If you've ever wondered what the experience is like for students that participate in the Rotary Youth Exchange, meet Sofia, an outbound exchange student, and hear first hand from her about the life-changing experience.
Welcome to the Rotary District 5180 website.
Welcome to Rotary District 5180!
We are a group of passionate and dedicated people working together to create lasting change in our local and global communities. Our district includes 37 clubs, covering 7 counties in Northern California (greater Sacramento area) - from Oroville to Walnut Grove and from West Sacramento to El Dorado Hills.
Beyond our service work, our commitment includes building membership in our clubs as well as creating meaningful relationships that last a lifetime. We are also committed to financially supporting the causes and people we care about through The Rotary Foundation.
One landmark effort of The Rotary Foundation is the EndPolioNow campaign, started in the mid-80s, to eradicate polio from the world. We are so close! The latest news across the globe is that so far, as of August of 2021, only 2 cases of wild polio virus have been identified this year! This is a huge achievement in our fight to eradicate polio – but we need to keep our support up to meet our end goal!
If you are looking for a place to connect and serve, please reach out to me. I would love to tell you more about Rotary and the good works of District 5180! Click here to send me an email.
Looking forward to sharing more with you!
Yours in Service,
Desirée Wilson
2021-22 Rotary 5180 District Governor
Welcome to September... and Rotary’s Basic Education and Literacy Month! The ability to read, write and comprehend is critical to economic development for individuals and communities. Literacy helps a person navigate the world with dignity, and allows them to take control of their lives, advocating for themselves, their families and for their community.More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. That’s 17 percent of the world’s adult population.
Here are some of the ways we, as Rotarians, can help others through literacy and education:
- Tutoring/mentoring children or adults
- Building Little Free Libraries
- Participating in District 5180’s Dictionary Project
{Image: DG Desirée Wilson with John Paul Jones, of the Fair Oaks Rotary, during August's Superhero Training Camp}
Those are just a few of the opportunities we have to make a difference in the world. Let’s use this month to focus on and implement some of these ideas and projects, building on the passion we have for helping others.
From UC Davis Health Press Release:
(SACRAMENTO) — For more than eight years, Oak Park Rotary House has been a beacon of hope for patient families at UC Davis Children’s Hospital.
“This house is a huge hug for a lot of families that come in,” said UC Davis social worker Courtney Corbitt, who has partnered with the Oak Park Rotary House Foundation to identify patient families in need of long-term temporary housing.
And just like that, the first month of the Rotary year has gone by and we’re in August! Rotary has named August as the “Membership/New Club Development” month. Membership in our District is off to a fabulous start with several clubs inducting new members. How wonderful it is to share the gift of Rotary with someone and give them the opportunity to become a Super Hero!Now that a new member has joined, what does your club do to keep them engaged? Just after their induction is when a new member will feel the most excited about their decision to join your club. Engaging them to keep that feeling high will enhance their experience, for the new member and the club. Don’t leave a new member alone to try and figure out how they fit into your club – invite them to join your club’s activities, service projects, fundraisers and socials as soon as possible.
(This is a photo captured during my presentation to the Carmichael Rotary Club, which has a fun tradition of giving visiting district governors a Stetson cowboy hat!)
Last year's support for Rotary Foundation from District 5180 blew through a 26-year-old landmark! In our 2020-2021 Rotary year, all 37 clubs in District 5180 contributed to both the Rotary Foundation Annual Fund and PolioPlus! That had not happened in 26 years (since we became D5180 in 1995)!
Under the able leadership of District Governor Brent Hastey and District Foundation Chair Joe Scheimer, our Rotarians showed their support for The Rotary Foundation, which is the lifeblood of Rotary. It is what allows us to continue “doing good in the world.”
The RI Annual Fund provides funding to support our global grants and district grants. During the past Rotary year, (ending June 30, 2021), D5180 Rotarians donated a total of $297,280 to the Annual Fund!
Grab your capes and join us for a Superhero Training Camp: Connecting the Three Essentials... Membership, Foundation and Public Image/Brand. When: August 7, 9:00 am to 12:00 Noon
What: Special training focusing on the three essentials for our Rotary Clubs: building our membership, increasing our Foundation giving and getting our story out to our local communities.
Who should attend? All club presidents, membership chairs, Foundation chairs and public image chairs (and, as always, any other club members who can benefit from this training!)
Why attend? New club leadership needs this time together to refocus, re-energize and renew their club's efforts on how to grow membership, best approaches to building Foundation support and knowing how to get your message out to the community about all the wonderful things Rotary does!
Registration is now open: register by clicking here.
2020-21 was quite a year - and the efforts of Rotarians in District 5180 made it a year worthy of serious recognition.
At the Virtual District 5180 Conference in May, the annual club and Rotarian awards were given out. Congratulations to all of the winners!
There's no time like the present to reserve your seat at the 2021-22 Rotary District 5180 Conference - IN PERSON - at Montbleu Resort, Casino and Spa in lovely South Lake Tahoe! Join us April 29 - May 1, 2022 for a weekend of celebration, awards and fun. Our theme is "Creating Today's Super Heroes."
We've already lined up our keynote speakers:
- Adrienne Bankert - formerly of KCRA Channel 3 and Good Morning America
- Father Boyle - Homeboy Industries
- Wade Nomura - Past District Governor, District 5240
To register for the conference, click here!
Hotel reservations: MontBleu Hotel, Resort and Casino
Special conference rate - use code: STRDC2
To reserve your room(s), call (800) 235-8259 or click here to reserve online.
