by Jerry Harris | Feb 5, 2025 | Projects
The Healthy Snacks for Hungry Minds project was a tremendous success! A grateful thank you is in order for everyone who participated: Kristina Gribskov (project leader), Pete Gribskov, Mark Hewitt, Karen Scheeland, Antonio Anacan (Friend of Rotary). On January 31st,...
by Jerry Harris | Dec 23, 2024 | Projects
Since 2022, 529 cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI; aka Avian Bird Flu) have been detected and reported in Oregon birds (APHIS, 12/17/2024). Raptors are a group of avian species that generally have severe clinical outcomes or die when infected with HPAI...
by Jerry Harris | Oct 26, 2024 | Projects
A Fresh Start in Our Community: The Set Aside Clinic of 2024 was a resounding success, thanks in large part to the amazing support from our community volunteers! This clinic, which offers participants the chance for a fresh start by helping expunge non-violent...
by Jerry Harris | Aug 25, 2024 | Projects, World Community Service
Our Club’s International Service committee, in collaboration with the Airport Rotary Club and other Rotarians are continuing our support of the Rural Health Team (RHT) in the Tororo District of Uganda. The RHT consists of a team of health care providers (about...
by Jerry Harris | Aug 16, 2024 | Community Service, Projects
The Rotary Club of Eugene (Club) and Model United Nations (MUN): An opportunity to blend two Rotary priorities of local and international service by engaging high school students toward understanding geopolitical issues and Peace through Service. In the Spring of 2017...
by Jerry Harris | Aug 15, 2024 | Community Service, Projects
Covid Mass Vaccination Clinic Volunteer Effort In February 2021 the Rotary Club of Eugene (Club) negotiated an agreement with the Lane County Department of Health and Human Services to recruit and vet volunteers for the mass vaccination clinics that were being...
by Jerry Harris | Aug 11, 2024 | Community Service, Projects
In July of 2015, Rotary Club of Eugene (Club) member Pete Gribskov visited the Lane Arts Council as part of the club’s Vocational Lunch Group program. On the vocational visit to Lane Arts Council, Executive Director and fellow Rotarian Liora Sponko introduced the...
by Jerry Harris | Aug 5, 2024 | Historian, Participation, Projects, World Community Service
The following narrative is the story of how the Rotary Club of Eugene (Club) worked to get Rotary invited into the Soviet Union and helped charter and form the Irkutsk, Siberia Rotary Club. The narrative was written in the first person by Rotary Club of Eugene member...
