Welcome to the Yakima Southwest Rotary Club website. Since 1969, Yakima Southwest Rotary has pursued a mission to support youth, serve people in need and support organizations who serve the less fortunate and to help to make our community a better place to live. Southwest Rotarians are dedicated to supporting this mission by getting involved in many worthwhile humanitarian causes, community service projects, and fund raising activities. Southwest Rotarians support our wonderful community with a spirit of friendship and fun. Yakima Southwest Rotary members are devoted to enriching lives in our community and beyond!

Yakima Southwest Rotary Club

Oganized January 10, 1969 

P.O. Box 1624 - Yakima, WA 98907-1624

Email: yakimaswrotary@yvn.com

  Phone: 509-853-3915

Picnic Shelter constructed by Southwest Rotary at Miller Park

There's something that all Rotary club members have in common:

We take action.

As community volunteers, we reach out to neighbors in need.

We build, support, and organize.

We save lives.

We work locally and globally.

Around the world and around the corner, the 1.2 million men and women of Rotary

• Get involved in their communities

• Connect with other professionals

• Share their time and experience with young people

• Support global causes, such as eradicating polio

• Use their skills to help others

Whether you're a veteran volunteer or new to community service, we're looking for people like you.

To learn about more about membership and Yakima Southwest Rotary please email us at: logsdonjo@gmail.com
 

 Information from Rotary Internationl website 

Rotary International News - Oct. 4, 2010

Rotary International's partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to eradicate polio was mentioned in a segment of the news program 60 Minutes, "Gates Foundation: Giving a Fortune Away," which aired 3 October.

The news story focused on the work of Bill and Melinda Gates, through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to improve education and maternal and child health, and to prevent deaths from AIDS, malaria, and polio.

The video and transcript are available through CBS News.

Rotary staff worked closely with the producers of 60 Minutes during the filming of the portion on polio. On 21 March, the 60 Minutes team filmed at a World Health Organization polio vaccine distribution center in Wazirabad, India. The crew followed India PolioPlus Committee Chair Deepak Kapur, Rotarians, and health workers through Sri Ram Colony, Karawal Nagar -- a densely populated area near Wazirabad -- to shoot polio immunization activities..

The Gates Foundation has awarded Rotary US$355 million in challenge grants to support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children. As of 30 September, Rotarians have raised about $146 million for Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge -- Rotary's response to the Gates Foundation grants.