A big salute to the East Salem Rotary club members who volunteered on Tuesday, August 17th at The Kroc Center for the Back to School event for families served by the Oregon Department of Human Services. Children were very excited to pick out their school supplies, and they also received backpacks and selected clothing items. […]
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The former Salem Sunrise Rotary Club planned this bike project last year and completed most of the activities in May, distributing 45 new bicycle helmets and 5 refurbished bikes to children in the Grant and Highland school communities. Since a planned bike rodeo at Grant Elementary was not feasible due to the pandemic, club members
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Our nine installed little free libraries in the east Salem area are getting lots of use, and we are in great need of children’s books. Thanks to all of our club members and family members who have adopted these wonderful resources to keep them stocked for area children. Please contact Maureen Casey or Catherine Carlson to donate new or
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Our community service committee co-chairs, Maureen Casey and Rhonda Prodzinski, have helped oversee our club’s service projects for this Rotary year, and it has been quite a productive year. We have conducted an average of one project per month, with a wide variety of projects to appeal to club members’ interests. We have provided many opportunities
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We now have another little free library, built and installed by club member Ken Morin, located near the Redeemer Lutheran Church on north Lancaster Drive. The library is right in front of the community garden containing the raised garden beds we built originally at the now-closed La Placita Community Center. It is also located next
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This year two students from Blanchet Catholic School have been awarded East Salem Rotary scholarships for their winning essays on the 2020-21 Rotary International theme “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” The students were asked to write about how they see and understand how Rotary can open opportunities to individuals and groups to help produce a better future
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This project, sponsored by the former Salem Sunrise Rotary Club, was organized by Rhonda Prodzinski, Bob Thomas, and Evan Sorce. As of May 8th, 45 new bicycle helmets and 5 refurbished bikes have been distributed to children in the Grant and Highland school communities. A total of 50 new helmets and 5 bikes will be
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We had six club members and three Blanchet students show up for our Market Street cleanup session on Saturday, May 8th. The work was completed in about an hour and a half, and our awesome volunteers included three students and East Salem club members Rhonda Prodzinski, Kevin Mannix, Ken Morin, Keith Martin, Evan Sorce and
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The Rotary Club of East Salem is welcoming new corporate club members from Catholic Community Services. Josh Graves, CEO, will be the lead member, and former East Salem Rotary member Eileen Virden will be a designee. We extend a warm East Salem Rotary welcome to these new club members on Zoom, and we look forward
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Blanchet Catholic School is conducting a book drive this week for our Little Free Libraries. Classrooms have book collection bins, and students will collect the books, place East Salem Rotary labels in them, and deliver them to the East Salem Community Center for distribution to the libraries. We appreciate the support of Blanchet students to
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