Community Service.

"Service Above Self," the motto of Rotary International, is best exemplified locally by the avenue of service called Community Service. The many local projects (usually over 25) completed by Orangevale Rotarians yearly provide a vital resource for the residents and business people of Orangevale. For the last three years, our club has taken on improvement projects at several schools which serve Orangevale residents. We have painted large-scale colored maps of the United States at several elementary schools, Green Oaks Elementary School being the latest recipient. In 1999 we completed the creation of an entirely new varsity girls softball field at Casa Roble High School. In 2000, together with school staff and dedicated local volunteers, we created an amphitheater at Roberts Elementary School. In 2001 the club completed construction of a cross country track at Pasteur Middle School. The current major project is a technology lab at the Orangevale community library.

The holidays provide opportunities for many local efforts to help the needy. Annually, we provide Christmas gifts and caroling at a senior citizen Alzheimer's facility, with the help of the Girl Scouts and Casa Roble Interact members. With the help of the Boy Scouts, we provide baskets for the needy in Orangevale at Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year we also provided the staff for the collection and distribution of over 80 baskets at Christmas through Divine Savior Church. Recipients did not have to be church members. We also work with the Folsom Zoo, providing wrapped Christmas gift boxes for the animals to open and enjoy the treat (food) inside.

Community Service

Major School Projects
Oakview Backstop
Pasteur Track
USA Maps

Youth Projects
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts
3rd Grade Dictionaries
Kids Night at the River Cats
WIND Homeless Teens

Community Aid
Blue Star Program
Blood Donor Program,
Pow Wow Days
Library Book Drive
Health Screening
Ride to Walk

Holiday Projects
Thanksgiving and
Christmas Baskets
Folsom Zoo
Christmas Carols for Senior

Projects for Seniors
Smoke Detector Checks

Rotary District Projects
Mather Lake Rotary Park
Sacramento Reads

We are also dedicated to the safety of our senior citizens year round. We do an annual check of smoke detectors at local senior citizen mobile home parks. This fall (2000) we had over 20 volunteers, including Rotary members and their families, the Boy Scouts, and even a foreign exchange student going door to door to check the functioning of each smoke detector in the mobile homes.

Youth in the greater Sacramento area also benefit from our community service. This year we collected and distributed school supplies, clothing and bedding to the WIND Project, which benefits homeless teens. We also participated in People Reaching Out's Halloween Carnival serving food, the profits from which go to substance abuse counseling. We cooked and served lunch to Ride To Walk volunteers, a program which provides therapeutic horseback riding for physically-challenged children.

Finally, we work with other Rotary clubs on projects of local interest, such as Mather Lake Rotary Park, a park adjacent to the former Mather Air Force Base which now houses picnic grounds, a lake for fishing, barbecue pits, and a large covered eating area. We have contributed many pints of blood to the Sacramento Blood Bank through our donor program.

Orangevale Rotary is always open to suggestions for appropriate community projects to sponsor.

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