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THE OBJECTS OF ROTARY:
- First, the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
- Second, high ethical standards in business and profession; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying by each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
- Third, the application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business and community life; and
- Fourth, the advancement of international understanding, good will and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
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 The Rotary Club of Grass Valley has been doing community service work in Grass Valley since the club held it’s first meeting back on March 16, 1925. Over the past 83 years, the club has grown from 25 to 79 business and professional men and women with the purpose of making our community, country and world a better place in which to live through “Service Above Self”. We have 23 past presidents in our club who are a wonderful pool of skill and knowledge.
Our club is involved with over 24 service projects at this time. These projects, to name just a few, are both local community, national and international in scope. The Rotary’s hands-on projects in our area consist of supporting Lyman Gilmore School’s monthly Student Recognition Awards Program, Tools for Schools, community service recognition to the community at large, assisting safety projects such as building bus shelters, passing out hundreds of dictionaries to local 5th graders, providing vocational and educational scholarships to students at Lyman Gilmore Elementary School, Nevada Union and Bear River high schools. We encourage and sponsor annual speech and music contests both locally and at the district. We encourage and support our local youth to find their leadership skills and abilities through Rotary Youth Programs such as Rotary Youth Exchange, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, Ambassadorial Scholarships, high school INTERACT club and a ROTARACT Club for young adults, Adopt A School (Lyman Gilmore), Read to Kids program, Senior Citizens projects and give out donations to many local community needs .
There are many other local projects that have not been mentioned. Our club supports Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation. Our international projects include a Library / Medical Boat in the Philippines and a Goat / Water Project in Uganda assisting the Batwa Pygmies. We participate in Rotary’s PolioPlus Program which will eradicate polio from the face of this earth within the next couple of years. In the year of 2008 to July there was only 313 cases reported in the world. Members of the Rotary Club of Grass Valley give generously of their time and money for both local and foundation projects.
Our club has two annual fundraisers a year, a Casino Night and a Community BBQ. Both are supported by Rotarians and the residents of Western Nevada County
I am very proud to be president and a member of this fine service organization.
The fellowship of this group is excellent. We couldn’t do as well without the community support from Western Nevada County which is greatly appreciate-ed. We thank our community for sharing as Rotary shares and in helping us achieve the objects and ideals of Rotary.
If you are already a Rotarian, thank you for checking us out, If you’re not please feel free to call me for more information at (530) 272-6036 or dondaniels@sbcglobal.net
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