The Club is known for its support and involvement in the local community as well as the local schools. With the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self” in mind, Cashmere Rotary Club has served the local community through many projects as well as overseas through Rotary International. Some of the local projects were:
•Upgrading the museum lobby and structure
•Moving the Stoeffel waterwheel by helic
opter from Monitor
•The Senior Center
•Museum Village blacksmith building
•The first Cashmere Native American Powwow
•Lights for the tennis courts
•Yearly bike safety rodeo for kids..and recently the Riverside Park Veterans’ Memorial, as well as sponsoring an $80,000 covered picnic area. Cashmere Rotary sponsors two $2,500 academic scholarships and one $1,500 vocational scholarship yearly. International Involvement
Some of the international endeavors have been the Polio Plus worldwide project, water wells in Attababa, Ethiopia, computers to a Hungarian school, an ambulance to Magpur, India, two water wells in Kitelawasi, Tanzania, and support of the Rotoplast South American project, which provides correction of facial birth defects in children. Cashmere Rotary Club funds for international projects are matched by Rotary International and usually receive some assistance from the Rotary Club in the project area. The Cashmere Rotary Club looks forward to continuing opportunities to serve the local and international communities.
