Projects from 2023-2024:
Park Clean-ups at Padden Creek & Whatcom Falls
Visit from Rotary District 5050 Governor and US District Representative
Weed & Feed events at Chuckanut Center
Rotary & City of Bellingham Comprehensive Plan Event
Oysterfest with Bellingham Sunrise
Community Service Resource Page
Whatcom Conservation District Native Plant Sale
Mother’s Day Cards for Solstice Senior Living
Meal Packing with Rotary Club of Bellingham
Service Project at Camp Korey
Socials: with BR club members, District 5050 Holiday Social
Rotary Visits: Bellingham Sunrise, NW Passport Club, Skagit Rotaract, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)
Educational Meetings: Rotary International, Rotary & Polio, Coast Salish Indigenous History & Thanksgiving, Camp Korey
2023-2024 Leadership:
McKenzie Harris as VP of Rotary and AS Affairs
Lily Storbeck as VP of Community Service and Events
McKenzie McLeod as VP of Public Relations and Recruitment
Projects from 2022-2023:
-Built raised garden beds for Maple Alley Inn, a community kitchen in Bellingham
-Saw presentations from Peace Corps and WWU Study Abroad
-Park clean-ups across Bellingham
-Visited meetings of Bellingham Rotary clubs
-Hosted community event at WWU Planetarium and Insect Exhibit
-Volunteered with Sunrise’s annual fundraiser, Oysterfest
-Packed meals with Rotary Club of Bellingham
-Card-mkaing for WWU Facilities employees
-Fundraised for CamFED
-Hosted a visit from the 5050 District Governor
Projects from 2021-2022:
– Mentor program with Bellingham Bay Rotary that connects Rotaractors and Rotarians with similar professional interests.
– Collaborated with StoveTeam International to raise $2000 to build clean cooking stoves for families in Latin America
– Park clean-ups across Bellingham
– Hosted community event at WWU Planetarium
– Replacing irrigation systems with WeGrow
Projects from 2020-2021:
– Collaborated with Pure Water for The World on Western Washington University’s Give Day raised $4000 to build a latrine station for a school in Honduras
– Winter Clothing Drive collected over 10 bags of coats, socks, snow pants, and more to directly help the local homeless population
– International Joint Meeting with the Rotaract Club of Rakouda, Egypt
– International Joint Meeting with the Rotaract Club of Cologne, Germany
– Letter writing program to locked-down local senior citizen center.
– T-Shirt fundraiser that raised over $1000 to support wildfire relief in the Pacific North West
Projects from 2019-2020:
– Fundraiser for Seattle Children’s Hospital at Lairmont Manor
– Fundraiser for stoves for Guatemala
– Brewers by the Bay Fundraiser with Bellingham Bay Rotary Club