Rotary Foundation

   Woodinville Rotary strives for full participation among members for annual contributions to Rotary Foundation in support of such international projects such as eradicating polio throughout the world. November is Rotary Foundation month. Club director Max Zellweger, represents the club in this support,

Hopelink

   Each October, members fill a table at the annual fund-raising luncheon. Rotary was instrumental years ago in establishing this human services organization in Bothell.

Rotary First Harvest

   Within its charitable giving budget, the club has matched member's contributions to this program originated by Rotary District 5030 members who saw the need to provide food goods for the area's food banks.

Friends of the Hidden River

   In keeping with the club focus on education, Woodinville Rotary is considering a "hands on" project at the Brightwater Community Environmental Education Center. The club has supported the work of the school science teachers who took hold of this project and worked with King County to bring about this facility which will open September 24 in Woodinville.

Village Volunteers

   An international project brought to the club by students at University of Washington Bothell, the club financed construction of a manufacturing plant in Kiminini, Kenya which produces inexpensive water filters for the villagers.

NAMI Washington                                                    NAMI Walks 2011

   On May 14, 2011, Woodinville Rotarians joined other Rotarians on the East Side in the seventh annual NAMI Washington Walk for Healthy Minds...forming a team, providing volunteers to conduct the event and making a sponsorship donation. The Walk raised $270,000 for programs and resources for the mentally ill.

Northshore Scholarship Foundation

    Founded in 1984, Woodinville Rotary is one of three service clubs which operate this community-based non profit that has distributed more than $1.5 million in scholarships to nearly 1,500 local graduates. The club's scholarships literally "make a difference" whether the recipient is able to financially attend college at all.

 Twenty One Acres

   The club established an account with the scholarship foundation to provide annual funds for educational programs sponsored by the sustainable agriculture center in Woodinville. An open house is planned August 26 to feature its first permanent structure, a LEED building.

Operation Warm

   Since 2006, the club has provided new, stylish winter coats for children attending the annual Santa Breakfast held for families with children attending elementary schools in the Northshore School District and who qualify for the reduced-cost lunch program. 

Josh the Otter Water Safety and Awareness Project