Service

International

Giving Child a Polio Vaccine

Rotarians know no geographical boundaries.  They seek world peace and cultural understanding.  And they make things happen – from eradicating polio to supporting women scale businesses to bringing clean water to communities. At Rotary Club of Oakland, we serve through the following three committees.

Committees

Youth and Local

For the last 100-plus years, Rotarians have committed to making Oakland a better place.  We are proud of this legacy and continue to put “service above self”  through the following ten committees.

Committees

Club

Club members take care of each other and our Club. They help each other develop professionally, and they develop deep friendships and business connections.  They enjoy meeting new people and building community. To fulfill their commitment to the Club, they may serve on a committee in one of four areas.

Committees
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International Committees

Karl Stucki World Community Service

We work with Rotary clubs in developing countries to plan, finance, and implement community service projects. We also work on special projects, such as student exchanges, to promote world peace through increased understanding among people in the world.

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International Youth Exchange

Promotes better international relations through youth exchange programs, including the long-standing student exchange with Oakland Rotary’s sister-city club, the Fukuoka Rotary Club.

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Rotary Foundation

We promote the work of the Rotary Foundation. We coordinate and maintain records on our Club's Paul Harris Fellows and other Club members contributions to the Rotary Foundation, and we ensure that appropriate recognition materials are presented to donors.

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Youth and Local Committees

Community Service

We support organizations that provide direct services to improve the quality of life of those who live in the Oakland community.

Funding for grants in our current  year have been spent.  We encourage you to reapply in July 2025 for our 2025-2026 grant period.

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Enterprise Institute

We sponsor high school juniors from Oakland schools to work in leadership teams, to expand your networks and explore education and career options after high school.  Each Spring since 1982 the Enterprise Institute has taken place in a dormitory style camp in Aptos, just south of Santa Cruz. ...

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HOPE (Help Oakland Pupils Excel)

We provide mentoring to a select group of students, starting in their middle school years and continuing through high school graduation. If a HOPE mentee meets specified grade and attendance requirements and satisfies other criteria through the end of high school, he or she receives up to $10,...

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InterAct

We develop and support InterAct Clubs, which are service clubs for students in Oakland high schools. Through Interact, students develop leadership skills and a love of community service.

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KinderPrep

We provide materials, supplies, field trips, classroom volunteers, enriching experiences, and other program support to the Transitional Kindergarten program of the Oakland Unified School District.

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RYLA

We identify and select high school students to attend  the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA) camp each summer.

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Oakland Rotary Scholarship

We award college scholarships to deserving Oakland high school seniors who will be attending a four- year college or university.  The application and selection process takes place in the Spring. During the rest of the year, committee members serve as advisors to scholarship recipients.

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Speech Contest

We organize a local speech contest for local high school students, the winners of which move on to participate in the District Speech  Competition.

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Rotaract

Vision Statement
"Oakland Community Rotaract is a humanitarian organization of Bay Area-based artist-entrepreneurs aspiring to empower our low-income neighborhoods to become self-sufficient. We seek to bridge the financial education gap between our struggling community and an evolving...

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Housing Insecurity Task Force

Develop a plan for a project to help Oakland's unsheltered residents.

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Club Committees

Development Committees

Supporting Oakland Rotary with the Comittees:
Membership, New Member Orientation,  New Member Events and Business Development 

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Activities Committees

Supporting Oakland Rotary with the Committees:
Brown Bag, Entertainment, High Adventure + Sports, Gala, and Speakers 

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Communication Committees

Supporting Oakland Rotary with the Committees:
Public Image/Communications and Live Oak.

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Operations Committees

Supporting Oakland Rotary with the Committees:
Audio Visual and President's Support

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Oakland Rotary Roadies

Cycling to Serve - Supporting Non-Profits and Service organization in their fund raising and community support

Fund raising events have  included:
> Marin Century > Special Olympics > Ride for Reason > Tuscon Ride to End Polio   > Asti Tour de Vine  > 

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