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Shaping Our Communities
Service Above Self
Below is a list of the many organizations that the Rotary Club of Dallas supports:
- Back Mountain Food Pantry - Annual auction and raffle to raise food and funds.
- Childrens Christmas Shopping Spree - help 45 children from Dallas, Lake-Lehman and Northwest school districts.
- We are on the Fall Fair Board (4 seats) and we helped found the Luzerne County Fair. The rotary food booth is open during the fair.
- We ring bells for the Salvation Army every December.
- We work with Sleep in Heavenly Peace to make beds for kids in need.
- We host the Dallas Senior Center Christmas Party.
- We host a charity golf tournament every September.
- We host the Wine and Brewfest every June.
- We participate in the Habitat for Humanity Bike Run every Spring.
- The Rotary awards the trophy to winner of the Old Shoe Game - Old rivalry: Dallas vs Lake-Lehman
- We donate to the Rotary Foundation and the world-wide effort to eradicate polio Award book scholarships to 6 college bound seniors from Dallas, Lake-Lehman and Northwest School Districts.
- We conduct an annual essay contest for local high school students and provide a scholarship for a winner.
- We provide 400 or more dictionaries to third graders in our Dallas and Lake-Lehman grade schools.
- We conduct a week-long Rotary Leadership Camp for 11th graders.
- We sponsor and support an Interact (high school) Rotary Club Program at Lake-Lehman High School.
- We sponsor and support a Roteract (college) Rotary Club Program at Misericordia University.
- We raised the money to purchase and erect the town clock near the Dallas round about.
- We recognize our first responders annually.
- We participate in the world-wide Youth Exchange Program.
- We donate to the Wyoming Valley Childrens Association.
- We fund a scholarship annually for the Troop P Camp Cadet program (state troopers).
- We help to fund and continue to support the Back Mt. Memorial Library.
- We help beautify the 309/415 triangle area - the Christmas tree is the Rotary project.
- We support the Luzerne County Child Advocacy Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
- We support three Back Mt. youth athletic teams.
- We support Grotto, Harveys Lake Parade of Trees for multiple non-profits.
