by Jerry Harris | Aug 14, 2024 | Eugene Rotary Scholarship Foundation, Participation
Eugene Rotary Scholarship Foundation The Eugene Rotary Scholarship Foundation (ERSF) was incorporated on June 13, 1956. Each member of the Rotary Club of Eugene is a voting member of the ERSF corporation. The Bylaws of the Eugene Rotary Scholarship Foundation state...
by Jerry Harris | Aug 11, 2024 | Community Service, Projects
In July of 2015, Rotary Club of Eugene (Club) member Pete Gribskov visited the Lane Arts Council as part of the club’s Vocational Lunch Group program. On the vocational visit to Lane Arts Council, Executive Director and fellow Rotarian Liora Sponko introduced the...
by Jerry Harris | Aug 5, 2024 | Historian, Participation, Projects, World Community Service
The following narrative is the story of how the Rotary Club of Eugene (Club) worked to get Rotary invited into the Soviet Union and helped charter and form the Irkutsk, Siberia Rotary Club. The narrative was written in the first person by Rotary Club of Eugene member...
by Jerry Harris | Jul 23, 2024 | Participation, Program
Every year around the end of July, the Rotary Club of Eugene welcomes The John G. Shedd Institute and the Oregon Festival of American Music (OFAM) to our lunch meeting program for a sneak preview of what OFAM has in store for the community. The program is introduced...
by Jerry Harris | Jul 10, 2024 | Participation, Social
Rotary Ems Baseball/BBQ/Fireworks at PK Park The sky was blue, the astroturf was green,the temperature was HOT!, and the Hillsboro Hops’ bats were mean. Our Rotary group was small but mighty,when the Ems were up we cheered “Alrighty!” Our cheers were...
by Jerry Harris | Jul 23, 2022 | Participation, Public Relations
The Rotary Clubs of the Southern Willamette Valley were well-represented at the 2022 World Athletics Championships (WAC) held in Eugene Oregon at the Mecca for United States Track and Field: Hayward Field at the University or Oregon. Over 85 Rotarians, predominantly...
by Jerry Harris | Nov 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
EMS Baseball is getting complicated! Join Team Manager Allen Benevides for a history of the Emeralds and learn recent news of a substantially elevated status for the team in these times of Major League revamping. That status comes with a longer schedule of more...
by Jerry Harris | Nov 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hello Rotarians! We are still looking for a few new volunteers for our next Conestoga build effort on Saturday December 5 from 9 am to approximately 1pm. The build will be located at the new Conestoga pod at Lot 9 near Autzen Stadium. We will build two Conestogas....
by Jerry Harris | Oct 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
District Governor Cindi O’Neil, 2020-21, Rotary Club of Bend Cindi joined Rotary in 2002 after being invited to serve as a volunteer on several local and international projects. The service opportunities provided by Rotary broadened her perceptions of her community...