Welcome to the Rochester Rotary Club Website!

Welcome to the Rochester Rotary Club website! Rotary is an international organization of business and professional individuals interested in giving back to their local and global community while developing friendships and enjoying each other’s company. The Rochester Rotary Club is a great opportunity to meet accomplished members of the Rochester community while providing a helping hand to others. Our membership includes small business owners, local government officials and non-profit executives; attorneys; doctors and dentists; accounting, marketing and IT professionals, and retirees from business and other professions.

Our club is involved in the global effort to eradicate polio, led by Rotary International in partnership with the CDC, the Bill Gates’ Foundation, and many Governments. Our club also supports an annual medical mission in Guatemala.

On a local level, the Rochester Rotary Clubs sponsors many scholarships and Interact Clubs at four High Schools and a Rotaract Club at Oakland University. The club also supports local outreach activities like the Rochester Area Neighborhood House, the Rochester Community House, and OPC with monetary contributions and volunteer hours.

Our club meets every Tuesday at 12:10 pm for lunch. Each week we host a wide range of interesting speakers to discuss the work and goals of their organization or business, share their personal stories, or update us on events happening in the area. We meet at River Crest Banquet Center at 900 West Avon Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48307. Please explore our website and join us for lunch to learn more about the Rochester Rotary Club.

Rochester Rotary Charities

Posted by Christine Hage on Jul 19, 2011

The charitable arm of the Rochester Rotary Club is the Rochester Rotary Charities, Inc., a separately organized 501(c) organization.

Charities Board : 2017 -2018

President: Rhonda Panczyk

President Elect : Alan McLellan

Past President: Jay Eastman

Treasurer: Rev. David Eardey

Alan McLellan

Eric Whipple

Al Jones

Kelly Dean

So what organizations receive money from the Rochester Rotary Charities?

Casa Colibri - a medical facility in Guatemala

Rainbow Connection

Rochester Symphony

1775 th Military Police company

Area high schools senior class activities

Habitat for Humanity

Dutton Farm for the mentally and physically handicapped

Grace Center of Hope

Clinton River Watershed

Several collage scholarships for high school students

June 2016
Community House

Sponsored and served Father’s Day Dinner

August 2016
Neighborhood House - Back-to-School Program
Sorted school supplies and backpacks for distribution

Neighborhood House
Set up desks for their new computers

Golf Outing and Golf Ball Drop Fundraiser
40 Rotarians and guests raised $23,500 for charity

ALSM
Loaded trucks for Operation School Bell distribution and delivery to schools

September 2016
OPC
Peeled apples for Art & Apples Festival

Rotary Gateway Park
Fall cleanup and winterized the park

Grace Centers of Hope
Prepared and served dinner

October 2016
Lobster Fest
Annual Club and Community social event

November 2016
Interact Day
35 Michigan high school Interact members joined an all-day conference to learn more about Rotary’s extensive and global youth programs, improving Club communications, collaboration and project management

Job Shadowing
29 High School students mentored by local Rotarians

December 2016
Poinsettia Sales
Raised $13,600 through sales of Poinsettias

Neighborhood House Kids Christmas Party

Hosted Christmas party for local children who wouldn’t have otherwise had one

Rochester Christmas Parade
Rotarians and High School Interactors decorated a float and marched in the Christmas parade.

February 2017
Grace Centers of Hope
Prepared and served dinner

April 2017
Rotary Gateway Park
Spring cleanup to prepare for the community to enjoy

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference
11 Rochester area high school Interact members attended in a 3-day leadership conference at Camp Copneconic

Wine Tasting Fundraiser
640 Rotarians and local community leaders raised $30,500 for charity

May 2017
Neighborhood House
Helped load and unload trucks to “Stamp out Hunger”

Awarded 5 Scholarships
Given annually to Outstanding Rochester area high school graduates

June 2017
OPC Walk/Run
Helped run event

Total Fundraising: $72,500

Clinton River Watershed
Exchange Student Program
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
Loop Park Cleanup
Neighborhood House
Rochester Community Schools Scholarships
Rochester Christmas Parade
Rotary Gateway Park Clean-Up
Community House
Literacy Project in Guatemala
Teaching teachers English
Guatemala Literacy and Medical Supplies
Rotary International Matching Grants
Guatemala Medical Mission
Habitat for Humanity
Kids Back-to-School
OPC Act of Kindness
Polio Plus
ACE High School Senior Trip
Paint Creek Center for the Arts
Rotary Foundation

The Rotary Gateway Park is a hidden gem in downtown Rochester. Built by the Rochester Rotary Club in 1997, the park features beautiful flower beds, a cascading water feature, and benches to sit and enjoy a few quiet moments. The Rochester Rotary Club continues upgrade and enhance the park through the volunteer efforts of club members and funding from the purchase of memorial bricks.

Learn More About our Park