Volunteers conducted a cleanup of the learning garden located at the Boys & Girls Club Swegle branch on May 11th. East Salem Rotary members built the garden in 2014, and it was overgrown with grass and weeds. East Salem Rotary club members, two staff members of the Boys & Girls Club, and three students from […]
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Three hard-working Blanchet Catholic School students joined East Salem Rotary club members on April 6th to clean up the learning garden the club built in 2012 for children served by the Family Resource Center located next to the garden. The students received a tour of the center and learned about how it supports the needs
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East Salem Rotarians recently conducted a cleanup of Market Street between Lancaster Drive and Cordon Road on Saturday, March 19th. Thanks to the club members who came out to help beautify the neighborhood!
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East Salem Rotary’s Little Free Library project was featured recently in an article posted by the Salem Reporter. Community service committee chair Maureen Casey explained the importance of supporting literacy in our east Salem area, and shared about our ongoing efforts to obtain books to keep our ten libraries filled. Children in east Salem do
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Our January/February community service project to collect clothing and other items for the Northwest Human Services HOST program (Health, Outreach, Shelter, Transitions) has been a great success. The HOST program includes a drop-in resource center and a transitional living program for young adults ages 18-24. Thank you to all of the East Salem Rotary members
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This holiday season, the Fostering Hope Initiative hosted pop-up shops that allowed 150 – 200 families to choose and wrap gifts for each other. East Salem Rotary stepped up again this year to help provide many of these gifts as well as wrapping supplies. With the help of an anonymous donor, our club was able
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On Friday, December 3rd East Salem Rotarians continued their tradition of ringing the Salvation Army bell at the Fred Meyer store on Market Street. From 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., 18 different club members volunteered their time helping our partners at the Salvation Army spread holiday cheer and collect donations to support those less fortunate in
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Goodwill has recently donated 100 children’s books to our club to help fill our libraries, and we have received 12 boxes of donated children’s books from Bill Leach at the Keizer Community Library. East Salem Rotary’s Little Free Libraries are always in need of children’s books, especially for younger children. The donated books have all
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A new library that is serving homeless families has been installed at Catholic Community Services in the micro shelter housing area that is being managed by the Church at the Park. For now, the Church at the Park can keep the library filled with their own donated books. Thanks to Ted and Pat Mack for
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East Salem Rotarians have been busy with several community service projects so far this Rotary year. Here’s what we’ve been working on since the beginning of July: Kroc Center Back to School event – August 17Market Street Cleanup – August 21Fun Family Friday neighborhood book giveaway at Northgate Park – August 27 Firefighting & Medical Supplies, Fire Truck
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