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In the Community

Our club is made up of a variety of community members and leaders who strive to make things happen in Natomas. From education and literacy to neighborhood safety, Rotarians lead the way to building a stronger, friendlier, more vibrant community. Below are just a handful of projects we've organized or supported.

If you would like to know more about—or help with—any of these projects, be sure to drop us a line or stop by one of our weekly breakfast meetings. We'd be happy to share Rotary International's vision with you and tell you about our club's plan for helping that vision become a reality.

Projects

  • Health, Hunger & Humanity
  • Youth, Literacy & Education
    • Organized community book drive for local public school libraries
    • Annually gifted hundreds of hardbound color dictionaries to third graders in Natomas and Twin Rivers Unified School Districts
    • Participated in "Read Across America" annual events
    • Supported "Natomas Reads" literacy coalition events
    • Organized annual scholarship speech contest for high school students
    • Sponsored Rotarian magazine for two Natomas public libraries
    • Trained Rotarians to be youth counselors for Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) camp
    • Interned high school students in various professions of Rotarians
    • Sponsored cap & gown for homeless graduating high school student in Natomas
    • Collected hundreds of hotel toiletries for homeless and displaced students in our school district
    • Organized a kids fingerprinting booth at "Celebrate Natomas"
    • Participated in Big Brothers, Big Sisters to mentor at-risk young men
    • Organized a 24-hour round-the-clock service project to update a children's playground re-roof a building, and paint/repair a community activities building
    • Provided staff to cook lunch at local children's summer camp
    • Sponsored hundreds of children to attend Monarchs basketball games
  • Community
    • Organized a child safety project resulting in a neighborhood smoke detector installation day and the distribution of 400 children's bike helmets to elementary school students
    • Participated in neighborhood clean up days
    • Annually participated in "Operation Cratchit," a food and toy basket program for struggling families in Natomas
    • Collected winter coats for families
    • Participated in events for otherwise isolated local seniors through Stanford Settlement Neighborhood Center
  • World Peace & Understanding
    • Helped young professionals apply for our Group Study Exchange (GSE) program, an international vocational exchange offered to non-Rotarians and paid for by Rotary
    • Hosted GSE professionals from Brazil
    • Worked with Rotary International and leaders in Naga, Philippines, to coordinate international water project
  • Future Goals
    • Sponsor a high school based club called Interact, which teaches students the value of ethics and 'Service Above Self' through fun and meaningful projects and activities
    • Send a team to another country to carry out an international service project addressing health, hunger or humanitarian needs
    • Send students within our school district to Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) camp
    • Grow our club Foundation scholarship program
    • Adopt a school in our district
    • Participate in a project that addresses health and obesity of children
    • Organize an international literacy project
    • Sponsor a student for the Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE), a long-term international exchange program

Partners

The Rotary Club of Natomas is a proud partner of the following organizations:

Natomas
Sacramento
National/International