About Rotary
Members of Rain City Rotary work with volunteers from the Ballinger Neighborhood Association to prepare the first Community Garden in Shoreline.
Rain City Rotary
Club Mission
The mission of Rain City Rotary is to facilitate fellowship between members and families and to actively serve the community and the world through service that makes a difference to human life.
Club Officers
President - Phil Hillstrom
President Elect - Ken Foote
Vice President - Sharon Knight
Secretary - Marguerite King
Treasurer - Rita Sturm
Sergeant at Arms - Ethan McCardell
Club Committees
Service Projects
This committee develops and implements educational, humanitarian, and vocational projects which address the needs of the community and other countries.
Club Administration (aka Club Fun)
This committee conducts activities associated with the effective operation of the club - which includes meeting programs, club assemblies, and firesides (gatherings focused on fellowship).
Membership
This committee develops and implements a plan to recruit and retain new members as well as foster the growth of new members as Rotarians.
Club Public Relations
This committee develops and implements plans to provide the public with information about Rotary and to promote the club's service project and activities.
The Rotary Foundation
This committee develops and implements plans to support the Rotary Foundation through both financial contributions and program participation.
Rotary International
An accredited social health activist administers drops of the oral polio vaccine to a child in a Muslim household during an April 2008 door-to-door immunization effort in India.
Rotary is a service organization of business and professional men and women united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and work toward world understanding and peace in the world. Belonging to a Rotary Club gives men and women an organized outlet for contributing to their community.
Founded in 1905 by business leaders who believed in the ideal of “Service Above Self,” Rotary was the world’s first association of service clubs. Rotary has a global network of 1.2 million members in more than 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas.
Rotary members meet weekly to build friendships and plan service activities. Clubs are autonomous and determine their own service projects based on local needs and the interests and abilities of members. Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
Membership represents a cross-section of local business and professional leaders who share the common goal of service to others. As signified by the motto Service Above Self, Rotary’s main objective is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world.