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Cinder blocks for building a school for Indian children in Mexico

THE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF MESA

Photo: Load of bricks for a school being built for Triqui Indian children in Miguel Aleman MX

WHO WE ARE

Lincoln School Garden
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Volunteers Cleaning
Serving Food
Volunteers
Girls Carrying a Recycling Bin
Volunteers Packing Food
Men Volunteering
Team Meeting
Man Painting a Wall
Happy Team Posing
Girl with Dogs
Computers for College Bound

 

The Charitable Foundation of the Rotary Club of Mesa is independent of the Mesa Rotary Club and has it's own Board, but shares the Club's focus on service in Mesa and beyond.

The purpose of the Foundation is the advancement of the charitable interests of the City of Mesa, Arizona including, but not necessarily limited to, advancing the charitable purposes of Rotary International as implemented by the Mesa Rotary Club emphasizing peace through youth exchange, health, clean water and environment, assisting economically disadvantaged mothers and children, support for disadvantaged children in schools serving high numbers of low income families, and developing economic opportunity for income eligible entrepreneurs.

 

The board members of the foundation are Randy Vogel, Janice Parker, Nicolle Karantinos, Craig Henry, Joe O'Reilly and Rose Hanne. The Mesa Rotary Club President is a non-voting invitee to Board meetings.

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Picture: Members of the Lincoln Elementary school Garden Club

WHAT WE DO

Making Mesa and the World Better, One Project At A Time

Literacy Efforts

The Dictionary Project

The Foundation supports literacy efforts. The Dictionary Project provides students in low income communities with dictionaries and other tools to improve students' academic skills.

Providing For Those In Need

The Backpack Project

People need basic supplies like food and toiletries. Volunteers fill backpacks with those supplies which are distributed through local non-profits.

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NEWS

It gives us tremendous pride to support all the hard work for those in most need and others in Mesa.  Read about some of the latest efforts supported by The Charitable Foundation of the Rotary Club of Mesa.  Do they inspire you to get involved? Don’t hesitate to reach out!

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Donating water for the homeless during Arizona's hot summer temperatures

Lincoln student garden club

Adopting Lincoln School

The Foundation supports Lincoln Elementary, the lowest income school in Mesa. This image shows the Lincoln Elementary Student Garden Club. We have provided them with raised garden beds, tools, and a shed to store gardening tools and supplies.

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Providing Solar Energy to Sunshine Acres Children's Home

The foundation supported putting solar energy collectors on the Sunshine Acres Children's Home to lower utility bills and be more environmentally sound.

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421 E University Dr, Mesa, AZ 85203

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