Klamath Falls Sunrise Rotary

06/09/2026

Did you know that the Klamath County Museum has 825,000 artifacts? Director Ashley Affleck-Johnson told us so at the Klamath Falls Sunrise Rotary Club meeting June 9. As director, Affleck-Johnson is pulling out all the stops to improve the museum's visibility and engagement with the community. Check out what they are doing at www.klamathcounty.org/427/Museums. And check out our Rotary Club. Come meet us at an informal social Tuesday, June 16, at 5 p.m. at The Garage downtown.

05/13/2026

April is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Appropriately, East Coast Rotarian Steve Fine gave a presentation to the Klamath Falls Sunrise Rotary club — via Zoom — on the varieties of melanoma, recognition and prevention. Good advice as one heads out under the sun. Sunrise Rotary meets Tuesdays at 7 a.m. in the Fairfield Inn. Come join us for breakfast and good discussions.

05/12/2026

Welcome Sally-Ann Palcovich to the Klamath Falls Sunrise Rotary Club! Sally-Ann is a retired executive director from the Sky Lakes Medical Center Foundation and has a long history of fundraising foundations she has worked for. She currently volunteers for the Assistance League and is running for Klamath County Clerk.
Welcome.

05/01/2026

Klamath Falls Sunrise Rotary welcomed District Governor Chris Waugh and Assistant Governor Robie McGowen of the Lakeview Club to our meeting this week. Our Vice President Elect Shannon Jorgenson received a Super Star Award for her continued dedication to the club and community service.

04/21/2026

Thank you Father Iledfonce of St. Pius X Catholic Church for updating the Klamath Falls Sunrise Rotary Club of your and its efforts to bring clean water to the villages of Tanzania. Sunrise Rotary has contributed $4k annually for the last 12 years to the water project. The most recent project at Mdunduwlo, brings water to four villages in southwest Tanzania.
Sunrise Rotary meets every Tuesday morning at 7 in the Fairfield Inn on the banks of Lake Ewauna. All visitors are welcome.

03/25/2026

Congrats to longtime Klamath Falls Sunrise Rotary member Jack Baumann for earning his 6th Paul Harris award. Attached is the pin with 5 jewels in it, representing his contributions to Rotary over the years. Here member Norm Holliday, right, hands Jack his pin. For details about Paul Harris, see: www.rotary.org/en/history-paul-harris-rotary-founder and how to earn a pin, contact the Sunrise Rotary Club. See klamathsunriserotary.org. The club meets every Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. in the Fairfield Inn, except on the 5th Tuesday of month...that is a social event.

03/24/2026

An important step in a child's learning ability.

03/24/2026

Many thanks to SMART reader volunteer and state board member Ray Holliday for being "The Little Engine that Could" — one of his favorite books he reads to kindergartners through 2nd grade as part of the local SMART reader program. Ray spoke to the Klamath Falls Sunrise Rotary Club March 24. Volunteer readers are needed to visit all of the Klamath Basin schools in grades K-3rd. It only involves a 1/2 hour of your time each week. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/4uWEZZV Ray has been reading to young students for more than 30 years at Mills Elementary and other schools. SMART's efforts help students learn to read so they can read to learn from the third grade forward.

02/17/2026

Come visit our club and win big prizes! Our club meets every Tuesday at 7 a.m. in the Fairfield Inn, 460 Timbermill Drive
Klamath Falls, Ore. (If there is a 5th Tuesday in the month, we meet off site for a social event).

Each club is a little different, but all share a commitment to making a positive impact — locally and around the world.

02/17/2026

Thank you to Tessa Goodsell, left, and Ashley Affleck Johnson, of the Klamath County Museum for their talk on the museum's Folklore project at the Klamath Falls Sunrise Rotary Club meeting Feb. 17. Folklore 101 is seeking residents who may have stories of the Basin's past that may fit into the genre of folklore. Contact the Museum at 541-882-1000. The Sunrisers meet every Tuesday morning at 7 in the Fairfield Inn. Come join us! It's on the house!