by Southtowne Rotary | Aug 13, 2020 | Community Awareness, Education, Environmental Concerns, Fundraising, Health and Wellness, Local Business, Non-Profit, Volunteer Opportunities
Welcome to Positive Community Kitchen. This non-profit sources local produce and cooks healing, organic meals for community members with life-threatening illnesses. The meals are plant-based, full of nutritious ingredients, and gluten-free. In addition, local teens...
by Southtowne Rotary | Jul 13, 2020 | Community Awareness, Education, Miscellaneous, Politics
Hugo Nicolas’s Story When Nicolas was 11, his mother told him and his two younger siblings that they would travel to the U.S. to join their father, who was an undocumented farmworker. He remembers walking for two days to cross the border. He was dehydrated and...
by Southtowne Rotary | Jun 14, 2020 | Community Awareness, Education, Health and Wellness, Non-Profit, Programs we Support, Volunteer Opportunities
Think of Kindness, Act with Kindness It’s proven that if you’re thinking about kindness, you become a kinder person. That is what the Spreading Kindness Campaign is based on. Spreading Kindness to the Unhoused Recently, the Spreading Kindness Campaign has...
by Southtowne Rotary | May 1, 2020 | Community Awareness, Education, People and Personalities
In a time of worldwide shifts and unexpected changes, one of our biggest challenges can be a closed mind. Our guest speaker, Barry, suggests that through cultivating a learner’s mindset, knowing ourselves, and utilizing the medical model, we can respond more...
by Southtowne Rotary | May 1, 2020 | Arts and Entertainment, Community Awareness, Education, Non-Profit
An Epicenter for Creativity, Culture, and Education in Eugene During a time when many businesses have had to close their doors, the Eugene Library is adapting gracefully. Their efforts to offer their services virtually is serving to educate, entertain, and keep our...
by Southtowne Rotary | Feb 27, 2020 | Community Awareness, Health and Wellness, Non-Profit, Volunteer Opportunities
HIV Alliance provides care to those living with HIV/AIDS and helps prevent new HIV infections. 1 in 7 people live with HIV today. And there were over 37,000 new diagnoses in 2018. 6/10 Oregonians have never been tested for HIV. They serve 32 counties in Oregon and...