The project involved the labeling and distribution of dictionaries to third graders in our community. We labeled the dictionaries with a Rotary International nameplate with the RCSR name included also. On March 14, 2025, Rotarians delivered 70 dictionaries to 3rd grade students in 3 classrooms at Sun Valley Elementary School. On March 20, 2025, we delivered 62 dictionaries to 3rd grade students in 3 classrooms at Coleman Elementary School, The students are at a stage of learning when they are exploring the world through reading, interpretation and discussions. Rotarians visited the classrooms to talk with students and teachers about the importance of education, reading, and about Rotary's mission and the importance of community service and service-above-self all over the world. Pres. Otis thanks Sherry Rogers, Diane & John Glischinski, Gary Phillips and John Feldmann, Pete Hurley for their service and Pres. Elect Matt Briggs for coordinating the projects this year. On March 14, 2025, Rotarians loaded and delivered dictionaries to the 3rd Graders at Sun Valley School. When one of the teachers asked a class “What is Rotary?” a student promptly piped up “it’s probably in the dictionary!” Another student, when writing his name on the bookplate, looked up and said "Thanks! My older brother got his copy two years ago. Great to have my own!" highlighting the ongoing impact of the program. Correspondence and pictures from the event and a thank you note are attached. March 14, 2025 Aun Valley Elementary 3rd Grade Dictionary Project Pres. Otis also thanks Matt Briggs, Sherry Rodgers, and Pat Burke for assisting with the delivery of dictionaries to Coleman School on March 20, 2025. It went very well with the school and each of its three third-grade classes giving the Rotary team a warm welcome. Click the following links below for pictures of the dictionary projects success! March 20, 2025 Coleman Elementary School 3rd Grade Dictionary Project - photos and videos coordinated by Pres. OBJ, Esq.
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RCSR Annual 3rd Grade Dictionary Project
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2025-06-23 07:00:00Z |
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Thank you Chairperson Bob Marcucci and the Mini Grant Committee Members and Lori Our Club members are very proud to support the needs of educators and students for classroom supplies, arts and crafts supplies, field trips, etc., through our annual RCSR Mini Grants! Your excellent committee work is vital to the program’s success! Our members have donated over $212,600. to our San Rafael school teachers in the form of mini-grants (~$500 each) benefitting thousands of San Rafael students. Thank you all again for your service and leadership! Read the beautiful messages sent to our Rotary Club members from 5th grade teacher Lauri Peters from Sun Valley Elementary School and Pierre Littée, 5th grade teach at Bahia Vista Elementary School expressing heartfelt appreciation for our Mini Grant Award she received. The overwhelming expressions of joy and appreciation from the little TKers. Letter from 5th grade teacher Lauri Peters from Sun Valley Elementary School “Happy Monday. I just want to say, thank you to the Rotary from the bottom of my heart and my little TKers. The company is in another country and we received the Superspace giant magnatiles a couple of weeks ago. My kids LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them. They are perfect for this age and they love working together to build structures. They are learning to listen to other's ideas, compromise, and learn from their design mistakes. I am beyond grateful and can't thank you all enough. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!” Letter from 5th Grade teacher Pierre Littée from Bahia Vista Elementary School Dear Rotary Club of San Rafael,
"Thank you again for funding my project this school year. The students spent two weeks reading a nonfiction book About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks. They engaged in conversations and completed a learning packet to further their understanding of the various ways humans have tracked time, and the evolution of the clock from a simple sundial to elaborate mechanisms. Please find attached to this email photos of them engaging with the final performance task of building a wooden clock, which was only able to be funded thanks to your generous contribution to my classroom."
Thank you very much.
The photos below are "Mini Grants in Action" at Sun Valley Elementary School
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Mini Grants - Supporting Teachers & Students since 2000
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2025-06-19 07:00:00Z |
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Rotary Clubs of Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo counties (District 5150) annually sponsors high school youth to the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA). Located at Redwood Glen Camp & Conference Center Scotts Valley, California. RYLA is a transformative, five-day camp to foster youth’s leadership and personal development, and to promote their well-being through social connections.
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Rotary Club Proudly Sponsors Marin High Youth Leadership Training
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2025-04-17 07:00:00Z |
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Everyday essentials delivered! Thank you to the Rotary Club of San Rafael for making sure families at Ritter Center have what they need.
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2025-04-04 07:00:00Z |
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Register and Purchase your Tickets for the Rotary Club of San Rafael Fish N' Fowl Feast Fundraiser April 24, 2025 - a benefit for the Rotary Manor Tenant Assistance Fund.
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Fish N' Fowl Feast Fundraiser April 24, 2025
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President Otis Bruce, Jr. Esq
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2025-03-27 07:00:00Z |
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Posted on Mar 27, 2025
Pres. Otis said the Club’s Coastal Cleanup event on Saturday, September 21st was a great success. He gave a shout-out to club members: Community Services Director Sherry Rogers, Beth Fernbacher, and Tom Davey for their work on the Shoreline Trail area near Target near Home Depot in San Rafael. It was a family affair for club Past President Madeleine Moore, Skip & Rotary Dog Quincy, and for Pres. Otis with his son Faudel. Members from the Marin Evening Club also pitched in.
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2024 Coastal Cleanup
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Otis Bruce, President 2024-2025
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2025-03-27 07:00:00Z |
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Rotary Club of San Rafael volunteers in action beautifying our community by collecting trash along the pedestrian path that connects Albert Boro Community Center to Target. We collected over 20 bags of trash.
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Coastal Cleanup
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Robert Chatham
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2020-12-04 08:00:00Z |
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Supporting our Teachers & Students |
| The Rotary Club of San Rafael has provided over $170,000 as grants to San Rafael teachers for past 15 years. |
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San Rafael Schools
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Robert Chatham
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2020-12-04 08:00:00Z |
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| | Rotary Members had contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year. |
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End Polio Now
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Robert Chatham
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2020-12-04 08:00:00Z |
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Rotary Club of San Rafael volunteers in action beautifying our community by collecting trash along the pedestrian path that connects Albert Boro Community Center to Target. We collected over 20 bags of trash.
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Coastal Cleanup
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Robert Chatham
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2020-12-04 08:00:00Z |
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