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Medford Rogue Rotary Club

Upcoming Club Meeting

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Club Meeting-November 13

Program Title: Zooming in on the Rogue Valley Economy
Speaker: Marta Tarantsey, Regional Development Officer with Business Oregon
Program Introducer: Kurt Hildebrand
Greeter: TBD
Attendance: Brian Watkins
Sergeants: Kevin Shahalami

Who We Are...

Our Club members are dedicated and passionate about promoting fellowship, friendship and fun through our service projects, activities and club meetings.

Founded in 1977, we are the largest Rotary club in Southern Oregon. Our members can provide you with opportunities to connect with leaders, exchange ideas and impact our community and the world.

We make a difference through our donation of thousands of hours of community service and dollars.

Signature Projects

Pickleball Fest

Medford Rogue Rotary completed its 4th annual Pickleball Fest on September 8th. Pickleball Fest began in 2021 with 150 players registered and generated more than $17,000 for the club’s programs.…

Winter in Candyland

This is a free community event with the Family Nurturing Center where families will create “sweet” memories while walking through a life-sized Candyland village. As you enter, you will visit…

Playgrounds

Medford Rogue Rotary has helped assemble over 20 school and non-profit playgrounds. Through these efforts, we demonstrate the value of outdoor recreation for our youth.

Scholarships

Our Club funds 35 to 40 college scholarships each year through our foundation. Scholarship recipients range from high-achieving high school graduates to students who have...

Kids Unlimited Basketball Program

Our club started the Kids Unlimited basketball program. This program has grown from one school to seven schools and now involves hundreds of children. In...

Student Recognition

This program recognizes students from each school throughout the year who are selected by staff as students demonstrating excellence in one or more of the...

Children’s Festival

This innovative 3-day event at the Britt Gardens brings out the creativity of both the young and young at heart as it has for generations....

ACCESS Rogue Powerpack

The ACCESS Rogue Powerpack Program provides bags of nutritious, child-friendly food to elementary school children who receive free breakfast or lunch at school during the...

SMART Readers Program

Our Club gathers books for program speakers to sign and returns them to SMART headquarters to get them into the hands of young readers.

Bob Newland Track Meet

An annual local track meet that provides freshmen and sophomore athletes an opportunity to compete on the field at South Medford. Rotary volunteers help score,...

Youth Exchange

The primary goal of Rotary Youth Exchange is to provide young people with opportunities to experience a cultural exchange and to develop as leaders who...

4-Way Test Competition

The purpose of the 4-Way Test Speech Competition is to foster the principles of ethics in everyday life as well as in business. This program...

Interact Club

Interact clubs bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills and learn about the world through service projects and activities. Our Club sponsors and...

Peanut Butter Project

Provides peanut butter and snacks for students at Kids Unlimited over the winter break. Club volunteers buy and collect food from multiple sources and pack...

Innovation Academy’s Tiger Den

Tiger Den is a room offering various clothing, hygiene products, school supplies and food items to students. Our Club works with Innovation Academy staff to...

Dolly Parton Imagination Library

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through...

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Community & International Projects

Guatemala Projects

Medford Rogue Rotary has been very active in Guatemala having installed 75 water filtration systems, painted a medical clinic and assembled and installed wood stoves. A dozen Rotarians participated in the last field trip.

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Southern Oregon Fire Relief

When tragedy stuck the Rogue Valley with the fires of September 2020, our club stepped up to assist small businesses that had lost their tools of trade. Joining with the other nine local Rotary clubs to form United Rotary Clubs of Southern Oregon, our club donated over $22,000 and were active in the acquisition and distribution of the tools.

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