Projects from 2023-2024:
Park Clean-ups at Padden Creek & Whatcom Falls
Visit from Rotary District 5050 Governor and US District Representative
Weed & Feed Event at Chuckanut Center
Rotary & City of Bellingham Comprehensive Plan Event
Socials: with BR club members, District 5050 Holiday Social
Educational Meetings: Rotary International, Rotary & Polio, Coast Salish Indigenous History & Thanksgiving,
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