International Service

As citizens of the world, Rotary’s 36,000 clubs and over 1 million members serve communities around the world, in a myriad countries, each community with unique concerns and needs. Rotarians continually adapt and improve the way they respond to those communities’ needs, devoting their efforts to a broad range of service projects and causes.
The Healdsburg Noon Rotary’s International Service Committee reflects our Club’s determination to strengthen and improve its own local community, as well as the wider communities of which we are an integral part, particularly in areas of the globe with the greatest needs.

Rotary International addresses itself to causes in the following areas (https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes):

Ending polio worldwide
Promoting peace, preventing war, and working towards conflict resolution
Fighting and treating disease
Providing clean water and modern sanitation
Improving maternal and child health
Supporting education and literacy
Growing local economies and developing self-sustaining communities
Protecting the environment

The causes supported by Healdsburg Noon Rotary’s International Service Committee mirror those listed by Rotary International. Guided by the particular interests of our members, by our resources, and by the needs that are brought to us, we are currently focusing on the following individual projects, among others:

Active Club International Service Projects

Guatemala Amigos de Guatemala, support of three primary school students
Haiti HANWASH Léogâne, water system improvement planning through completion
Mexico Mérida, Mision de Amistad, replacement of cistern to provide a reliable water supply & roof repairs
Ukraine Zaporizhzhia and Cherkasy regions - emergency power equipment, first aid kits, youth mental health services
Africa Rwanda- M2E Foundation (Maximize Meaningful Education). Support of two primary schools with an educational specialist
ShelterBox USA-Bringing survival equipment to confront disasters cause mainly by nature and conflict across the globe.

Proposals

Project and donation requests will be considered by the International Service Committee and then submitted, with their recommendations, to our Healdsburg Foundation Board of Directors for final consideration. In some cases, the organization proposing a project or requesting a donation may be asked to make a presentation at a weekly meeting of the club to educate the membership about their project or program. Please complete and submit the attached Donation-Project Request Form.

Send proposals to:
Rotary Club of Healdsburg
attn.: International Service Committee
P.O. Box 671
Healdsburg, CA 95448
or
Email the form to: davehen@sonic.net