Mini Grants - Supporting Teachers & Students since 2000

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 
 
 
 
Mini Grants - Supporting Teachers & Students since 2000 2025-06-19 07:00:00Z 0

Rotary Club Proudly Sponsors Marin High Youth Leadership Training

 
 
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.
Rotary Club Proudly Sponsors Marin High Youth Leadership Training 2025-04-17 07:00:00Z 0
Everyday essentials delivered! Thank you to the Rotary Club of San Rafael for making sure families at Ritter Center have what they need. 2025-04-04 07:00:00Z 0
Fish N' Fowl Feast Fundraiser April 24, 2025 President Otis Bruce, Jr. Esq 2025-03-27 07:00:00Z 0

2024 Coastal Cleanup

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.  
 
 Click here for photos and here for a short video of progress and the results of the Cleanup. 
 
      
 
2024 Coastal Cleanup Otis Bruce, President 2024-2025 2025-03-27 07:00:00Z 0

Coastal Cleanup

 
 
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.
Coastal Cleanup Robert Chatham 2020-12-04 08:00:00Z 0

San Rafael Schools

Supporting our Teachers & Students
 
San Rafael High School
The  Rotary Club of San Rafael has provided over $170,000 as grants to San Rafael teachers for past 15 years.
 
San Rafael Schools Robert Chatham 2020-12-04 08:00:00Z 0

End Polio Now

 
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.

End Polio Now Robert Chatham 2020-12-04 08:00:00Z 0

Coastal Cleanup

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.
Coastal Cleanup Robert Chatham 2020-12-04 08:00:00Z 0