It’s time once again for our annual flower basket fundraiser, and this is the time to purchase spring baskets for Mother’s Day, or just to brighten your own yard. Proceeds from this event support scholarships for local youth. This year’s hanging basket supplier is Kamis Nursery, a local nursery located just north of Salem at
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Our annual Palm Sunday Brunch fundraiser and service project took place on Sunday, April 14th. This event allows us to collaborate with the Willamette Lutheran Retirement Community to serve a great brunch and visit with residents and guests, and it also serves as a fundraiser for our club. We had a great turnout, and good
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East Salem Rotary dedicated the funds raised from the weekly raffle in February to support the PolioPlus Fund. This fund, part of The Rotary Foundation, supports the eradication of polio throughout the world. Polio cases have been reduced by 99.9% since Rotary’s first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. Today, polio remains
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Each year in March our community celebrates and supports Hunger Awareness Month through activities that include supporting the Marion-Polk Food Share. We had a kickoff program on March 1st from the Marion-Polk Food Share, and our club will host our annual food drive on Saturday, March 16th from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Hayesville Roth’s
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Our most recent Market Street cleanup took place Saturday, February 16th. Six club members met at the Swegle Boys & Girls Club at 8:30 a.m. and took care of the cleanup in about an hour and a half. A club member is shown concentrating on his work.
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The Rotary Club of East Salem has been approved to receive a district grant of $1000 to help fund the building of an outdoor playground at La Placita. The grant funds will be supplemented by $1000 from the club to purchase the equipment. Club members will build the playground later in the spring.
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East Salem Rotarians have been engaged in numerous projects and events this year, offering a variety of activities to accommodate members’ interests and skills. Below are a few of the projects we’ve worked on:Donated fire & medical supplies were sent to volunteer fire departments in MexicoDonated funds to a milk bank for non-lactating mothers in
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East Salem Rotary Club members stepped up once again to participate in the annual Salvation Army bell ringing at East Salem Fred Meyer Friday, December 7th. This continues our annual tradition of supporting the Salvation Army to help meet the needs of those less fortunate in our community. Thanks to all who participated!
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Thanks to the work of the International Service Committee (Phil, Erik and Dagmar), fire equipment and medical supplies donated by several Oregon fire departments have arrived in Culiacan, Mexico to support their volunteer fire department. Supplies included turnouts, oxygen tanks, boots, helmets and various medical supplies. Erik Larson and Phil Sperl, along with Woodburn firefighters,
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We had a great turnout for the Market Street cleanup that took place last Saturday. Ten club members and a five-year-old assistant tidied up Market Street and completed the job in a little over an hour. Thanks to all who helped with this project, and to Steve Poland, photographer, for organizing it.
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