Come as a guest
The short answer
Broward County has plenty of places to help. The hard part is finding work that is organized, recurring and done with people you like. Rotary Club of Broward solved that by picking a few partners and going back to them again and again: care kits and campus visits with Broward Partnership, beach sweeps on Fort Lauderdale Beach, food drives with Harvest Drive and the global PolioPlus campaign. Guests can join any project before becoming a member, and nobody needs experience.
Key takeaways
- Broward Partnership in Pompano Beach is the county's largest homeless services provider and always needs socks, toiletries and hands.
- Fort Lauderdale Beach cleanups happen year round. We run them with BLU Longevity.
- Harvest Drive feeds Broward families through school-based food drives and a mobile pantry.
- Rotary's PolioPlus campaign is the easiest global cause to support from Broward: donations are matched two to one.
- You do not have to be a member to volunteer with the club. Come as a guest and bring a friend.
People experiencing homelessness
Broward Partnership operates the Central Homeless Assistance Center in Fort Lauderdale and the North Homeless Assistance Center in Pompano Beach, with housing, meals, medical care and job programs. We toured the Pompano Beach campus in August 2026, built toiletry care kits for its residents in October and went to its Golden Hour Gala. New socks, underwear, toiletries and diapers are always needed.
The coastline
Fort Lauderdale Beach collects what the Atlantic and the beachgoers leave behind. Our cleanups with BLU Longevity meet on Saturday mornings at the beach, most recently at The LOOP on South Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard, and members have joined the Rotary Club of Weston's cleanups at Dania Beach. Bring sunscreen. Buckets and grabbers are provided.
Easier than reading about it: come to a meeting. Come as a guest
Come as a guestHungry families
Harvest Drive runs food drives through Broward schools so that families identified by school staff get groceries without standing in a food bank line. Renee Hermann spoke to the club in June, the October Social with a Purpose was a tour of the operation, and a mobile school pantry at an elementary school is on the December calendar.
Polio, from Broward
Rotary's PolioPlus program has helped immunize more than three billion children since 1985. Wild poliovirus is now endemic in only two countries. We mark World Polio Day on October 24, and every dollar given to PolioPlus through The Rotary Foundation is matched two to one by the Gates Foundation.
Youth and education
Rotary sponsors Interact clubs in high schools, Rotaract clubs for ages 18 and up and the RYLA leadership camps. Our president also chairs youth services, and school partnerships are where the club goes next.
How to start
Pick one project from the events calendar and come. No membership, no dues, no speech. If you like the people, come to a Tuesday meeting next. That is how every member here started.
Sources
- Broward Partnership www.bphi.org
- Harvest Drive harvestdrive.org
- End Polio Now www.endpolio.org
- City of Fort Lauderdale www.fortlauderdale.gov
- Rotary International: Rotaract www.rotary.org/en/get-involved/rotaract-clubs