - that the Rotary Club of Healdsburg
has been involved in through 2007-08. It is the most ambitious
list of service project in recent memory. They are:
Community
Projects:
Alexander
Valley 4H Christmas Wreath Sale
American Cancer Society Relay for Life
annually in June
Boys and Girls Club Teen Center
Pediatric Dental Institute
"Every 15 Minutes"
Christmas Project Adopt A Family
Fitch Mountain School
Foss Creek Cleanup annual community
project
Foss Creek School LEGO Robot Kits
youth science/computer competition
Healdsburg Education Foundation
Healdsburg 4H Club Art Mural Project at
Powell Avenue
Healdsburg High School Interact Club
Sponsorship
High School Redwood Empire Invitational
Basketball Tournament
Healdsburg Shared Ministries the Food
Pantry, Girl Scout Cookie Donation
Healdsburg Unified School District Food
Service Dept. Slow Foods Software
Healdsburg Junior High School Challenge Day
Hurricane Disaster Relief in New Orleans
My Body Is Healthy (Elementary school
anti-drug program)
Physical Therapy equipment for HDH
Reading in the Classrooms at five
local elementary schools
Rotary International Centennial Project
Gibbs Park Renovation - completed
Rotary Youth Little League Center at HES -
complete
Soroptomist Club of Healdsburg - Christmas
Service Project
VFW Post 768 Phone Cards for Troops in
Iraq
Westside 4H Club Recycling Project
Zeigler/Nimmo Memorial Tennis Tournament
each May at HHS
Rotary
District Projects:
Alliance
Medical Center/District 5130 Vitamin
Supplement Program
Cool Kids Camp camp tuition for at
risk youth
Project Share Life
Vocational
Service Projects:
14 high school scholarships annually
Spanish-English Dictionaries to ESL Parents
Recognition
for Community Service, Business Leaders and
Students
Ten High School Scholarships Annually
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) tuition
to leadership camp each June
Foss Creek School Spanish-English
Dictionaries
International
Projects:
Village Hopecore, International - micro-lending in Kenya
Earthquake
& Hurricane Disaster Relief in Central
America
Exchange Students
Fire Truck to Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca,
Mexico - completed
Medical Clinic and Elementary School Support,
Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico complete
Project Amigo, Colima, Mexico
Rafiki Foundation, Zambia, Africa
shelter and training for young girls
Rotary International Foundation
Safe Blood Africa - blood bank in Nigeria
Tournament of Roses Parade Float, Pasadena,
California
Tsunami Relief
Vietnam Clean Water
Wheel Chair Foundation
World Trade Center Disaster Relief