by Jerry Harris | Feb 10, 2025 | Community Service, Participation
The Rotary Club of Eugene (Club) shows up and is here for the long term. The Club has been showing up every month (third Wednesday, 6:00 – 8:30 pm) for decades to assist Food for Lane County in their Food Rescue Express (FREX) kitchen. Club members work side by...
by Jerry Harris | Sep 30, 2024 | Community Service, Newsletter, Participation
On Saturday, September 28, 2024, 15 dedicated volunteers from the Rotary Clubs of Eugene, Southtowne, and Delta came together at GrassRoots Garden for a rewarding day of service. In partnership with United Way of Lane County and FOOD for Lane County, volunteers rolled...
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 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...
