by Southtowne Rotary | Oct 1, 2020 | Community Awareness, Education, Non-Profit, People and Personalities, Politics
Meet Ibrahim Coulibaly, an advocate for discussing human rights issues and current president of the Eugene Springfield NAACP. Ibrahim grew up in the small, french-speaking country of West Africa. He came to the US for the first time in 2008, where he lived in New York...
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 24, 2020 | Education, Fundraising, International Concerns, International Rotary Programs, Non-Profit, Volunteer Opportunities
Project Amigo Invests In Education Project Amigo is a Rotary education sponsorship project based in Colima, Mexico that supports children from a very young age through college degrees. Fellow Rotarian, Heather Edwards, explains the value of this program and invites...
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 | 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 Deanna Rivera | 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...
