A big thank you to all the Rotarians, family, and friends who participated in our recent fall fundraiser and celebration of service. We had many fabulous auction items to choose from, ranging from gift baskets to tickets for an Oregon/UCLA game, wine cases, as well as baskets focused on gardening, baking, home improvement, children’s literacy,
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East Salem Rotary is so grateful for the generous donation of $700 from the Heritage Grove Federal Credit Union’s Sponsorship Committee. These funds are supporting our 14 little libraries in the east Salem area by enabling us to purchase books and maintain the libraries, as they are well used. Thank you Heritage Grove!
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East Salem Rotarians and students from Blanchet Catholic School recently completed our annual garden cleanup at the La Casita garden. The East Salem Rotary Club built the raised bed garden in 2012, and has since conducted an annual cleanup in preparation for planting by families that are served by the program. Thank you to our
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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 Recently, local firefighters collected outdated or used gear, as well as a used fire truck, to donate to the fire department in Obregon, Mexico.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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