In 2025, the Catalina Rotary Club awarded a $40,000 grant to Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona. Candlelighters educates, supports, and advocates on behalf of families of children and adolescents with cancer and other blood disorders, as well as bereaved families and survivors of childhood cancer. The foundation's programs and services are designed to [...]
Catalina Rotary Club Tucson is now a Gold “ShelterBox HERO.” This is the highest level of recognition offered by ShelterBox USA. ShelterBox provides housing assistance in the form of shelter and related supplies. Since 2000, ShelterBox has helped over 2 million displaced people obtain temporary shelter. “We could not have reached them without the support [...]
On March 27, 2022, the Catalina Rotary Club sponsored a social event to say "thank you" to all the volunteers who helped us with beer sales during the Tucson Rodeo. Over 45 members and guests gathered at a Tucson restaurant, Locale, for food and fun. Part of the fun included the Catalina Rotary Club's first [...]
Ed Matthewson couldn't enlist with his buddies when they all graduated from high school in 1943, because he was only sixteen. As the only 5th grade student in a one-room schoolhouse, his teacher had moved him up with the 6th graders. But that caused him to miss, until his 17th birthday (and then it had [...]
Partners in Service: Habitat for Humanity & Catalina Rotary Club Tucson By Andrew O’Sullivan When I joined the Catalina Rotary Club of Tucson, AZ in January 2021, I had a purpose in mind: I wanted to be more involved and give back to the community I love. Because COVID restrictions were in place, Catalina Rotary [...]
Catalina Rotary Club of Tucson Racial Justice Work Group Project Status Update - December 12, 2021 RJWG Committee members continue to work diligently on our three initiatives, despite the pandemic and other challenges. Here’s what's happening: Erickson School Reading Program We continue to make progress on our Reading program, although we have experienced some unexpected [...]
Did you know that folding paper helps you practice patience and enhance concentration? Or that it's also a source of healing? The ancient Japanese art of origami is all those things - and thanks to a member of the Catalina Rotary Club, folks in Tucson, Arizona are learning origami first hand. Past Catalina Rotary Club [...]