We have just wrapped up the club’s annual Christmas giving tree project that provides gifts for children in need at La Casita. Club members’ generous gifts have supported children living in low-income neighborhoods in the east Salem area. This year the response from club members has been incredible. At least seventeen club members provided gifts […]

On December 4th we held our club’s annual day of bell ringing for the Salvation Army to collect funds for those in need in our local community. This project took place at the east Salem Fred Meyer store on Market Street. Thanks to the many club members who helped out that day, we raised $364.69,

Two Little Free Libraries were recently installed at Northgate Park. They are located at the Hawthorne and Fairhaven entrances to the park. The principal of Hallman Elementary, who suggested placing the libraries at this park to support Hallman students, is advertising the libraries on the school’s Facebook page, so we expect those libraries to get

As part of a district-wide grant from last Rotary year, our club, along with all other Salem-area clubs, provided some volunteer time at the Marion Polk Food Share. Thanks very much to the four East Salem Rotary club members who volunteered their time at the Food Share on Tuesday, November 10th: Maureen Casey, Rhonda Prodzinski,

Our club has now installed six Little Free Libraries in the east Salem area, including at the Swegle branch of the Boys & Girls Club. Check out this quote from the Swegle Branch director of the Boys & Girls Club: “…the kids LOVE the Little Library. I overhear them asking their parents if they can

Four club members–Maureen Casey, Pat Mack, Rich Mackie and Catherine Carlson–participated in weeding the beautiful outdoor learning garden our club built in 2014 at the Swegle branch of the Boys & Girls Club. The garden has been in need of some TLC for a while, and we cleaned up at least half of the raised

Our club now has thirteen Little Free Libraries to distribute to our east Salem community. East Salem Rotary labels are being applied to the libraries and to the books stocked in the libraries. We have installed Little Libraries at the Seymour Family Resource & Child Development Center, the DHS Self Sufficiency Office, St. Vincent de

Our club has completed the building of ten Little Free Libraries, and three more have been donated for our east Salem community. Thank you to Ken Morin and Ted Mack, who have helped build most of these libraries. Ted Mack has purchased a plaque honoring longtime club member Phil Sperl, and it will be displayed

Our first group service project of the Rotary year took place at Lee Mission Cemetery, located at 2104 D St. NE., on Saturday, September 5th. Located in the east Salem area, it is Salem’s oldest cemetery, and is in need of a little gardening TLC. This cemetery is closely tied to Oregon history, and is