Owego Rotary Club chartered 1920

...diversified, vibrant, responsive

and community-oriented

Why Join Owego Rotary?

Rotary’s activities embody its motto, “Service Above Self.” Membership offers many benefits:

Community service opportunities, both locally and worldwide

Networking with business and pro-fessional people

Working and having fun within a di-verse group of interesting people

Camaraderie with others who want to make a positive difference in the world

Your skills and enthusiasm are needed. Consider joining today!

Owego Rotary Club P.O. Box 574

Owego, NY 13827

Phone: (607) 687-0229 Email: contact@owegorotary.org Website: www.owegorotary.org

Rotary is all about service.

Rotarians develop service projects that address many of today's critical issues: children at risk, disabled persons, health care, international goodwill, literacy, poverty, hunger, the environment, clean water, and polio eradication. Ro-tary also supports programs for youth, educational opportunities and interna-tional exchanges for students, and voca-tional development.

PolioPlus

Started in 1985, Rotary International’s most ambitious program is PolioPlus, a worldwide collaborative effort which seeks to eradicate polio from the face of the earth. As of 2013, it is now en-demic in only three countries (it was 125 countries in 1985!). The end goal is tantalizingly close.

Owego Rotary supports PolioPlus through donations and members who have traveled abroad to support in-country inoculation efforts.

The world’s first service organiza-tion, founded in 1905 by Paul Harris, in Chicago

A global network of 1.2 million members in over 200 countries. There are over 34,000 clubs in com-munities around the world.

Concerned with truth, fairness, im-proved international relations among different countries and cul-tures, and world peace

Focused on “Service Above Self”

Ongoing Youth Programs:

Scholarships to local graduating high school seniors and Interact clubs

Selection of high school juniors to re-ceive week-long RYLA leadership train-ing

Participation in the Rotary Interna-tional Youth Exchange program

Sponsorship and support for two local high school Interact Clubs

Fundraising Programs:

Each of these annual events raises dollars for many civic organizations within the community.

Strawberry Festival

Dick’s Open golf tournament

Club raffle

Poinsettia sale

Arts & Crafts fair

Doug’s Fish Fry & Bake Sale

What is Rotary? Owego Rotary Club supports the community in many diverse ways.

Recent/Ongoing Service Projects:

Rehabilitation of the flood-damaged Court St. flower beds

Roadside cleanup

Maintenance of flower beds at en-trances to the village

Support tea, bake sale and ice cream social programs at Riverview Manor

Support for Bike Tioga

Painting the railings at the North Avenue underpass

Support for the Food Bank of the Southern Tier Back Pack program

Cleanup of Draper Park riverbank

Providing bike racks in Owego’s shopping districts

Flood relief activities

Installation of new shelving at the Coburn Free Library

Installing canoe/kayak dock

Pancake breakfast for Rural Ministry

Rotary is Guided by a Four-Way Test.