Rotary International (RI) will recognize The Rotaract Club of Birmingham’s signature service project, Ready 2 Read, as the 2009 International Winner of Outstanding Rotaract Projects. Rotaract’s Ready 2 Read project has placed libraries in every second-grade classroom in the Birmingham City School system. Local club President V. J. Graffeo will present the project and accept [...]
East Lake United Methodist Church hosts a farmers market throughout the summer. Farmers donate extra food to the church to help people in the community. Rotaract will be filling market baskets full of fresh fruits and vegetables and then we will help deliver the baskets to nearby senior living facilities. Also, we will be helping to set [...]
The American Lung Association of Alabama-It’s Stylish to Be Aware
“A Breath of Fresh Air” Volunteers
May 21, 2009
Join aware cosmetics and The American Lung Association of AL for an evening of fashion & fundraising!
A breath of fresh air fashion show & silent auction and a portion of all proceeds will go to the American Lung Association [...]
Your last visit to read to your classroom should be scheduled in April. At this time you will pick up the reading log sheets from each student as well as the Ready 2 Read library. You should take a quick inventory of the books by counting them. There should be a total of 128 books. [...]
Rotaract Club of Birmingham was founded on the basic principle of placing “Service Above Self.” This time honored philosophy is both embraced and exercised by Rotarians around the world.In the spirit of this philosophy, Rotaract has worked tirelessly to use its membership’s talent, time and energy to make the lives of others better. Along the [...]
In 2005, Rotaract chose literacy as its service project focus, targeting second grade reading comprehension after studies showed that age group was a critical time in a student’s educational development. Rotaract wanted to give young students the tools that they needed to become better readers, and direct access to more books in their classrooms was [...]
The Gala is Rotaract’s annual celebration held every spring benefiting Ready 2 Read, Rotaract’s signature service project which placed libraries in every second grade classroom in the city of Birmingham. The Gala has developed into one of Birmingham’s do-not-miss events! Gala 2009 was held at Ted’s Garage and benefited the Ready 2 Read Endowment Fund. [...]
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Monday, June 29, 2009
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