Welcome

President Jeff Kolin

President Kris Anderson, 2022 – 2023

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa. 

“We have dreams but acting on them is a choice. Imagine a world that deserves our best, where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference” -Jennifer Jones, Rotary International President 2022-2023

We celebrate our first woman Rotary International president and join in her vision with this year’s theme – “Imagine Rotary.” The colors of green, purple, and white represent our commitment to the environment, to eradicating polio and to doing our part to teach peace and conflict resolution.

 Now in our 100th year as the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa, we serve our community and world in seven areas of focus: water and sanitation, economic and community development, maternal and child health, supporting the environment, basic education and literacy, disease prevention and treatment, peace and conflict prevention/resolution. We strive to live by our motto “Service Above Self.” … (continue reading)

Ukraine Disaster Assistance Project
Begins New Initiative to Bring “Power For The People”

Our newest initiative aims to raise $70,000 to purchase and distribute generators and battery packs for Ukraine.  This is a four Rotary Club partnership (Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa East/West, Rosenheim-Innstadt, Germany, and Cherkasy-Centre, Ukraine), working together to fundraise, procure, and distribute the equipment. It is winter in Ukraine, and many communities are without power for extended periods and urgently need assistance. Your generosity helped fund $200,000 in contributions last year for first aid kits in Ukraine, and we hope you will help again with the current phase of our project. (more…)

 

Club Happenings

SRJC Rotaract – Youth In Action

SRJC Rotaract – Youth In Action

SRJC Rotaract - Youth In Action On October 28th we had the kick off meeting for Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) Rotaracts. With Odalis as the Rotary representative, Micaela as club president, Julianne as vice president, 5 additional Rotaracts, and Richard as...

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Another Successful Meat Auction

Another Successful Meat Auction

On Saturday October 15th, 2022 another successful social and meat auction supporting “Youth in Agriculture” was held at the home of President-elect Ann Gospe and Rotarian Jeff Gospe! During the evening, guests participated in three different fundraising activities....

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Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Hosted SCARC

Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Hosted SCARC

On Thursday, August 25, 2022 the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa hosted the monthly Sonoma County Area Rotary Club (SCARC) meeting at the Moose Lodge. This month's program was on what our local Rotary clubs are doing in Ukraine. Jeff Gospe was our featured speaker with Curt...

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Youth Exchange Welcome Social

Youth Exchange Welcome Social

On Aug. 11th we held a Youth Exchange Welcome Social for about 40 Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa and the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa East/West, including 4 exchange students (our Santa Rosa clubs’ 2 inbound exchange students from Sweden and Italy, our...

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The Giro Bello is Back

The Giro Bello is Back

Our Club’s annual Giro Bello cycling event is on Saturday, June 25th.  It will consist of three insanely beautiful rides through Sonoma County Wine Country.  Choose from the Century, Metric Century and Fun routes and enjoy Sonoma County at its best! Go...

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