Welcome to the Rotary Club of Fair Oaks!
Fair Oaks
We meet In Person
Mondays at 6:00 p.m.
VFW
8990 Kruitof Way
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
United States of America
Phone:
(916) 374-6625
Email:
info@rotaryfairoaks.org
Join us for Social/Dinner at 6:00 pm - Meeting starts at 7:00 pm.
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Officers & Directors
President
Keith Walter
Vice President
Fred Rowe
President Elect
Betsy Alberts
Secretary
Stephanie Holzknecht
Treasurer
Mo Solis
Executive Secretary
Beth Wilcoxen
Club Administration
Karen Romines
Services Director
Doris Fulgham
Public Image
Nick Broad
Membership
Katie Yount
Rotary Foundation
Beth Wilcoxen
Fundraising Director
Dave Holzknecht
What Have We Been Up To?
Food Bank Oct 2024
Fair Oaks Rotary &
The FO-OV Food Bank...
Still At It After All These Years
May 2020... food insecurity all around us and a pandemic at our throats.  Solution: Fair Oaks Rotary (and to be fair, our buds at the Orangevale Rotary) step up so that our local food bank can add an extra day of distribution.  You know... just until things are back to normal.  Well, 4+ years later, the cars are still lined up and we're still at it, but at a much improved facility.
  
 
 
It's still the same old routine... sort, bag, box and load.  Service Above Self... so satisfying.  Who knows when we'll stop?
South Africa 2024
Fair Oaks Rotary Group
Does International Service...
And More!
  
Three Fair Oaks Rotarians joined about 30 other Rotarians from around the US recently and went to South Africa to help deliver "Tutu desks", a laptop desk/learning device developed in concert with the Desmond Tutu Foundation; several thousand were distributed to schools at three townships, including Soweto.
 
The trip also included some historical and cultural aspects, and of course, some schmoozing with South African Rotary bigwigs, like the local District Governor.
 
Finally, it wouldn't have been a true Rotary trip without a little FUN, so how about a couple of game drives and wine tasting at a winery founded in 1658.  All in all, a great couple of weeks.
Northridge Garden Boxes 2024
Fair Oaks Rotary Helps with Rehab of
Northridge Garden Boxes
 
We at Fair Oaks Rotary had helped put these planter boxes in at Northridge Elementary years ago, but the pandemic led to their neglect.  That was noticed a few months ago during our Holiday Food Basket project, so we leapt into action on a recent Saturday, assisted by some parents from the school.
 
Armed with gardening implements and energized by Rotary fuel, we cleared the weeds and put fresh soil in the boxes, and scattered decomposed granite between them.
  
We thought the end result was pretty nice, and the kids were appreciative that they would be able to begin planting again.
  
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BV Career Center Check 2024
Bella Vista HS Career Center
Benefits from Fair Oaks Rotary Grant
Fair Oaks Rotary helped the students at Bella Vista High School by providing their Career Center with a $1,000 grant for improvements and additional counseling materials.  The honorary presentation of the check was attended by Rotarians and some officers of the school's Interact club, which is sponsored by Fair Oaks Rotary.
Partnering with the Community to Help Those Less Fortunate
 
Our club would like to thank residents of All Seasons - Residential Assisted Living of Orangevale, and the members of our club who helped to produce gift bags consisting of underwear, hand warmers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, washcloths, mouthwash, flashlights, soap and 1st aid supplies on Jan 29th. These gift bags were distributed on Jan 31st by the Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART of Orangevale and Fair Oaks) at the Fair Oaks Library to needy residents from our area. This was a wonderful example of cooperation between our club, the residents of All Seasons and those people who donated the giveaway items! Thank you!! Community service is at the heart of what we do!
 
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