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New Fun(d) Raiser
Costs are going up for everyone and that includes our Rotary Club. Last month we signed a new agreement with the Rogue Valley Country Club for this next club year through June, 2024. We will now be paying $175 per week room charge as opposed to $150. Lots of other budget items are going up, too. Our membership is stable and trending upward somewhat but we are smaller than we were pre-pandemic. Many clubs in the district have found weekly drawings fun and helpful. This is how it will work. We will sell tickets for $1 each, 7 for $5 and 15 for $10. Chuck Root and I will sweeten the deal with $100 to begin. Then the fun and probably weekly excitement will build. The weekly drawing winner will draw a card from the hearts in a deck of playing cards. If the queen of hearts is drawn, the winner splits the pot with the club 50-50. If not, the drawn card is removed from the deck and the pot rolls over to the next week. Fun and excitement builds! Come join us!
2023-24 Al Densmore Club President
Welcome to the Original Rotary Club of the Rogue Valley, founded in 1923. Join us and help us create hope in our community and our world.
Rotary Club of Medford Celebrates Centennial
Breanna Wright remembered five years ago when she looked at the Rotary Club International’s website for the first time. She was almost skeptical with what she saw. “It was like, ‘Changing the world.’ I thought, ‘Wow, that’s pretty lofty. How does that even work?' Then I went to the meeting, and I was surprised at the friendliness and acceptance of the group,” she said. Now the vice president of the Rotary Club of Medford, Wright said she’s looking forward to celebrating the chapter's 100th anniversary next week. The club will celebrate its big centennial with a dinner party from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, at Rogue Valley Country Club. Tickets at $75 include a prime rib, salmon or a vegetarian dinner, according to the club’s website. The event will feature cocktails and a celebration of the club's history, Wright said. There will also be a silent auction to raise money for the club's work. Chuck Root has been a member of the Medford club since he moved to the Rogue Valley in 1988. "Most people join Rotary for the fellowship and the community. With so many people working from home, I think it's really important for people to...
International Project: Food to Kenya Families
We provided seeds and chickens to the same families we supported in 2020.
2022-23 Raymond Kistler Club President
Welcome to the Original Rotary Club of the Rogue Valley, founded in 1923. Please join me and an amazing group of Rotarians for lunch. Tuesday, noon, at the Rogue Valley Country Club is THE place to be!
Peace Fellowship Scholarships
To help scholars in Afghanistan, we obtained scholarships to the University of Queensland in The Rotary Foundation's Peace Fellowship program and another to Texas A&M for a doctorate program in water quality. The first one is still waiting for a visa from the Australian government.
The United Rotary Clubs of Southern Oregon was formed
The United Rotary Clubs of Southern Oregon was formed to aid small businesses and families affected by the Almeda Fire. "Our 'Back to Work' program gave $400,000 to 132 families and small businesses. Our efforts were enhanced with a TRF Disaster grant.
International Project: Food to Kenya Families
Gave food to starving families in Kenya
2020-21 Kimberly O’Gara Club President
Welcome to the Original Rotary Club of the Rogue Valley, founded in 1923. Please join me and an amazing group of Rotarians for lunch. Tuesday, noon, at the Rogue Valley Country Club is THE place to be!
International Project: Water Filters to Mexico
Provided water filters for rural areas in the south end of the Baja Peninsula, Mexico
2019-20 Michelle Green-Corradetti Club President
Welcome to the Original Rotary Club of the Rogue Valley, founded in 1923. Please join me and an amazing group of Rotarians for lunch. Tuesday, noon, at the Rogue Valley Country Club is THE place to be!
Slide into Summer Project
We started our 'Slide into Summer' project aka 'Slip and Slide,' which attracted over 800 kids to Bear Creek Park
Medford Rotary Foundation Officers 2018-2019
President - Lauren Regnani Vice president- Charlie Versteeg Secretary - Mike Lynch Treasurer - Tom Carter
International Project: Medical Mission to Malawi
Our 2022-23 club president, Ray Kistler, with Dr. Lucinda Kolo, a Rotarian in the State of Jefferson E-club, and their son Dylan completed a medical mission to Malawi. The grant included the purchase of a new Toyota ambulance, which allows trained medical personnel to bring modern medicine and medical education to 18 villages through the hospital outreach program.
2018-19 Bethany Brown Club President
Welcome to the Original Rotary Club of the Rogue Valley, founded in 1923. Join me and your fellow Rotarians for a fun meeting every Tuesday at the Rogue Valley Country Club. See you there!
Notice: Medford Rotary Foundation Annual Meeting and Resolution for Amendment of By-Laws
The Board of Trustees for the Medford Rotary Foundation, at its regular meeting on May 16, 2018, approved the following resolution to amend the By-Laws of the Medford Rotary Foundation: Article VII of the Medford Rotary Foundation By-Laws states: "The By-Laws of the Foundation shall be subject to alterations or amendments by a majority vote of the Board of Trustees at any regular meeting or at any special meeting called for such purpose, but such alteration or amendment must be approved by the members of the Foundation." The Annual Meeting of the members of the Foundation shall be held at the regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Medford on June 12, 2018 in accordance with By-Laws Article III, Section 1.a. The resolution will be put to a vote of the members at the Annual Meeting.
A Tradition of International Service
It is not surprising that Rotary International – the first international service club in the world – encourages us to be involved with other countries. RI inspires us via an excellent incentive system which can double or even quadruple our efforts through the matching program of The Rotary Foundation; often referred to as TRF. Chuck Root - Arushi Agarwal - Anju Agarwal It also requires us to partner with Rotarians in the host country and to focus on making our projects sustainable. I cannot speak to our clubs involvement before joining in 1988, but I do know that we were very supportive of the new program to rid the world of the terrible disease called Polio. At the request of Rotary clubs in the Philippines, TRF was able to make that country polio-free in just a couple of years. When I joined, we were all encouraged to donate $100 to this cause, and worldwide RI raised almost twice the amount that they had targeted. I am sure our club surpassed our goal as well. Our primary involvement in International service began when club president Tim Gerking and District Governor Lyle McLaughlin asked several members to help...
2017-18 William A. Haden Club President
Welcome to the new and greatly improved website for the “Original Rotary Club of the Rogue Valley”, founded in 1923. We believe this will provide timely access to current information about the activities of our Club. The goal is to keep you engaged and updated on all the fabulous events and accomplishments of our organization. We hope this will become a valuable resource for all our members.
2016-17 Jacqueline J. Schad Club President
Thank you for your dedication and service to the club. We appreciate it, and the club would not be the same without your effort.
2015-16 Mike Jacobson Club President
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2014-15 David Figurate Club President
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2013-14 Larry Nicholson Club President
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Rotary Club of Medford’s 90th Anniversary Historical Review
Robert Butler, Club Historian's remarks upon the 90th Anniversary Celebration of the Rotary Club of Medford
2012-13 Matt Patten Club President
Thank you for your dedication and service to the club. We appreciate it, and the club would not be the same without your effort. Dear Rotarians (and future Rotarians), I am proud to be a part of your club as we head into our 90th year! My fellow Rotarians have made this an exciting club to be a part of and I am excited for what this year holds. This club works because of the dedication of an amazing group of individuals that come together each week to be involved in the community. We are so lucky to have Medford Rotary Club members who step up in the community through service projects and in the Rotary organization through District Leadership and do so always with a sense of FUN. If you are not yet a Rotarian, come check out the oldest and most dynamic club in the district first and it will save you time in “shopping around”. We are currently looking for individuals who want to make a difference in their community and throughout the world. Individuals in our club join smaller committees to organize the Rotary Relays (a track meet for high school students held each Spring), ring...
2011-12 Katie Shepard Club President
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2010-11 John Zupan Club President
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2009-10 Mary Holbrook Club President
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International Project: Libraries in South Africa
Provided books for eight libraries in Azalea, South Africa in partnership with their local Rotary Club.
2008-09 Bob Strosser Club President
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International Project – Latrines in Malawi
Partnered with clubs in Missouri and Michigan to build latrines at elementary schools in Malawi.
2007-08 Gail Schoenberg Club President
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2006-07 Chuck Root Club President
Thank you for your dedication and service to the club. We appreciate it, and the club would not be the same without your effort.
Rotary International 100th Anniversary Project: Bear Creek Bridge
On Rotary International’s 100 Birthday, our club, along with the Ashland Rotary Club and the Medford Rogue Rotary Club, built a bridge across Bear Creek in the Sports Park. We contributed the equivalent of $250,000 in cash and in-kind donations to construct the Rotary Bridge across Bear Creek in what is now called Lithia Driveway Sports Park. It’s a beautiful bridge and has two bronze plaques, one on each end.
2005-06 Tom Carter Club President
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2004-05 Gary Miller Club President
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2003-04 Ed Lassman Club President
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2002-03 Tim Brophy Club President
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2001-02 Scott Weaver Club President
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2000-01 Doug Smith Club President
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1999-00 John E. Roberts Club President
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1998-99 John W. Yaple Club President
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1997-98 Gene J. Abell Club President
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1996-97 Tim Gerking Club President
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Sponsored Avachinski Rotary Club in Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia
We sponsored the Avachinski Rotary Club in Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia. Members traveled to Russia, where they were stranded by weather for over a month. Our involvement and support continued for many years including arranging and delivering over $12 mill in medical/social resources, including the delivery of $8.1 mill of Hepatitis and Pneumonia vaccines.
1995-96 D. Lorin Jacobs Club President
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1994-95 Gerald L. Darby Club President
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1993-94 Marc Bayliss Club President
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