Our Projects

Service Without Borders

Foundraising for PolioPlus

Our club is the first Rotary club in the WORLD to provide a way for ANYONE to support our PolioPlus campaign. . . without it costing them any money! Over 2,000 online merchants have agreed to donate to PolioPlus when you shop online!

Get all the details at http://www.recswusa.org/info/f/36 . And please tell your friends and fellow Rotarians. It costs nothing. You shop. Merchants donate. It's that simple!

Ashley Kaimowitz Fund

Ashley Kaimowitz was a high school student from a middle class family who saw what had to be done and through intelligence, perseverance and devotion made things happen. Working through her school's Interact club and local Rotary clubs she brought the problem to the attention of not only her local community but to interested people throughout the world. We seek your help to help keep Ashley's vision alive. Click to read Ashley's full Story.

Our Website

The Rotary e-Club of the Southwest, USA offers a free makeup service to all Rotarians in good standing. Not only do we build a complete online meeting and program every week, we also track all makeups, provide email confirmation to members, log and display comments, and keep programs archived and available for later access. This is made possible by donations of club members: hosting is provided by member Darin Wayrynen, and countless hours of development is provided by member Karen Naranjo with the help of members Larry Levenson, Stephen Shearin, and Darin Wayrynen.

Hands On Projects

The Rotarians of RECSWUSA provide hands on Service Without Borders in our local communities and on international projects and have accumulated more than 2000 hours to date this Rotary year. These projects are as varied as the members; some projects include:

• Church and Rotary Website Development
• Cooking for Homeless Youth
• Pastoral Counselling
• Dental Hygiene product for Ecuador
• School PTA Boards
• Career Day speaking
• Mission School Support
• Disaster Relief with Red Cross, FEMA, and other

Rotary Projects

RECSWUSA is first and foremost a Rotary club: we participate in activities of our various local districts and Rotary International:

• 18 Paul Harris Fellows, 6 Benefactors/Bequest Society
• 2 RYLA Delegates each year
• Support for 2 Interact clubs
• Members of district committees
• RYLA volunteers
• Outgoing Rotary Youth Exchange Student
• Ambassadorial Scholar in Italy
• ROTI Members
• Rotary History Fellowship
• Foundation Fundraisers

Humanitarian Projects / Financial Support

Due in large part to the generous donations made by our visitors, RECSWUSA recently made cash donations to the following charitable organizations:

• The Ashley Kaimowitz Memorial Fund: benefitting the Nonceba Family Counselling Centre in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa. The Nonceba Centre helps children and families s affected by child rape. More Information »
• All Star Kids Tutoring: a Phoenix, Arizona foundation that provides books and reading tutors to students in Title I schools. More Information »
• The ChildLight Foundation for Afghan Children: a Mesa, Arizona foundation that supports Afghan children with a variety of literacy, food, clothing, and other projects. RECSWUSA joined the "Friends of the Jalalabad Library" to help develop and equip a library in Jalalabad. More Information »