The Projects of
The Rotary Club of Santa Rosa West

Santa Rosa West Rotary Club makes annual contributions to worthy community organizations. Click here for information and application for funds.

Annual Crab Feed
For over 20 years this evening of memorable festivities has raised funds to support some incredible service work in our community.
It is our main fundraiser.

The Rotary Club of Santa Rosa West was established on May 22, 1965, with John W. "Bill" Fisher as charter president, and eighteen other Charter Members. From those nineteen original members the Club has consistently grown in both membership and community influence. It now has more than 100 members and has funded nearly $1,000,000 in local community projects.

Dictionaries Project

We continue to support local youth through an Interact Club in Ridgeway High School; continuation of The Shoe Program; active support of the Rotary Youth Leadership Program; administration of a Job Shadowing Program at Piner High School; the provision of Academic and Vocational Scholarships to graduating seniors from the Santa Rosa High School District, and participation in Support our Students, a joint effort of the four Rotary Clubs of Santa Rosa to provide individual and group counseling, as well as parenting education classes, in 18 schools in the Santa Rosa area.

Multicultural Child Development Center
After our fundraising efforts provided a wonderful new facility, the preschool continues to grow with our ongoing support.

Just a few of the community projects our donations have assisted...

  • Funds for the construction of a building for the Multicultural Child Development Center in West Santa Rosa.
  • The Southwest Children’s Health Center to construct a third examination room for the clinic which is located on the campus of Roseland Elementary School.
  • The Santa Rosa Corps of the Salvation Army to fund a week long camp for 8 children. 
  • The Northwest Santa Rosa Regional Branch Library to fund a computer workstation to be used for children’s education and educational games.
  • The Earl Baum Center Of The Blind, Inc., a unique organization that is run by the blind to help other blind persons live ordinary lives, to help fund operations.
  • California Handicapables, which provides spiritual and social enrichment and emotional support as well as informal counseling to physically handicapped men and women,  to sustain their efforts.
  • The City of Santa Rosa Recreation and Parks Department to fund the continuance of their Friends Program, after school programs in low income areas in Santa Rosa.
  • Contribution to the construction of a children’s play structure at the Sonoma County Adult Detention Center (jail).

And the list goes on...

  • Purchase of a van and a station wagon for the Volunteer Center
  • K-9 Dogs for the Blind has received funds for the purchase and training of a number of their dogs
  • The Al Biella School construction fund has received donations for landscaping and library
  • A drug video library was purchased for The Drug Awareness Center
  • The Sonoma County Food Bank has received funds to outfit a truck with refrigeration containers to transport food and refrigeration units to store that food once it has been received
  • Building of structures at the Sonoma/Mendocino County Boy Scouts Summer Campground
  • A $10,000 donation to the Easter Seal Society to assist in their charitable efforts.

Our worldwide community

Since 1982 over 100 young people have participated in our annual youth exchanges with our "Sister Club" in Heerhugowaard-Langedijk, The Netherlands.

Santa Rosa West is a "Sister Club" to Club Rohmoser in San Jose, Costa Rica and has participated in World Community Service Projects in that country, including the construction of a Radio Tower on the campus of the University for Peace, a United Nations chartered institution.

Other efforts have supported clean water projects in Madras, India; provided educational supplies for schools in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and reading materials for Uganda, Africa.

Would you like to join us?

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