During the Christmas season, the PebbleCreek rang the bells for the Salvation Army.
Rotarian Pat Enyeart said, “People are very generous and feel the need to help others. The children are the funniest to watch as they put in their change in the red bucket. The smiles are incredible. The Salvation Army is a great community partner and helps to fill a tremendous community need.”
Also in the spirit of the holiday season, the club purchased and members volunteered to deliver holiday food boxes and books for each child to families in need in the Goodyear community. According to President Joan Smith, one team delivering realized the family didn’t have a Christmas tree, so they went home and found a used one. On checking back with the family, the children had made Christmas ornaments and told the Rotarians this was the first Christmas tree they had ever had. We are always pleased to see the smiling faces and thankfulness of each family when making our deliveries. Goodyear Rotary clubs have been delivering food boxes for more than 10 years.
PebbleCreek has also volunteered to “adopt” a stretch of PebbleCreek Parkway from Indian School Road to Virginia Avenue, which spans the PebbleCreek community. Club members will be walking the parkway the first Saturday of each month collecting trash and refuse in an effort to keep their community clean and tidy.
The club meets each Wednesday from 7-8 a.m. in the Chianti Room of the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse. For further information about the Rotary Club of Goodyear PebbleCreek, contact Joan Smith, club president, jbsmith80@aol.com or 503-348-9468.
The Rotary Club of Litchfield Park was recently showcased in a local magazine, "The Park," which is distributed to over 5,000 local residents. From their article, a main focus of the club is to increase literacy. As such, it annually raises funds to buy books for the Litchfield Park Elementary School Library. Additionally, the club contributes to several other local organizations such as the Homeless Youth Connection, The New Live Center for domestic violence victims, The Boys Scouts of America and Arts in the Park. They meet Friday mornings at 7 a.m. at the Arizona Kitchen in the Wigwam Resort.


The Buckeye Rotary Club continues to stay busy. Their list of community give-backs encompasses everyone from the ages of 1 week to 101. Please visit the Buckeye Club and check out all of their giving traditions. They meet Thursday at noon. Contact Deanna@Buckeyevalleychamber.org
Goodyear White Tanks has a new meeting day and time. Please visit them at The Haymaker every Tuesday, at noon. Contact Armin@azsafari.com
The Verrado Community is in the beginning stages of charting a Rotary Club. Their first meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 11, 2018 from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. This Thursday morning club is being lead under the guidance of long-time Rotarian Carl Goin. If you would like to be a charter member in Verrado's Club or know someone who lives in the Verrado, area please have them contact Carl at Carlgoin@yahoo.com