Supporting Youth and Education

Read Across America - On March 2nd we participated in Read Across America where volunteers read to 32 kindergarten classes in the Roswell area. The books were donated to the classes. See video link.

Student & Teacher Of The Year - Each month we honor the student and teacher of the year from a local school. Throughout the year, each school in Roswell (public and private) attends a Roswell Rotary meeting to speak to the club and receive an award. With COVID restrictions our private schools students and teachers continued to attend our meetings.

Laws of Life Essay Contest - Roswell Rotary is a platinum sponsor ($2500) of the Georgia Laws of Life Essay Contest. Volunteers from our club coordinate the contest at Roswell and Independence High Schools. The school winners present their essays to our club in April.

Scholarships - We award six $1500 scholarships to local high school seniors. The awards are presented in April,

Career Day- Thirteen Roswell Rotarians participated in the Roswell High School Virtual Career Day. Professions taught included plumbing, electrical engineering, banking, sales, web design, law enforcement, and public service.

Star House - STAR House is an after-school education program for hundreds of children in Roswell. When COVID hit, many of SH families found themselves without work, and soon after, without food. Roswell Rotarians donated food and grocery gift cards and packaged food. Several weekends were spent dropping care packages to the STAR House families.