President Ann Gospe, 2023 – 2024
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)
Rotary in Action in Wartime Ukraine
Since the start of the war Sonoma County Rotary Clubs have partnered with a local Rotary Club in Santa Rosa’s Ukrainian Sister City to deliver much-needed humanitarian support through their network of all-volunteer Rotarians in Ukraine.
Thanks to generous support of our Rotary Clubs and community, to date our partnership with the Rotary Club of Cherkasy-Centre has raised $275,000, of which $185,000 was used for 6,000 specialized first-aid kits and critical medical supplies, and $90,000 for emergency (more…)
Club Happenings
Giro Bello 2023
This year’s Giro Bello was a huge success The smiles generated by the riders after the ride spoke volumes to the success of the day. The positive comments from the riders about the friendliness of all the rest stop workers and how well the food was presented. The...
SRJC Rotaract officers and Rotary Counselors At SRJC President’s Retirement Dinner
SRJC Rotaract officers and Rotary counselors have key spot at SRJC President's retirement dinner. The Rotaract officers received certificates signed by President Dr. Frank Chong. Present were:Rotaract Leaders President Micaela Baquero, VP Julian Gussart, Liaison...
Telemedicine and Rotaract in Australia 2023
Eight of our rotary club sponsored Global Rotaract Alums met in Melbourne Australia at the rotary international Convention to support the rotary telemedicine project and also to meet other rotaractors and Rotarians from All Over the world.They are from...
Redwood Empire Food Bank
Volunteering at the Redwood Empire Food Bank is a great way to give back to the community and is a feeling of accomplishment. At the end of each session, they report how much was packaged that night. It is amazing to hear numbers in thousands and the tons. The Rotary...
Giro Bello Booth At Wine Country Bike Ride
On May 6th, Rotarians from the Santa Rosa Rotary club took turns staffing the Giro Bello booth at the Wine country bike ride.
Happy Hour Social – April 13, 2023
On Thursday, April 13, 2023, more than 20 members of the Santa Rosa Rotary gathered at the Bennett Valley Golf & Country Club to enjoy the beautiful weather. This was the first time they had assembled in many months. As it turned out, it was also Richard...
Ukraine Disaster Assistance Project begins New Initiative to Bring “Power For The People”
Ukraine Disaster Assistance ProjectBegins 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...
Caritas Holiday Celebration – 12/23/2022
On Friday December 23, 2022 Santa Rosa Rotary, the SRJC Rotaracts, and others help the families of Caritas celebrate the holidays. It was a lively celebrations with pizza, arts & crafts, and live holiday music by our club's own Odalis. (Click on images below to...
Santa Rosa Junior College Rotaracts
Santa Rosa Junior College Rotaract Rotaract is the college version of rotary. The students are community service oriented and manage their own projects, just like Rotarians only with more energy and technology expertise
Rotary & Rotaract Support The Food Bank
As usual, we worked from 5:00 to 7:00 at the Redwood Empire Food Bank on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 (our standing second Wednesday of the month appointment) and there was a huge turnout! From our club we had Kris Anderson, Sam McMillan (Rita too), Rick Allen, Tasia...