by Southtowne Rotary | Jan 14, 2021 | Arts and Entertainment, Community Awareness, Fundraising, Non-Profit
Thank you to Josh Neckels, Executive Director of the Eugene Ballet, for his presentation on the progress of the Eugene Ballet and Midtown Arts Center through 2020. The Midtown facility will open in February 2021. Eugene Ballet Adapts During the Pandemic The Eugene...
by Southtowne Rotary | Dec 29, 2020 | Community Awareness, Non-Profit
St. Vincent de Paul is Lane County’s largest nonprofit human services organization. Terry McDonald has led St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County for over 35 years. Southtowne Rotary was fortunate to have him share his knowledge and insight that he has gained over the...
by Southtowne Rotary | Dec 10, 2020 | Education, International Concerns, Non-Profit, Politics, Volunteer Opportunities
Meet Kellie McSween, a junior at the University of Oregon. In high school, she participated in a Rotary exchange program. Since then, she’s set her sights on joining the U.S. State Department. This September, she will be interning with The Borgen Project, a U.S....
by Southtowne Rotary | Nov 19, 2020 | Community Awareness, Education, Health and Wellness, International Concerns, Volunteer Opportunities
Cardiac Surgery for Severely Healthcare Deprived Countries CardioStart International is a volunteer-based organization that travels around the world to support and improve health care systems. They’re primary focuses are on adult and pediatric cardiac surgery,...
by Southtowne Rotary | Nov 5, 2020 | Club Events, Miscellaneous
Rotary Interact clubs bring high school students together to develop leadership skills. There are over 14,000 Interact clubs over 145 countries. India has over 7,000 Interact clubs. The US has over 5,000. Interact allows high school students to be part of a large...
by Southtowne Rotary | Oct 13, 2020 | Health and Wellness
Over the last 6 months, we have gone through a lot. The added stress, changes, and strain can take a toll on our body’s overtime, specifically on our nervous systems. Follow along to learn a little more about nervous system nourishment, and how it can help during...
by Southtowne Rotary | Oct 8, 2020 | Education, Environmental Concerns, People and Personalities
Dragonflies and damselflies flutter in and around Eugene. Oregon dragonfly and damselfly expert, Cary Kerst, speaks about local species, how to identify them, and where to find them. Follow along as Kerst shares a host of fascinating damselfly and dragonfly facts....
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 | Sep 25, 2020 | Community Awareness, Education, People and Personalities, Politics
Police Reform Amidst Eugene Protests Over the past few months, the Eugene Police Department has been working hard to manage protests safely and effectively. The department has currently spent $650,000 of overtime costs to do just that. Chief of the Eugene Police...
by Southtowne Rotary | Aug 28, 2020 | Community Awareness, Education, Health and Wellness, People and Personalities
Gender dysphoria is essentially where the mind and body parts don’t match. It has been described as a homesickness in your own body that never goes away. Technically, it is the condition of feeling one’s emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be...
