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Our Fund-Raisers
Each year the Casas Adobes Rotarians sponsor three events:
Ø $20,000 raffle (100% to Casas Adobes Rotary Foundation)
Ø Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Party *
Ø Golf Tournament *
The net proceeds from these three events fund our annual projects. The persons receiving the benefit are our youth, our Tucson-area underprivileged citizens, and our international underprivileged citizens.
In order to maximize the monies available to fund our activities, we use event sponsors (*) to underwrite our expenses. Costs to conduct our events comes from support from our friends in the Tucson community – corporations, individuals, Rotarians, etc. – This support makes our community service activities more productive. A typical year, including matching grants from Rotary International for eligible international projects, approaches $100,000 in benefits given.
We thank you for any assistance you can provide to us.
Casas Adobes Rotary Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization. Contributions, less the cost of food served, are income tax-deductible.
Club #1285
Rotary International District 5500
Chartered November 11, 1976
Casas Adobes Rotary Club Foundation
Rotary Club of Tucson
(Casas Adobes)
P. O. Box 37225
Tucson AZ 85740
Meets each Wednesday
6:45 AM
La Paloma Country Club
3660 – 3800 E. Sunrise Drive
Our Benefactors
The Casas Adobes Rotary (CAR) Club Foundation (CARF) receives financial support only from our benefactors:
Ø Participants in our fund-raisers
Ø Contributors to our endowment
Ø Casas Adobes Rotarians through their dues and other internal fund-raising projects
Support of our fund-raisers will provide monies directly in support of our local and international community service projects. We have no overhead, consequently 100% of dollars received benefit the less fortunate people we serve.
Our Youth Projects
Our focus is on youth activities. To this end, we sponsor an annual recognition breakfast to honor the 8th graders who have been identified by their schools as true leaders according to four criteria. Each year the 150 8th graders from northwest Tucson area schools, along with their parents and school representatives, are treated to a breakfast banquet where students are recognized, awards are given and a leadership topic is presented by a well-known civic, athletic, or business person. Each student’s name is engraved on a plaque at his/her school, and individual certificates are presented to each student.
The students are tracked over the next four years in high school and are invited to participate in two summer Leadership Programs, to assist CAR members in local community service projects, to participate in Rotary-sponsored local, national, and international programs, and to have an opportunity to join a high school Rotary club,
known as Interact. They are candidates to become or to host international exchange students. They are candidates to compete for our annual college scholarships when they become seniors in high school.
On-Going Local Service Projects
Ø Ronald McDonald House Christmas dinner preparation and serving
Ø Northwest YMCA support and YMCA Summer Camp clean-up
Ø Catalina Mountain Home for Boys
. Books for library
. Second-chance Canine Project
Ø Amphi Summer Basketball League
Ø Youth On Their Own
Ø Catalina Council of Boy Scouts
Ø Make-A-Wish Foundation
Ø Arthritis Foundation
Ø Annual distribution of 1800 dictionaries to 3rd graders in three school districts in Tucson
Ø Rillito River Cleanup quarterly, topside and in the riverbed
Significant Previous Projects
Ø Construction of ramada at Dennis Weaver Park
Ø Construction of wall at Childrens’ Memorial Park
Ø Construction of patio at Audobon Society
Previous International Projects
Ø Refurbishment of a library (desks, chairs, computers, bookshelves, etc.) destroyed by an earthquake and flood in Veracruz, Mexico
Ø Installation of fresh water systems in 13 schools in South Africa
Ø Sending school books to a school in South Korea
Ø Providing vocational training equipment for battered women in a shelter in Sonora, Mexico
Ø Installing an industrial washing machine in a nursing home in Baja California Sur, Mexico
Ø Purchasing a blood centrifuge for the Red Cross in dengue-fever-riddled Sinaloa, Mexico
Ø Providing hospital lab equipment to a childrens’ hospital in Lebanon and to a hospital in Sonora, Mexico
Ø Providing vocational training equipment for at-risk boys in Sonora, Mexico
Ø Furnishing a community library in both Cascabel, Brazil, and San Carlos, Mexico
Ø Purchase of a van for a nursing home in Colonia Suiza, Uruguay
Ø Constructing homes in hurricane-stricken San Carlos, Mexico