The club’s Community Foundation was established in response to rulings by the Internal Revenue Service over charitable organizations.  The “Foundation” is legally recognized by the IRFS as a 501(C) (3) charitable organization.  It is the “funnel” of tax exempt money to community charitable causes.  All club members are encouraged to contribute to the fund annually… Read More »Rotary Club of Walnut Creek – Community Foundation (Established in 1989)

Since 2008, the Rotary Club of Walnut Creek has been a major sponsor of Challenge Day at Northgate High School. In 2008, the Northgate’s Parent Faculty Club (“PFC”) decided that the atmosphere of bullying and intimidation at Northgate needed to change. They looked into different alternatives and decided that Challenge Day was the organization needed… Read More »Challenge Day at Northgte High School

Camp Royal Camp Royal is the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) Conference organized each June in the mountains of northern California.  The 71 Rotary Clubs of Rotary International District 5160 have been providing this leadership learning opportunity for high school students who have finished their junior year since 1979. This is a premier leadership training opportunity… Read More »Camp Royal & Camp Venture

Inner Wheel is an international organization, closely linked to Rotary, that was founded in 1924 to unite wives and daughters of Rotarians. Currently there are 103,000 members in 3,895 clubs around the world. The objectives of Inner Wheel are (a) promoting true friendship, (b) encouraging the ideals of personal service, and (c) fostering international understanding.… Read More »Inner Wheel

The Soviet Union dissolved at the end of 1991 and in the wake of this upheaval, former Soviet block countries attempted to evolve from communism to democracy and capitalism. There was no roadmap for such a transition, no pre-established sets of rules or how-tos for these governments and the fledgling businesses within these countries. Many… Read More »Russian Bakers and Realtors

Adopt-A-Highway Advertising Day Alexander Lindsey Museum Amphitheater at Borges Ranch Amphitheater at Sugar Loaf Anniversary Celebration Annual Crab Feed Aqua Nicaragua Project Arbolado Park Bandstand at Civic Park Battered Women’s Alternative Bancroft Garden Boy Scouts Buffalo Soldiers Burkina Faso Water Project Camp Royal Camp Venture City of Walnut Creek Civic Park Flag Poles Contra Costa… Read More »Partial List Of Community Projects That The Rotary Club Of Walnut Creek Has Supported:

Rotary Club of Walnut Creek – A Brief History Walnut Creek gained a new community friend in 1937 when, on April 7, the Rotary Club of Walnut Creek (RCWC) was chartered. It was the brainchild of OP. (Opie) Erdahl (who became charter president) Bill Gean and Dwight Porter. But the Club was not easily born.… Read More »Brief History Of Rotary Club Of Walnut Creek:

The Fishing in the City program is a unique partnership between the California Department of Fish and Game, Buena Vista School, Rotary Club of Walnut Creek, and the City of Walnut Creek. This program is conducted by the Rotary Club, Department of Fish and Game and Walnut Creek elementary schools and is held at the… Read More »Fishing in the City (1999)