Eugene Airport Rotary funded the Senior Companion 2008 Recognition Dinner. An excerpt Our 2008 Recognition Event, A Western Affair, was a fabulous celebration for Lane County’s wonderful Senior Companions, who do so much for our Lane County communities! Your generous donation of $2000 allowed us to serve a traditional “western” meal to 100 people and to recognize our Senior Companions and their supervisors this year. We sat around the campfires (read “tables”) and enjoyed bar-b-qued ribs, coleslaw, baked beans, biscuits, cake, and good old fashioned out-on-the-range...

Two individuals and a local nonprofit were honored on June 5th at the annual vocational awards presented by Eugene Airport Rotary. Our vocational service awards typically recognize individuals and organizations who use their vocational talents to make meaningful change and to contribute to our community. This years winners: Jeanne Jordon, director of the Senior Companion Program, recognized for her service to seniors in Lane County. Pam Perkins, Eugene Airport Rotary member and community volunteer, recognized for her commitment to the Eugene Airport Rotary Dinner & Auction, which raises...

We’ll be heading to an Ems game on Friday, July 18 for food, fun and fellowship! Save the date! Some photos from last year’s event:

A lettuce farmer waters his crops as bags of lettuce are carried away to the market in Niamey, Niger. Copyright: Rotary Images/Alyce Henson

Saturday, June 21 at Alton Baker Park 10 am – 4 pm (free). Don’t miss this year’s Family Fun & Safety Fest at Alton Baker Park, sponsored by the Eugene Fire & EMS Department’s Water Rescue Team. Thousands attend each year, and this year’s Safety Fest is shaping up to be the biggest and best ever.  As in years past, there will be life jacket and bike helmet giveaways, special safety-related activities and demonstrations, and a wealth of information for the whole family from local emergency response agencies and commercial safety businesses. Come for the food,...

The Eugene Airport Rotary donated $300 to help a team of PRSSA students from the University of Oregon implement their campaign for the 2008 Bateman Competition.

The last Thursday in May, our Rotary club awarded college scholarships to Oregon’s future doctors, nurses, engineers, teachers and musicians. It was a packed house with students, their families and their school support (superintendent’s, counselors and others) in addition to our membership. For more information on our membership, click here. Here are the proud scholarship recipients!

May Nzama at Sicelekuhle Preschool where she pays for meals out of her pension. Now new toys, tables, and sleeping mats are provided through Rotarian donations and a Matching Grant. The preschools are affordable solutions to aid families affected by AIDS in South Africa Copyright: Rotary Images/Alyce Henson

Eugene Airport Rotary was recognized as having the best attendance of all clubs in District 5110 for the 2007-2008 year. Yeah, that’s right… uh-huh.

A child from a nearby village visits the polio booth in 2007 to get inoculated on a National Immunization Day in Moradabad, India Copyright: Rotary Images/Alyce Henson