The Rotary Club of Milwaukie, Oregon was excited to gift a 'Peace Pole" to the students & staff of Linwood & Sorjourner Elementary. Thank you to all the students, staff and guests that joined us at today's ceremony! 

Congratulations to Noelani McGowan & Alyssa Voelcker-Mckay; this year's Dr. Howard Anderson/Tim Deshields Scholarships presented on behalf of the Rotary Club of Milwaukie's Club Foundation. These two outstanding ladies were selected from a pool of extremely qualified applicants representing Milwaukie High School & Milwaukie Academy of the Arts and will receive $1,000 annually for up to the next 4 years if GPA requirements are met. The Rotary Club of Milwaukie, Oregoncurrently provides 8 students annual scholarships and selects two new students from each Senior graduating class every year.

 

The Rotary Club of Milwaukie, Oregon was excited to gift a "Peace Pole" to the students & staff of Milwaukie - El Puente Elementary School here in Milwaukie, Oregon today! Students included hand-written messages of their "hopes for the future" in the Peace Pole before it was permanently installed at the front of their school building.
The Rotary Club of Milwaukie's Peace Committee is dedicated to providing each school a "Peace Pole" to spread the message, "May Peace Prevail on Earth". You can learn more about the Peace Pole Project at peacepoleproject.org.
Thank you to the North Clackamas Schools staff, the students and our Peace Committee for doing another great job of spreading the message of Peace through our community! 

 

The Rotary Club of Milwaukie, Oregon prepares & serves a hot-meal to community members in need through the "Feed the Hungry" program. The "Feed the Hungry" programs serves those individuals & families most in need here in our community every Sunday at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Milwaukie, Oregon.

 

The Rotary Club of Milwaukie, Oregon & Willamette View partnered together to raise over $1,600 for the North Clackamas Schools"Backpack Buddy" program. Members of NCSD, Willamette View and "Backpack Buddy" volunteers joined us at our recent club meeting to receive a check and our thanks for the critical work they do for families here in our community.
If you'd like to learn more about this program that aims to provide food-insecure students of North Clackamas Schools with healthy meals by partnering with the community through awareness, education, and engagement, please visit www.nclack.k12.or.us/cgr/page/backpack-buddies.