Rotary Club of Albany

Rotary Club of Albany Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers.

This week we welcomed a very special guest speaker, Leigh Matthews Bock, Development Director for Home Life. Leigh share...
06/19/2026

This week we welcomed a very special guest speaker, Leigh Matthews Bock, Development Director for Home Life. Leigh shared the important work Home Life does to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in our community.

And yes, she also happens to be our Rotary President's wife—proof that sometimes the best way to get a great speaker is to check who's sitting across the dinner table! 😄

Thank you, Leigh, for sharing your passion and the incredible impact of Home Life!

And that’s a wrap! The Rotary Club of Albany and the Greater Rotary Club of Albany were delighted to once again host Tex...
06/18/2026

And that’s a wrap! The Rotary Club of Albany and the Greater Rotary Club of Albany were delighted to once again host Texas 4000. These kids ride from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska to raise money for cancer research and cures. We annually host them as they pass through Albany. It is a lot of laughs, cheers, food, showers, laundry and sleep, but so worth it. See you next year Texas 4000 and safe travels to Anchorage!

Tye Vossler-Shipp , Interim President of the Albay Youth Orchestra, spoke with us on Tuesday about their incredible non-...
06/11/2026

Tye Vossler-Shipp , Interim President of the Albay Youth Orchestra, spoke with us on Tuesday about their incredible non-profit offering students grade 3-12 orchestral music education. With over 300 instruments to play, students can experience playing instruments they want to play. Albany Youth Orchestra offers 2x weekly classes and $40,000 scholarships are available as well. Hurry! Enrollment for July and August has begun.

For the past two weeks, our club enjoyed learning from Dr. Tim Reid about the history of Reid Veterinary Hospital and it...
06/07/2026

For the past two weeks, our club enjoyed learning from Dr. Tim Reid about the history of Reid Veterinary Hospital and its generations of service to our community. We also had the chance to meet his sons, Harrison Reid and Sawyer Reid, who are carrying on the family legacy. It was a fascinating look at a longtime Albany institution! 🐾

The Rotary Club of Albany is delighted to award West Albany High graduate Aylin Martinez Ruiz, Student of the Month, a $...
06/02/2026

The Rotary Club of Albany is delighted to award West Albany High graduate Aylin Martinez Ruiz, Student of the Month, a $250 gift card and Lily Rangel and Erik Romey each a $2500 scholarship. Aylin, Lily and Erik have worked hard to achieve academic success and we are delighted to help them further their academic journey. Congratulations!

Today some of our Rotarians helped our Albany Public Libraries assemble chairs, mobile book carts, a play family tree ho...
05/23/2026

Today some of our Rotarians helped our Albany Public Libraries assemble chairs, mobile book carts, a play family tree house, and small book shelves. The Library is gearing up for the summer reading program and we are delighted to help partially fund this program too. We are proud to award the Rotary District Grant to Albany Public Libraries to help fund these wonderful programs to promote literacy to the Albany community!

This week we awarded Madison Bridgewater, of Albany Options Student of the Month for her academic achievements while wor...
05/22/2026

This week we awarded Madison Bridgewater, of Albany Options Student of the Month for her academic achievements while working part time. She is set to graduate 6 weeks early!
We also awarded two $2,500 academic scholarships to Karina Ruiz Raymundo and Ethan Bottmiller of South Albany High School. Congratulations Madison, Karina and Ethan!

Some of our Rotarians attended the 2026 District Conference in Eugene this weekend. Lots of fun, learning and making new...
05/17/2026

Some of our Rotarians attended the 2026 District Conference in Eugene this weekend. Lots of fun, learning and making new friends.

This week we had the pleasure of hearing from John Anderson at the Boys & Girls Club of Albany, who shared about the inc...
05/16/2026

This week we had the pleasure of hearing from John Anderson at the Boys & Girls Club of Albany, who shared about the incredible programs the Club offers youth in our community. It was inspiring to learn more about the many ways they are working to support and reach kids who can benefit from their services.

One especially wonderful update was about Santiago, one of the students who attended RYLA. Jonathan shared how impactful that experience was for him—since then, Santiago has stepped into leadership opportunities and was even named Youth of the Year.

It’s amazing to see young people like Santiago thrive, and a great reminder of the important work the Boys & Girls Club is doing to help youth build confidence, leadership skills, and bright futures.

We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Discretionary Grants:• CHANCE• Sleep in Heavenly Peace• Oregon ...
05/15/2026

We are pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Discretionary Grants:

• CHANCE
• Sleep in Heavenly Peace
• Oregon Cascades West Senior Services Foundation
• Furniture Share
• Young Roots

At our meeting this week, we were honored to present checks to the awardees who were able to attend. We are grateful for the important work these organizations do to serve and strengthen our community, and we are proud to support their efforts.

We also want to sincerely thank all of the organizations that applied this year. The selection process was not easy, and we encourage all applicants to apply again in the future.

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