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Most Improved Student Program. Annual awards are made to Most Improved Students chosen by each high school in the Washoe County area. We celebrate the year's award winners at two Reno South Rotary meetings in April where students receive scholarships and invite their counselors and family. After a speech contest an additional 5-8 students receive larger scholarships at and annual fund raiser in June. For the last several years we have provided over $65,000 in scholarships to these students, plus another $130,000 in preliminary scholarships and recognition lunches to the students, counselors and parents. If you would like to attend contact us at the numbers below. |
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Rotary is an international organization with over 1,300,000 members in over 200 countries. Reno South members have been generous and active contributors in the effort to eradicate Poliomyelitis and seven other childhood diseases worldwide. Just one of thousands of projects worldwide. In the 1980s, 1,000 children were infected by the disease every day in 125 countries. Today, polio cases have declined by 99 percent, with fewer than two thousand cases reported in 2006. Two billion children have been immunized, five million have been spared disability, and over 250,000 deaths from polio have been prevented. |
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The Head Injury Association A Support Group for Families of Head Injury Individuals. The organization was formed twenty years ago by a family member who recognized the need for survivors, family members, and friends to unite as a group with the common bond of similar experiences related to head injury. Reno South's past president Dr. Denny Granata is actively involved and a head injury survivor |
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Anderson Elementary School Reno South Rotary is a strong supporter of education in the community. Anderson Elementary is one of our major funding an service project helping disadvantage children integrate in the community and advance academically. |
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High Sierra Industries Since opening our doors in 1977 as a small "sheltered workshop, High Sierra Industries (HSI) has grown and advanced into an organization that is recognized by local, statewide and national organizations for the service we provide to people with disabilities as well as our excellent, value-added services provided to light manufacturing, assembly and contract landscaping customers. The CEO of High Sierra is a Reno South Rotarian |
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Care Chest of the Sierra C*A*R*E* Chest of Sierra Nevada with a recycled durable medical equipment program helping more than 300 people. Our current and past president raised over $2000 in 2007 for Care Chest |
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Veteran’s Guest House Veteran's Guest House provides: Overnight stays
Continental breakfast Proximity to Hospital Caring Environment VA Medical Center liaison Volunteers on duty Transportation proximity |
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Horseman’s Park Horseman's Park is dedicated to the animal rescue and the prevention of cruelty of animals and horses in particular. Nevada is the wild horse center of the world. Reno South Rotarians built and funded this park |
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American Lung Association Asthma Camp A place for children and adults to learn better methods of achieving a better life style while living with Asthma. Financial support was donated to individuals to attend this camp. |
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Sky Tavern Junior Ski Program Reno South Rotary contributed a ski lift tower of $20,000 to this facility for disadvantage junior youth to learn to ski. The Sky Tavern is a youth oriented training facility for young people that teaches them to ski and enjoy the outdoors. |
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Project Amigo A Rotary project in Colima, Mexico providing educational programs for impoverished youth. Reno South Rotary members also made substantial contributions to tsunami relief in Southeast Asia and other international projects.
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Aid to Handicapped Children. Reno South Rotary believes that "Service Above Self" is the most important guideline for community service. The club currently has three members actively supporting programs with the University of Nevada Reno, and on boards of other organizations. They themselves use wheel chairs and speaking computers to work and play., |
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Fuller Lake Boy Scout Camp Reno South Rotary made a major contribution to renovation of Fuller LakeCamp including new buildings, privacy gates and other improvements in excess of $25,000. Rotarians provided most of the labor as well. The camp is used by approximately 4,000 children from various organizaions each year in addition to the Boy Scouts. Several Reno South Rotarians are Eagle Scouts. |
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Innumerable scholarships to area youth for leadership training and for University and post graduate studies. Reno South also has members who are active Reno School Board Trustee's and Truckee Meadow Community College Advisors. |
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Robinhood Park Located at 800 Robinhood Drive was designed and built by Reno South Rotary. Robinhood Park: Two former members, one an architect and the other a general contractor designed and built a dilapidated city park in a low socio/economic area. Members helped on the final touches. New equipment, etc. Great annual project to clean up and help city maintain.Robinhood park was donated to the city after completion for the benefit of all residents in the area |
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The China Water Project was a joint venture between Reno South Rotary and Chinese Rotarians that brought fresh runniing water to remote villages in China. Reno South provided funds and local clubs provided coordination and installation. This is great example of how clubs locally can work internationally |
Thomas Hegge
