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Rotary Club of Soldotna, Alaska Welcomes You to Our Website!

Service Above Self

We meet Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Mykel's Rest., Soldotna Inn

35041 Kenai Spur Hwy.
Soldotna, AK 99669
United States

District Site

Venue Map

Janice Nightingale

Sep 27, 2018

Hospice and Camp Mend-A-Heart

Great Alaska Council, BSA

Oct 04, 2018

Scouting in Alaska

Victoria

Oct 11, 2018

Brazil Youth Exchange

Foundation Chair

Oct 18, 2018

Rotary Foundation

Susanne DiPietro

Oct 25, 2018

AK Judicial Council

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About Our Club

Dan Nelson

We are proud to be a part of Rotary International. The Soldotna Rotary Club embodies the motto of “Service Above Self.” We have a long history in our community, and this year, we look to continuing our efforts to make it a fantastic place to live and play. Our homepage contains some of our service projects and events - please browse the site and look up Soldotna Rotary Club on Facebook.

Soldotna Rotarians are excited to welcome all visitors, and we hope that you can join in the fun! If you're a visiting Rotarian, we would love to have you at our luncheon, and if you would like to find out more about becoming a member, please feel free to email anyone on the Board for more information.

RI President-elect Barry Rassin’s theme for 2018-19, Be the Inspiration, asks Rotarians to inspire change in the world and in each other. “I ask all of you to Be the Inspiration to help Rotary move from reaction to action — to take a hard look at the environmental issues that affect health and welfare around the world and do what we can to help.”

Victoria and President Dan Exchange Flags

Soldotna Rotary was introduced in person with their new daughter from Brazil, Victoria. Victoria is a vibrant and exciting exchange student that will provide Soldotna Rotarians more opportunities to work with youth as well as the ultimate goal of bringing peace to the world. Welcome Victoria!

Rotary Youth Exchange has Arrived

District 5010 participates in the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. With the support of the D5010, Soldotna Rotary Club is proud to be a participating Club in the Youth Exchange Program!

Senior Center Planters

Soldotna Rotarians joined forces to build planters for Ninilchik and Soldotna Senior Centers. This was a local project that required ingenuity and patience in order to get all of the supplies and coordinate with the local senior centers. They can now use these planters therapeutically as well as practically!

Soldotna Rotarians at D5010 Conference

Soldotna Rotarians joined the D5010 District Conference held in Seward, AK May 17-20, 2018.

2017 Foundation Dinner

Posted on May 22, 2017

2017 Road Clean Up

Soldotna Rotarians gather each spring and fall to clean the road on Spur Hwy. This year was no different. Rotarians gathered and cleaned up the road along a mile stretch of the Spur Hwy.

Soldotna Rotary Plans International Literacy Project

Posted on Jan 25, 2017

Rotarians Make Up Everywhere

It is important for our Soldotna Rotarians to make it to meetings. It is especially important to a Rotarian that has over 30 years of perfect attendance, Mike Sweeney.

Pictured from left to right: Chuck Cook, Dave Peterson, Chris Hough, Allen Auxier, Gary Hinkle, Joe Kashi, David Wartinbee, and Mike Sweeney. Photo credit: Merrill Sikorski

Soldotna Rotarians Volunteer for Heritage Place

Every year, Soldotna Rotarians donate their time and skills to cook salmon for the residents of Heritage Place, their care givers, and staff. Rotarian, Dave Wartinbee leads the charge organizing the volunteers. It takes weeks of organization, but each year is a smashing success.

Check out this link from the Peninsula Clarion for more information:

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2016-05-22/heritage-place-serves-salmon-to-celebrate-salmon

Soldotna Rotary Arts Park Project

The Soldotna Rotary Club, in partnership with the Soldotna ARTSpace, and the City of Soldotna, worked diligently to install an avenue for aspiring artists to showcase their work to the public.

Soldotna Rotary Club Supports D.A.R.E

The Soldotna Rotary Club continues to support the local D.A.R.E program. Ofc. Tobin Brennan is the D.A.R.E. instructor in the three local elementary schools. Yearly, Ofc. Brennan provides D.A.R.E education to 5^th graders and then provided a lock-in/graduation event. This year, Soldotna Rotary Club was able to provide the grand prize to the winning essay writer on why D.A.R.E is an important program and why it is important to them. D.A.R.E. is an important program in the community.

Soldotna Rotary Supports Art Space Program

By partnering with the Rotary Club of Soldotna, the City of Soldotna, the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce, and local businesses, Soldotna’s ARTSpace, Inc. is implementing a community-based public art program. Many of these projects result in regular exhibits and annual events intended to promote public art that enhances the Soldotna area in a manner that’s democratic and for the enjoyment of all.

Click here for more! http://peninsulaclarion.com/dispatch/2015-09-28/art-space-program-proceeds-for-artists

Soldotna Rotary Club Supports Student Summer Reading

Soldotna Rotarians joined forces with K-Beach Elementary, Soldotna Elementary, and Sterling Elementary to encourage students to read through the summer months. This fall the schools joined with Rotarians to recognize those students that read this summer.

District 5010 Conference

The Soldotna Rotary Club was well represented at the District 5010 Conference held in Girdwood this year. We represented our Club, our members, our projects, and our fundraising.

Outbound Youth Exchange

To the Soldotna Rotary Club:

I just want to also say thank you to the whole club for first of all picking me and also helping me out with the support you guys gave to me. Thank you for giving me this opportunity, because this year has been the best year of my life so far and the memories will stay with me forever. So Thank you again.

~Anna

Super Bowl Board Seahawks v. Patriots

Did you buy a square this year?

Click the link above to check out this year's board!

Central Peninsula Rotarian Presidents Meet and Plan

Beginning July of 2014, the new Presidents of the Kenai, Soldotna, and Kenai River Clubs stepped into their leadership roles: Scott Hamann/Kenai; Jodi Stuart/Soldotna; and Diane Taylor/Kenai River.

The three of us were able to connect at the District Conference meeting earlier that year, and set up a plan to establish a monthly meeting of the three of us. The purpose of these meetings was to facilitate collaboration and understanding of what other Rotarians in our communities were doing. (The three clubs are within approximately 12 miles of each other!)

Kenai Teens Encourage Rotarians to Think

At yesterday's Club luncheon, we had two Kenai Central High School students talk to us about a spaghetti feed fundraiser that they are putting on to benefit the Students in Transition program with our local school District.

Soldotna Rotary and Kenai River Join Forces with Local Library

The Soldotna Rotary Club, Kenai River Rotary Club, and Soldotna Library have combined forces to provide suicide prevention training to the community free of charge.

Soldotna Rotary Supports Literacy in the Community

Soldotna Rotary Club has been known to support reading in the community through dictionary projects to RIGS (Reading is Great in the Summer) and now to SMORES (Summer Months are Open for Reading Everywhere). Recently, Soldotna Rotarians presented t-shirts to K-Beach Elementary students that read over the summer months and supported the first year of SMORES at Soldotna Elementary.

Youth Exchange Makes an Impact

Soldotna Rotarians support Rotary District 5010's Youth Exchange program by hosting a student every year from a foreign country. Also, each year, a local teen is selected to travel abroad as well. This long standing program creates an experience for both students that they will never forget. To take look at the teen's perspective, check out this cool article from the Dispatch!

http://peninsulaclarion.com/dispatch/2014-08-04/exchange-students-head-home-arrive-home

1st Ever Soldotna Rotarian Unity Run Winner

The famous Rotary Unity Run 10 mile and 5k race was hosted by the Rotary Clubs of Soldotna and Kenai River, and new this year, the Tsalteshi Trails Association on a beautiful July morning. Rotarians from around the central Peninsula gathered to set up the race, grill food, and have an opportunity for fellowship.

Adopt a Highway Crew

Rotary Scholars Commended

Scholarship recipients Brandon Rice, Kelsey Tachick and Kiana Hendricks pose between Rotarians Becky Foster and Dale Bagley.

Not pictured: Kelci Benson, Julie Litchfield, Erica McGahan, Molly Silta, and Adam Uchtman.

Paint the Kenai mural project gets finishing touches

The spectacular "Kenai La Belle" by Fanny Ryland received its artist's autograph recently. This 12 by 24 foot mural is set to be displayed at the Kenai Airport.

President

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Treasurer

Immediate Past President

Foundation Chair

Board at Large

Board at Large

Board at Large

Board at Large

Sgt. At Arms

2017 Sign In Sheet

2016 Super Bowl Board

So, you're thinking of becoming a Soldotna Rotarian Brochure

Soldotna Rotary Photography Project Media

Unity Run Results by age

Custom Pages

Kenai River Interact

Nicaragua Stove Project 2018

Masaya, Nicaragua School Project

Nicaragua 3/08

Nicaragua Wheelchair Project

Teaching to save babies

Two Rotarian pediatricians – one in Ethiopia and the other in California – connected to save babies’ lives with the help of a vocational training

Go on journey with polio vaccinator in Uganda

Climb every mountainA Rotaractor ventures deep into her native Uganda with a polio vaccination team as part of Rotary’s newest virtual reality film, Two Drops of

Brazil Rotary member on mission to eliminate hepatitis

Our worldMission to eliminate hepatitisIn 2010, Humberto Silva was getting ready to travel from Brazil to South Africa to watch his country’s soccer team play in

2019-20 Rotary president selected

Mark Daniel Maloney selected to be 2019-20 Rotary

Rotary gives millions in grants to fight polio 2018

Rotary announces US $96.5 million to end polioEVANSTON, Ill. (August 15, 2018) — Rotary today announced nearly $100 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once paralyzed hundreds of