Programs & Projects


Yuma Rotary Club Supports

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Annual Events and Programs

  • Prison Hill Liquid Foundation 
  • Teacher of the Year Awards Program
  • Walt Kammann Sausage Fry
  • Walt Kammann Food Booth at Yuma County Fair
  • Food Booth at Midnight at the Oasis
  • Sports Banquets for Yuma County High School Athletes

Scholarships/Youth Programs

  • Provide 2 scholarships per year to students of Kofa, Yuma,  Cibola  and Gila Ridge High Schools
  • Recognize and support Student of the Month, Cibola High School
  • Yuma County Elementary School Dictionary Project
  • Foreign Exchange Program
  • Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
  • Cibola Interact Club Sponsor
 

Yuma Rotary Club Projects

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  • Rebuilt Escuela Rural Federal 6 de Abril (Mexico School outside of El Golfo)
  • Bocce ball courts for Special Olympics
  • West Wetlands Creative Playground
  • Southwest Rotary Classic
  • Shelter Box
  • Free swimming at Carver Swimming Pool
  • Pet Therapy Program at YRMC
  • Brickyard school playground equipment
  • Brickyard school cleanup, built restrooms, roofing and additional classroom
  • Bugs in a Bug Project for the Children's Museum of Yuma County
  • Bug Terrarium Project for the Children's Museum of Yuma County
  • Purchased desks for schools in San Luis, Mexico
  • San Luis School for the Disabled: installed therapy Jacuzzi, water heater, new fencing, evaporative coolers for classroom and built large outdoor shaded patio area
  • Windsor Rotary Park
  • Yuma Art Festival Sponsor
  • Built Orphanage restrooms in Algodones, Mexico
  • Recognize and support Crossroads Mission, Humane Society of Yuma, Amberly's Place, Salvation Army, Yuma Community Food Bank
  • Interactive Playground and Park Rejuvenation at Vincent Stewart 'Castle' Park
 

PolioPlus, Rotary's most ambitious program to date, focuses on global immunization efforts and has played a leadership role with the World Health Organization, CDC, and UNICEF in bringing the world to the brink of polio eradication. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has contributed US$355 million to Rotary to support PolioPlus activities.