Welcome
Welcome to the Rotary Club of Dearborn which has been serving the Dearborn community and world since being founded in 1923. We are one of 46,000+ clubs in Rotary, which began in Chicago in 1905. Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers that see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
Scholarships
Dearborn Rotary is proud to serve the Dearborn community in many ways under the motto: “Service above Self”. Our largest service project is awarding scholarships to graduating high school students in the City of Dearborn. We also offer nursing scholarships at Henry Ford College and veteran scholarships at U of M – Dearborn. There is also a special veteran scholarship offered through the Dearborn 19 th District Court to help veterans get back on the right track. Currently our annual scholarships total +$74,000. and we have 28 honorees.
Service Projects
Other local service projects Dearborn Rotarians are involved with include picking-up trash on a section of Telegraph Road through MDOT Adopt-A-Highway, ‘My Potential’ Mentoring Program in local high schools, Meals-On-Wheels, Dearborn Goodfellows, Law Day Essay Contest in cooperation with the 19th District Court, and packing supply kits for the homeless. Through our Dearborn Rotary Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, we have provided financial support to: Dearborn Public Schools Family and Holiday Assistance Programs, Dearborn Orchestral Society, a teenage pregnancy shelter, install a wheel chair ramp at a home, Dearborn Senior Services Volunteer Recognition Luncheon, Kingfisher Bluff Overlook at Henry Ford College, Quiet Room at Environmental Interpretive Center at UM-D, and plant trees at Salina School, Fort Street Bridge Park and Greenfield Village. Our most recent project is supporting the remodeling of the Henry Ford Centennial Library Auditorium and making it handicap accessible.
International
Globally we help support the Children of the Dump school in Chinandega, Nicaragua and collaborate with other Rotary clubs to support elimination of polio from the world and ShelterBox, which provides emergency shelters and other essential items to people who have lost their homes in disasters. Dearborn Rotary has also supported water filter and solar panel projects for schools in Lebanon.
Look around our website and explore the activities of Dearborn Rotary. Visit our club and experience firsthand how you can be part of the inspiring work of Rotary, both locally and internationally. We meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month to hear an engaging speaker and learn about opportunities for community service projects. Please go to the Events page for meeting place and time. Be the one to create hope in the world.
We look forward to greeting you.
David Anderson
2023-2024 Club President
