Cycle Chelan - Saturday June 21, 2025- Chelan River Park at 7:00am Rotary Club Meeting - In Person & ZOOM - Tuesdays at 11:45am - Sorrento’s Rotary/KOZI Golden Egg Hunt - Saturday April 19, 2025
Dear Visitor,
Welcome to the Lake Chelan Rotary Club! Rotary began in Chicago over 119 years ago in 1905. Our own club was founded in 1926. As we approach our 100 year anniversary of service to the Lake Chelan Valley in 2026, we continue to follow the motto of “Service above Self” to build up our local community and communities abroad.
‘What exactly does a Lake Chelan Rotarian do?’ you may ask. You will find us in the Lake Chelan Valley, reading to students in elementary school classrooms, cleaning up trash on the highway or at a local park, teaching high school students about entrepreneurship, giving annual scholarships at Chelan and Manson high schools, at Earth Day promoting how we can preserve planet Earth, and in Kenya building schools, bathrooms, and water tanks for rural villages.
Internationally, Rotary is a service organization composed of 1.2M neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
This year’s international theme is “The Magic of Rotary”. Each Rotarian shares their talents, treasure or time to make an impact that collectively makes a big difference in the community. Our goal is to create a little ‘magic’ through our service projects and make the lives of those in our community better.
Are you interested in learning more about an organization of “people of action” who create lasting change? If so, please email me and plan on attending one of our lunch meetings to learn more.
Yours in Service,
Kim Dunbar
Lake Chelan Rotary President, 2024-2025
Rotary Causes
The work of Rotary begins in the community, and every community has its own unique needs and concerns. While we serve in countless ways, we’ve focused our efforts on seven Causes to maximize our impact. These Causes encompass some of the world’s most critical and widespread humanitarian needs, and we have a proven record of success in addressing them:
Things that we have done & things that we do
High School Scholarships – 2006 thru 2025
Promise Scholarships – 2017 thru 2025
Shine On Scholarships – 2015 thru 2025
911 Glass Rescue – 2018 thru 2025
Brighter Futures (Kenya) – 2014 thru 2025
StoryBook Libraries (Kenya) – 2017 thru 2025
Pingrey Mural – Pingrey Park – 2019
Planet Walk – Riverwalk Park – 2020
Singleton Park Playground – 2022
Interact at Manson High School – 2023 thru 2025
Book Buddies – 2021 thru 2025
Projects
When and Where
Lake Chelan Rotary meets week at Tsillan Cellars in Sorrento’s Restaurant. We meet from 12 noon until 1:0opm. the first half of the meeting is spent conducting club business. This is usually followed by a guest speaker. Directions to Sorrento’s Restaurant can be found below:
About Us
Rotary International is the world’s first service club organization. More than 1.2 million business, professional, and community leaders volunteer their time and talent to further the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self”. They provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Rotary International Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
Lake Chelan Rotary was chartered March 24, 1926 and has been going strong ever since. Currently over 70 men and women are active members. We have one honorary member.
Our regular meeting is held at Tsillan Cellars on Hwy. 97A, each Tuesday beginning at 11:45 a.m. This is a hybrid meeting providing the option to attend via Zoom.