Thank you, Christian Bryant, for your leadership in organizing our “Pay it Forward” fundraiser last Saturday evening. By all indications, it was a great success. The room looked beautiful, checkin and checkout was smooth, dinner and wine were great, and the fellowship excellent. Thank you, Lauren Gutierrez, for countless hours of preparation, especially in the […]

The stage is set for success at our major fundraising event for the year, “A Night to Pay it Forward,” taking place this Saturday February 13th. Two hundred or more people are expected. Silent auction baskets have been arranged, including such diverse things as a miniature casket and a Greek gourmet dinner. The live auction […]

Our Club was proud to send a representative to the Rotary International Peace Conference a few weeks ago in Ontario, California. Shalisa Pierce, the Chair of our Peace Builder committee, spoke briefly to our Club last week about her experience. She learned so much, she hardly knew what to touch upon in just a few […]

Committee members, donors and sponsors are hard at work planning our major fundraising event, “A Night to Pay it Forward,” scheduled for February 13. Putting on a major event like this requires a lot of time and talent. I’d like to thank Director of Fundraising, Christian Bryant, for his hard work. Leilani Slama, Lauren Gutierrez, […]

As with any group, the long term vitality of our Club – and Rotary in general – depends on attracting great quality new members. New members can be called the lifeblood of an organization because they may have fresh ideas to contribute, and fresh energy to accomplish bigger goals. Often, we think of an energetic […]

Our Club’s major fundraiser is next month! In this one evening on February 13th, we must raise enough charitable funds to fulfill the budgeted wish lists of many different Club committees. One such committee is the World Community Service committee. Did you know that Rotary Club of Salem is one of the most active participants […]