Committees

Club Service

Social Activities:

  • Past President’s Kick-out Dinner
  • Summer Social
  • Anniversary Dinner

COG Activities:

  • New Member Indoctrination
  • Directory
  • Programs

Fundraisers:

  • Crab Feed

Community Service

Community Service is the “Heartbeat of Rotary”.  We participate in many organizations and activities to improve the quality of life in our community. Here are some, but not all:

  • Boys and Girls Club
  • Community Christmas Tree partnership with Soroptomist International Stanislaus
  • Society for Disabilities
  • Gallo Performing Arts
  • Salvation Army Bell Ringer
  • Salvation Army Red Shield
  • Stanislaus County All-Star High School Baseball Classic
  • Stanislaus Office of Education
  • Surf
  • Veterans Chamber of Commerce Modesto
  • The Awesome Spot Playground
  • Without Permission

International Service

One of the avenues of service of Rotary is International Service.  This distinguishes Rotary from many service clubs due to the meaningful way Rotarians all over the world band together to provide financial, physical and thoughtful support.  This is a partial list of the International projects Modesto Sunrise is supporting:

  • Polio Plus (Worldwide polio eradication)
  • Wheelchairs to foreign countries
  • Eye Clinics
  • Youth Exchange
  • Kids Against Hunger

Vocational Service

Modesto Sunrise Rotary Favicon

Vocational Service fosters and supports adherence to, and promotion of, the highest ethical standards in all occupations, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations and the contribution of vocational talents to the problems and needs of society.

Activities include:

  • Career Information
  • Employer-Employee Relations
  • Vocational Tours
  • Vocational Member Presentations
  • Vocational Awareness

Youth Service

In 1949 the Rotary International Board of Directors adopted the slogan “Every Rotarian is an Example to Youth” as an expression of commitment to children and youth in each community where a Rotary Club exists. The unofficial fifth avenue of service at Modesto Sunrise is Youth Service.

At Modesto Sunrise Rotary we provide service to out youth through support for schools, youth organizations, and community projects. Some of the activities we are involved in are:

Interact – A Rotary sponsored community based service organization for high school age youth.

Camp Royal (RYLA) – Rotary District 5220 sponsored leadership camp. This camp is held each February for the 11th grade students who have distinguished themselves as leaders at their school.

Rotary Field Trips – A program started in 1995 to give third grade students from Stanislaus County the opportunity see wildlife at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge. As of 2005 over 14,000 students have taken the trip.

Youth Exchange – Short term and long term exchange programs to promote International understanding and goodwill.

Tapestry – A faith based ministry reaching out to youth in our city that are looking for a safe positive environment to learn leadership skills and become positive role models and mentors to the next generation. 

  • Speech Contest
  • Education Foundation of Stanislaus
  • Scholarships
  • Camp Royal
  • Short Term Youth Exchange
  • Interact
  • Y.E.S. Co.

COG- New Member Chair

As the name implies COG in the wheel of Rotary are what new members are known as in Rotary.  COG is a group within the club that stewards new members into the intricacies of the local, district and international aspects of Rotary and the community at large.