Each year the Richmond Rotary supports a wide variety of community and international projects. The support can take the form of hands-on-volunteering, financial assistance, or both.
This page lists the projects and organizations that we are currently supporting, at home and abroad.
Community Support 2022-23
Art of Peace Bay Area Girls Club Bikes for Kids Cinco de Mayo Collaborising Freedom School-Easter Hill UMC Eastshore Neighborhood Council Friends of Richmond Recreation GRIP Housing First Masquers Playhouse Miraflores Project New Life Movement NIAD Peres Teacher Support |
Peres Book Club Peres Backpacks Peres Tanita Dental Clinic Pickleball Pogo Park Richmond Art Center Richmond Food Pantry RotoCare Meals RotoCare TCC Salesian College Prep Teen Moms West County Salesian Youth Club West County Reads SOS! Richmond YES Nature to Neighborhoods |
International Projects 2022-23
The total spent on all of these projects was $23,500 ($14,500 from club funds and $9,000 from individual donations from club members and Berkeley Rotary)
Help a Life Foundation
Funding for the construction of a kitchen for a girls school in Ethiopia, and for books, uniforms, and clothes for the girls
Namungoona Children Art Center
Funding for construction of an additional building for an Art Center to expand the art program for children in Uganda
Los Ayala Classroom Project
Funding for the construction of a primary school room in Los Alayas, Mexico
Amarok Society
Funding for a sponsorship for a school to teach mothers to teach children in Bangladesh
Cardiac Care Unit in Monterey, Mexico
Funding for a cardiac prevention program for low income patients in Monterey, Mexico
Community Support 2021-2022 Bikes for Kids CC Youth Service Bureau Early Childhood Mental Health Program (ECMHP) Greater Richmond Interfaith Program (GRIP) Housing First (support from Mayor’s Fund) Miraflores Centennial Project 2020: An Immigrant Story NIAD Peres After School Book Club Peres Teacher Support Pickleball (East Bay) Pogo Park Richmond Art Center Richmond Food Pantry Richmond Museum RotoCare Salesian College Prep Teen Moms WCC Salesian Boys and Girls YES |
International Projects 2021-2022 Help a Life Foundation La Prepa High School Telemedicine Juticalpa Water Project |