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Youth Exchange Students shine at District Conference
Our exchange student, Nathalya de Castro Dobrowolski (Nahti), along with twenty-seven of her peers from across the district, was in attendance in Grants Pass last weekend at the District Conference. The students brought a great deal of positive energy to the event with several also participating in a talent show. Two of the students delivered…
District Conference 4-Way Speech Contest
The 4-Way Speech contest was held at the District Conference this past weekend and all three finalists were absolutely amazing making the judges job very difficult. Gavin Guyetter, representing the Medford Rogue Rotary, won the $1000 third place prize. Gavin is a 12th grade student at St. Mary’s and his topic was on Food Insecurity…
Rogue PowerPack update
Rogue PowerPack, now packing bags of food for 828 kids across 26 schools. We are quickly coming up on the end of the year with only 4 packs left to get in on the fun and participate in this meaningful service project. Please reach out to Danette Moss at dmoss@laclinicahealth.org if you are interested in…
New Member Monday!
Please welcome the newest member inducted to our club…. Kelly Ravassipour. Kelly is a Jackson County Circuit Court judge in Medford. Kelly’s husband Darren, and her father, Ron Worland, are both current members and past presidents of the Medford Rogue Rotary Club. With her free time Kelly likes to play tennis and travel. Welcome Kelly.
Medford Rogue Rotary receives Community Partner Award from Family Nurturing Center
On Thursday. April 17th, the Family Nurturing Center held its annual Daffodil Awards Celebration to honor an individual, an FNC employee, and a volunteer, all who have made a significant contribution to improving the lives of children and their families in the Rogue Valley. New this year, FNC added an additional category: Community Partner…and the first…
Thank you blood donors!
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…
CLA Training in Cottage Grove
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…
Ecuador Forest Farm Project update
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…
New Member Social
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…
20th Anniversary of MRR and Kids Unlimited basketball clinics
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.…