Service Projects


	Avenues of Service

International World Community This is the Service Avenue that distributes the largest percentage of our Club's funds. The Rotary Club of Marin Sunrise has started, or participated in more than two-dozen projects in 12 countries. Here are the projects we have participated in recently:

	Rotarians, guests and Interact members traveled to Tijuana to refurbish a room in the Casa Hogar Sion Orphanage.--- Photos
	Co-sponsored, with the Marin Evening club, a Rotary matching grant project to help furnish a Rotary sponsored elementary school in Los Lojas, Ecuador.
	We support Project Amigo in Colima Mexico.
	Sent club members on RotaPlast medical trips to South American countries to provide free clef pallet surgery.
	Supports the Rotary Peace Center at UC/Berkeley.
	Supports Lama Tenzin Orphanage at Dehradun, India.

Youth Service Our Youth Service Avenue extends beyond our sponsorship of the Interact Club at the Redwood High School. Here are the major projects of our club:

	Started and supports the Interact Club of Redwood High School (12+ years)
	Provides scholarships for the Camp Soulejoule Scholarship Program for Marin youth.
	Participates in Rotary International Youth Exchange --- Read Cory's and Kelsey's Reports
	Trips for Kids Sponsor
	Work visit with Redwood HS Interact Youth to refurbish and financially support the Casa Hogar Sion Orphanage in Tijuana Mexico
	Bay Model tour for Timothy Murphy School
	Offer need and merit Scholarships

Community Service Our major effort in the community is our support of the RotaCare Clinic in San Rafael. Beyond this, there are many other community service programs which our club supports.

	RotaCare medical Clinic - Ten years of medical care for the uninsured of Marin County.
	Call Of the Sea - Educational sailing experience. Day sails for youth selected by the Canal Community Alliance.
	Timothy Murphy School - Ongoing support - This year we will sponsor outings and give our dictionaries to the boys.
	Senior Thanksgiving Dinner - Fifteen years of offering a traditional Thanksgiving dinner to senior citizens of Corte Madera and Larkspur.
	Warm Clothing Drive - Twelve years of coordinating the collection of warm clothing for the Ritter Center on San Rafael, California
	Huckleberry House - We repainted the two bedrooms in the "confidential counseling and housing" facility for troubled youth.
	Davidson Middle School Library - Each week the speaker is presented with a book to sign which we donate to the library.
	Salvation Army Bell Ringing - We volunteer annually to support the Salvation Army to help them raise money for their work.
	Marin Food Bank - We donate/collect food for this organization which serves the working poor and unemployed.
	Marin Abused Women Services - One of our members presents monthly seminars for the residents of the shelter. The club supports the shelter program with donations of cosmetics.
	Project Marine Care - We support this program which ships "Care" packages to service members of all branches serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, and the Philippine Islands - Letters and Pictures

Club Service We are active participants in our District, National and International level Rotary organizations.

	Helped to start two additional Rotary Clubs
	100% Paul Harris Fellows
	A weekly newsletter
	(This) Club Website
	Produced a Rotary "Infomercial" for new members and the interested public