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Volunteer and service projects in Broward County
Work you can point to
A few partners we know well and projects you can finish before lunch. Here is everything we did in our first year, with our own photos.
Hands-on serviceOctober 2026 · with Broward's homeless citizens
Care kits for local homeless citizens
We assembled toiletry care kits and handed them directly to local homeless citizens across Broward County.
An in-person Tuesday morning. Coffee, an assembly line of bags, soap, toothbrushes, socks and wipes, and a Paul Harris Fellow award presented before we packed up.
The club raised the cost of the kits itself, $2,200 this Rotary year, and members hand them out in person.
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EnvironmentSummer and fall 2026 · with BLU Longevity
Fort Lauderdale beach cleanups
Saturday morning beach sweeps on Fort Lauderdale Beach with our corporate partner BLU Longevity. Buckets, grabbers, a banner and a big crew.
The August cleanup with BLU Longevity set the routine: meet early at the beach, split the shoreline, fill the buckets, take the photo.
September's sweep met at The LOOP on South Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard. Members also joined the Rotary Club of Weston's cleanups at Dania Beach. No experience needed and friends are welcome.
Community2026 · with Broward Partnership
Showing up for Broward Partnership
From the Golden Hour Gala to the campus tour to a $20,000 gift, we picked one anchor partner in our first year and kept coming back.
Chief Development Officer Amy Miller spoke to the club in April about hunger, health and wellness in Broward. Members attended the Golden Hour Gala together.
That's the model we want: a few partners we know well, and work you can point to.
GlobalOctober 24 · with Rotary International
PolioPlus and World Polio Day
Rotary's signature cause since 1985. Polio cases are down 99.9 percent, and every October 24 we push for PolioPlus donations.
Rotary has put more than $2.7 billion and countless volunteer hours into the effort, and every dollar given to PolioPlus is matched two to one by the Gates Foundation.
Wild poliovirus is still endemic in only two countries. The job is almost done, which is the best reason to help finish it.
As availableTuesdays, 7:00 AM · with Broward leaders
Best-in-class speakers
Broward's retired property appraiser on Amendment 3. An oncologist on precision cancer care. The district membership chair on why any of this is worth your time. When there's someone worth getting up for, we book them. Know someone? Suggest them.
Speakers so far include Lori Parrish, Amy Miller of Broward Partnership, Renee Hermann of Harvest Drive, John A. Tarantino, Eamon Toner and Past District Governor Jeanette Loftus.
Some weeks we skip the speaker and talk among ourselves, like October's conversation about the crabs-in-a-bucket mentality.
Partners
Who we work with
Broward Partnership
Broward County's largest provider of services for people experiencing homelessness. The club toured the Pompano Beach campus, gave $20,000 this Rotary year and showed up for its Golden Hour Gala.
Visit →Harvest Drive
A Broward nonprofit that feeds families through school-based food drives. Our October Social with a Purpose was a tour of its operation.
Visit →BLU Longevity
Our corporate partner on the Fort Lauderdale beach cleanup. Their team shows up in force.
Rotary District 6990
Our district: Rotary clubs across Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and the Bahamas.
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Every month · with Broward Partnership and Harvest Drive
Social with a Purpose
One evening a month we tour a Broward nonprofit, bring what it needs, then go to dinner together. Half service, half night out.
August was a tour of Broward Partnership's Pompano Beach campus with donated socks and toiletries, then pizza at Sicilian Oven in Lighthouse Point.
October was Harvest Drive, the school-based food drive that feeds Broward families, then dinner after. Other months are straight socials: tacos in Wilton Manors, burgers in Coral Springs, happy hour on the beach.