A great crowd attended our gala fundraising dinner on January 20th at the East Salem Community Center. Beautiful decorations were provided by Blanchet Catholic School, whose students not only decorated the space but also served food and then helped with cleanup. We had wonderful appetizers and food provided by Just Us Girls Wine & Coffee […]
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East Salem Rotarians, as well as students from Blanchet Catholic School and Chemawa Indian School, helped out at the Fostering Hope annual Holiday Pop-Up Shop in December. At least 118 children took part in the event, getting a photo with Santa and decorating a frame to give the photo to their parents. Meanwhile, volunteers helped
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East Salem Rotarians once again volunteered to ring the bell for the Salvation Army, an annual tradition we’ve carried on in east Salem for at least the past 15 years. We had 19 cheerful Rotary participants and some family members helping with the collection for this worthy cause.
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This year East Salem Rotary is hosting Alexia, our exchange student from Argentina. She had a great time taking part in the fall student exchange trip along the west coast. This adventure included Disneyland, Universal Studios, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, San Francisco and other sites, including Crater Lake.
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Our annual Gala fundraising dinner will take place on Saturday, January 20, 2024 at the East Salem Community Center. It will be a festive evening of dinner, dancing and fun for East Salem Rotary members and friends to celebrate the great things we do in our east Salem community! Tickets are now available to purchase.
Our annual book drive in partnership with the Book Bin will end on Saturday, September 30th. We encourage anyone who supports literacy to stop by the Book Bin and purchase books for our 11 little libraries, or consider making a donation. You can learn all about the reason we maintain little libraries in our area,
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We had a great turnout of Rotarians and friends to help clean up Market Street on Saturday, September 16th. Thanks to all of our dedicated volunteers!
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The mayor of Iyo, Japan, along with a group of middle school students, came to visit Salem recently, resuming exchange visits that have taken place in the past. Mayor Takechi was the guest speaker at East Salem Rotary on August 25th, and club member Katsumi “Chuck” Itoh helped translate his remarks. Many thanks to Katsumi
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East Salem Rotary took part in the 3rd annual Northgate Park Fun Fridays event on July 21st as part of our commitment to supporting literacy in the east Salem area. Several Rotary members gave free books to each child who stopped by the East Salem Rotary table. This is a community sponsored event and the
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This year two students in the east Salem area were awarded East Salem Rotary scholarship funds for their winning essays on the 2022-23 Rotary International theme “Imagine Rotary.” The students, from Salem Academy and McKay High School, wrote about how they can “imagine” how Rotary can have a positive effect on lives for individuals and
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