Long-time Rotarian Duane “Sparky” Vaubel recently received recognition from our Rotary District Governor Susanne Holmberg. He was honored for his decades of commitment to Rotary, especially his work with the Rotary District 5100 youth exchange program. Way to go Sparky!
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Krishna Namburi, newly appointed Salem City Manager, recently visited East Salem Rotary to share information about proposed programs to address public safety and livability in Salem, with a focus on downtown and northeast Salem. Joining her were several other city officials, including Mayor Julie Hoy. Neighbors from the east Salem area came to the presentation
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The Rotary Club of East Salem once again helped support an ongoing project to provide donated fire gear and medical supplies to fire departments in Mexico. Recently, local firefighters collected outdated or used gear, as well as a used fire truck, to donate to the fire department in Obregon, Mexico. A group of firefighters from
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East Salem Rotary held its first auction fundraiser on May 17th, and the event was a big success! The festivities took place at Scenic Valley Vineyard, and we had a great turnout. Rotarians, friends and families enjoyed delicious food from Elegant Catering, and wine and beer was provided by Scenic Valley Vineyard. Close to 30
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We had great volunteers to help clean up the La Casita Community Garden in preparation for planting. Garden workers included three students from Blanchet Catholic School and three East Salem Rotarians, as well as some family members. East Salem Rotary built the garden at La Casita in 2012, and the families served by the La
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Many East Salem Rotarians and friends, in addition to students from McKay High School, Chemawa Indian School, Blanchet Catholic School and Salem Academy, helped make this year’s brunch fun for all. The event was held at the Willamette Lutheran Retirement Community, and volunteers helped serve food at the buffet, set and serve tables, wash dishes,
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We had a record-breaking number of volunteers for our Market Street cleanup, which takes place about three times per year. East Salem Rotarians regularly clean up the portion of Market Street between Lancaster Drive and Cordon Road. Besides Rotarians and family members, we also had assistance from students from McKay High School and Blanchet Catholic
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East Salem Rotary received a wonderful gift of donated books for our little libraries from Microplant Nurseries Inc. in Gervais. Employees, as well as CEO Jonathan Jasinski, participated in a company-wide book drive, and collected about 45 books for our 12 little libraries in the east Salem area. We are very grateful for the generous
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Children and parents participated in this annual holiday event, which included Christmas arts & crafts, free children’s books, donated toys & clothing items for children, and a visit with Santa. Our inbound exchange student Facundo served as Santa this year, and East Salem Rotary volunteers helped with the activities as well. A big thank you
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Thanks to all the East Salem Rotarians who participated in our annual Salvation Army bell ringing, which takes place each year at the east Salem Fred Meyer store. Eighteen Rotarians and our exchange student from Chile helped raised $316.92, surpassing our collected donations from last year!
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