Current Projects & Programs

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The Rochester Rotary Club is very active in the local area, with a wide variety of projects to support the community.

• We supply a staff person for the Strafford County Homeless Shelter  five mornings a week from April - October. We usually supply the shelter with paper goods, cleaning supplies and food items.  
• We support the Eye Care Mission in Nicaragua. We collect, store, and ship used medical equipment to the Rivas Hospital in Nicaragua.
• We distribute dictionaries to every 3rd grader in Rochester.
• We offer free fingerprinting and DNA test kits to all first graders in local schools.
• We distribute a summer reading book to all first graders in the city.
• We award scholarships to high school seniors every year.  Scholarship applications are generally available by February each year.
• We have a Christmas Light Tour for the elderly.
• We do traffic control at the holiday parade.
• We do roadside cleanup on Route 11, and maintain the Welcome to Rochester sign on the Turnpike.
• We support the Share Fund, Gerry's Food Pantry, St Charles Children's Home, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Daniel Webster Council, Project Pride, Girls, Inc., Rochester Child Care Center, Rochester Opera House, Rochester Youth Safe Haven, Youth Sports, Seacoast Hospice, YMCA, Salvation Army, Strafford County Homemakers, Your VNA, Toy Bank, The Frisbie Memorial Hospital, A Safe Place,  etc. 
• We hold a yearly Golf Tournament, where each team is matched with a Pro, with all proceeds going to help local charities and fund local scholarships. Rotarian Ron Poulin chairs this event.
• Since 2008 we have been conducting a successful "Back to School Clothing Give-Away". More information about this project is available by clicking on the Clothing Drive link. 
• We held our second Pizza Bowl fundraiser at the Rochester Elks in January 2011..