Rotary Mobile Food Pantry

In 2002, the Auburn Rotary Club partnered with the Lee County Sunrise Rotary Club and Opelika Rotary Club in securing $3,000 in Rotary Community Action Program (CAP) funds to support the Food Bank of East Alabama's Mobile Food Pantry. Since that time, the Auburn Rotary Club has continued this tradition of community outreach through quarterly food distributions through the Food Bank's mobile food pantry.

The mobile food pantry — formerly a refrigerated beer distribution truck — helps bring the Food Bank’s resources to remote areas of the organization's service area. It is one of the first of its kind in the nation, and the first of its kind in the Southeast U.S.

The Mobile Food Pantry can transport up to 7,500 pounds of food to a sponsoring church or non-profit organization, which underwrites the cost of food distributed. In the case of the Rotary Mobile Food Pantry, first Community Action Program funds, then continuing budgeted funds from the Auburn Rotary Club, eliminate the need of agencies to pay for this service and might otherwise be unable to provide food to its local residents, church congregation or agency clients.

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Rebuilding Together

Formerly known as Christmas in April, Rebuilding Together was founded in 1973 in Midland, Tx. Auburn Rotary Club supports the Rebuilding Together Lee County by helping to rehabilitate area homes as part of its countywide effort each April. This includes minor improvements and repairs, including painting and landscaping.

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Hickory Dickory Park Clean-up

Originating as the club's 75th anniversary project, Auburn Rotary Club has committed to an annual clean-up work day at Hickory Dickory Park . Originally Hickory Lane Park, the park was renamed in 1999 after the current park play structures were built solely by community volunteers. The park is located near the intersection of Hickory Lane and North Cedarbrook Drive in Auburn's Cary Woods neighborhood.

Starting out as an annual club project, the Hickory Dickory Park club clean-up effort is now a standing Rotary committee as part of the club's community service committees. Park-improvement projects include planting new trees and shrubs, remulching play and landscaping areas, cleaning playground equipment, and general park repairs.

The club's most recent work day was in June 2007, during which club members replinished mulch in the playground's three primary play areas. In April 2006, the club used district funding to replace the water fountain at the park.

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Siliguri Rotary Blood Bank

In 1995-1996, the Auburn Rotary Club became an international partner with the Rotary Club of Montgomery (Ala.), the Rotary Foundation and the Rotary Club of Siliguri (India). The Auburn Rotary Club, along with its two sister clubs, contributed $5,000 to establish the blood bank. The Rotary Foundation made a matching grant of $15,000. Today, the Paul P. Harris Siliguri Rotary Blood Bank continues to recognize our club's contribution to a safe community blood supply by including our name on its building and letterhead.

The club received renewed appreciation from the Rotary Club of Siliguri in July 2003 ( PDF | 144 KB)

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