The Rotary Club of Watertown provides over $25,000 per year for local and international projects and support of worthy causes and charities. These projects are made possible by member support and the fundraising efforts of our club including our Annual Charity Auction. These ongoing projects and beneficiaries of donations or grants include (but are not limited to):
- $10,000 or morein annual Scholarhips to college-bound Watertown residents
- Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, a weekend event to develop the leadership abilities of High School Sophomores - Up to 4 Watertown students have been sponsored annually
- Watertown Boys & Girls Club annual events and activities
- Watertown Police D.A.R.E. Program
- Student Speaker Program - High School Seniors
- Watertown Athletic Programs
- Friends of Project Literacy
- Watertown Food Pantry and the St. Patrick's Food Pantry
- Friends of the Watertown Public Library (including major donation to the 2006 new building fund)
- Watertown Children's Theatre and the new Arts Center (including major donation to the new 2005 building fund)
- Annual Host of the Senior Citizen Cookout - an afternoon of food, fellowship and fun for local elderly residents
- Participant in the town's annual Faire on the Square
- Protestant Guild for Human Services
- Watertown Sons of Italy's Cooleys Anemia Project
- Community Service Awards
- Disaster Relief Assistance(locally, nationally and internationally)
- Rotary Polio Plus Program
- Rotary Clean Water Project
- Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship Awards
The list goes on and on... Due to the generosity of our members and many others in the community, the Rotary Club of Watertown has been fortunate to enrich the lives of so many people. As we embark on our largest fundraiser to date - Our 2007 Car Raffle - we hope to accomplish even more not only in Watertown, but throughout the world through the initiatives of Rotary International. We appreciate your support!
