Welcome to the Rotary Club of Fair Oaks
 
We meet Mondays at 6:45 pm
Fair Oaks

Community Clubhouse

7997 California Ave.

Fair Oaks, CA 95628

 
 
 
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WELCOME to the Rotary Club of Fair Oaks!

Dennis Dunbar

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I am proud and honored to be given the opportunity to be the President of the Rotary Club of Fair Oaks for the 2019-2020 year!  I am looking forward to a great year as we work together to make the world a better place, both locally and internationally.
 
The new President of Rotary International, Mark Daniel Maloney, has set the theme for this year:  “ROTARY CONNECTS THE WORLD.”  Our District Governor, Ray Ward, has amplified that theme for our District: “CONNECT AND INSPIRE.”  The Rotary Club of Fair Oaks has further expanded the theme more locally:  “CONNECT TO TRANSFORM LIVES.”   Working in tandem, through our connections to each other and the citizens of the world, these themes ensure that the lives of thousands of people locally and internationally are improved!  Rotary truly connects us all.
 
Chartered in 1946, we have been supporting community organizations for 74 years.  We are a diverse group of community and business leaders working together to create lasting, positive change in the world.   The Rotary Motto is “Service Above Self,” a motto that is enthusiastically embraced by the members of this Club.
 
The Club has been involved in many service projects in our community, including:
  • distributing holiday food baskets to families in need at Northridge Elementary School; 
  • supporting grade school literacy programs through distribution of dictionaries to 3rdgraders; 
  • supporting teen leadership development at Bella Vista High School; 
  • assisting in the annual luau lunch for seniors; 
  • supporting the Women’s Empowerment program; 
  • renovating school dormitories in Mexico; 
  • contributing to polio eradication efforts globally; 
  • participating in foreign school youth exchanges; 
  • assisting with the safe Halloween program; 
  • conducting high school speech and photography contests; 
and conducting many more projects that improve the quality of life in Fair Oaks and globally.  We are very proud of the changes we help facilitate to improve lives.
 
Thank you for visiting our website.  If you are interested in learning more about our Club and the work we do to improve our community, please join us at one of our weekly meetings.  We meet Monday evenings at 6:45pm at the Fair Oaks Community Center (7997 California Ave., Fair Oaks, CA 95628).  Please see our event calendar on this website to see upcoming projects, events, and speakers scheduled for our meetings.  Come join us and have FUN doing good in the world.
 
Yours in Rotary,                                               
 
Dennis Dunbar
President, 2019-2020
 
What Have We Been Up To?
Holiday Baskets 2019
Santa (AKA Fair Oaks Rotary) Arrives Early
For Some Northridge Families
  
 
  
 
Plans are made weeks in advance, and the day begins about 7:00 am.  Boxes are delivered and food is gathered from food banks (Fair Oaks-Orangevale and Sacramento), Winco and private donations.  Then the food has to be divvied up among the boxes, and it all has to get handed out at the end of the school day to about a hundred families that otherwise might have a skimpy holiday food-wise.
 
The only hitch in the whole day... whoever picked up the Rotary fuel (coffee and round baked goods with holes in the center) accidentally picked up bagels instead of the other round baked good with a hole in the center.  But it served as a teachable moment.  Was it fun?  Well, I hope to shout... a resounding YES!  So look for us again next year.
2019 Caroling 1
Posted on Dec 10, 2019
Fair Oaks Rotary Carolers
Are At It Again... At Oakmont
 
 
There are no auditions or tryouts.  There are no rehearsals.  There are just three guitars and a harmonica valiantly struggling to keep them on key.  But nineteen Fair Oaks Rotarians, one Bella Vista Interactor and one Rotarian's sister "invaded" Oakmont of Fair Oaks this afternoon and spread a lot of holiday cheer to the residents... singing-type cheer, not the beverage kind.  It's a good thing the place is dog-friendly, because a couple of pooches came along also.  Closing song... how about a Happy Birthday to 102 yo Bette, sitting next to the dog (above right).  Now that they're all on key, look for them to do it again next week!
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Battle for Oak 2019
Posted on Nov 01, 2019
Same-Old, Same-Old
At Fair Oaks Rotary's
Battle for The Oak
Somewhere in that mass of Del Campo High School Cougars is Bev Purcell, widow of Jim Purcell, the Rotarian who many years ago dubbed the Bella Vista-Del Campo football game, which is essentially the Fair Oaks championship, the Battle for the Oak.  Fair Oaks Rotary now gives to the winning school a perpetual trophy and a $1,000 graduation award to present to the student of their choice; in addition we pay for the entry of all who identify themselves as a military veteran.  I've lost track of when Bella Vista last won the game, but at 34-13 it was closer than usual this year.  Keep your hopes up, Broncos!
Meraki Mentoring 2019
 
Posted on Oct 15, 2019
Fair Oaks Rotary Begins
Leadership & Ethics Mentoring
At Meraki High School
 
Fair Oaks Rotary kicked off a year-long one-on-one mentoring program at Meraki High School with a day-long workshop to match mentors and mentees and get to know one another.  This will be followed by monthly meetings between the twenty mentors and their students.  Everyone seemed to have a good time and we're looking forward to a productive program.
Community Grants Available
Posted by Fred Rowe

Our club is pleased to announce grant funding for up to $1,000 per project for charitable and educational activities to benefit children and senior citizens in the local community.

Application deadlines are October 1, January 1, and April 1.

Funding is budgeted annually July 1 to June 30 and is available until funds are depleted.  Click Here to Download the application. 

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