Vocational Service

San Rafael Rotary Student Assistance Program

For more than 50 years the Rotary Club of San Rafael has had an ongoing student assistance program for graduating students of San Rafael High School.  The program has grown, and now each year we make commitments of $5,000 to each of 4 graduating students who have been accepted to 4-year university degree programs.  

From the program's beginning in 1956 through summer of 2009, the Club has provided more than $455,000 in assistance to 156 students.

 

Candidates are recommended by the School on the basis of their academic achievement, ability to succeed, and financial need and selected by the Club's Student Assistance Committee through an intensive interview process.  The terms of these grants vary with individual student circumstances.

 

 

Interact Club

The Rotary Club of San Rafael sponsors an Interact Club at Marin Catholic High School.  Interact is a service club for young people between the ages of 14 and 18.  Members of the Interact Cluub are responsible for planning, financinig, organizaing and executing their own projects under guidance from their school and the Rotary Club.

 

Last year, Interact members operated an ice cream stand at the Marin County Fair to raise funds for a service trip to Colima, Mexico as part of Project Amigo.  This year four students have journeyed to El Salvador on a week-long project to help construct a rural school.

The Four-Way Test

From its founding, Rotary has sought to encourage and foster high ethical standards in business and the professions.  Rotarians are encouraged to apply the following Four-Way Test to the things we think, say, or do:

1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

 

Meeting Time & Location Information Monday at 12:15 PM Sheraton Four Points 1010 Northgate Drive San Rafael, CA 94903  map it USA	Contact Information Jeffrey Ehlenbach phone: 415.453.0534x107 contact us www.starwoodhotels.com
Lunch meetings begin at 12:15pm each Monday except holidays and usually are concluded by 1:30pm. Rotarians from other clubs and their guests are warmly welcomed to visit us.