George Prokop

Another successful Blood Drive was held last Tuesday, April 15th at the Eastwood Baptist Church. Seventeen total units were collected including contributions from five first time donors and two power red donors. KOBI TV 5 was there and created the following segment supporting the effort. KOBI TV 5 – Medford Rogue Rotary blood drive Thank…

Last weekend the Club and District Learning Assembly was held in Cottage Grove with the purpose of training, educating, and inspiring D5110 Rotarians for the coming Rotary year. The Learning Assembly was strongly recommended for all club officers/directors and committee chairs and included sessions of interest to all Rotarians! Attendees from Medford Rogue Rotary included; Kellie…

We at Rotary are dedicated to promoting activities that enhance the conservation and protection of natural resources, advance ecological sustainability, and foster harmony between communities and the environment. April is Environmental Month Supporting the environment is Rotary’s seventh area of focus, alongside peace-building and conflict prevention; disease prevention and treatment; water, sanitation, and hygiene; maternal…

On March 31st, five Medford Rogue Rotary Rotarians, plus two family members, completed our World Community Service (WCS) trip to Ecuador. Our WCS committee drove a project this year working with an NGO, YAKUM*, where we provided 4000 cacao trees for planting in five different communities. This grant builds on a Global Grant project led…

Spring is just around the corner and everything is blooming.  Scripps had some valuable tips for wellness in the spring.  Here’s a partial list and I hope you can incorporate some of them in the next couple of months. Schedule some time to enjoy spring and all the new flowers Incorporate fresh fruit and vegetables…

Did you see this week’s Rotary Internationals Rotary in Review? There is a great article about Rotary’s response to the fires in SoCal. https://blog.rotary.org/2025/04/03/new-club-helps-big-in-aftermath-of-fire/   

Dear Rotarians, The 25th Annual Bob Newland Track Meet is Friday, April 11. Our Rotary Club has helped provide volunteers for the Field events for most of those years, and we need your help this year! We are looking for 10-12 Rotarians to help out. The meet will be held at South Medford High School…

Guy Tauer, Regional Employment Economist from the State of Oregon Employment Department was the featured presenter this week. He provided updates on employment across the US, Western US and Oregon and Regional areas showing both improvements and declines from years past. Here are highlights from our Oregon and Region: Economic activity in the Twelfth District…

Spring is just around the corner and everything is blooming.  Scripps had some valuable tips for wellness in the spring.  Here’s a partial list and I hope you can incorporate some of them in the next couple of months. Schedule some time to enjoy spring and all the new flowers Incorporate fresh fruit and vegetables…

The new member social on Tuesday, March 4th was a big success with twenty adults, including nineteen Rotarians, attending. A great fellowship opportunity for all attendees to get to know each other better, especially our newer members in attendance. A good time was had by all. Thank you to Cheryl Dyer and Bruce Garetto for…

March is Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Month Clean water is a basic human right that many are often denied. There are 2.5 billion people in the world that lack access to improved sanitation and 748 million people that don’t have clean drinking water. Nearly 1400 children die each day from diseases caused by lack of sanitation…

This year marked the 20th year of the Medford Rogue Rotary Club – Kids Unlimited basketball clinics. Skills clinics and basketball games were held on six Saturdays in February, March and April of 2025 with a total of 125 boys and girls from grades 1 – 3 attending. The boys and girls participated in separate 90-minute clinics.…