Welcome to Girdwood Rotary!
Girdwood

Partnerships that change the world

We meet In Person
Thursdays at 6:30 PM
Alpenglow
140 Olympic Mtn Loop
Behind Powder Hound
Girdwood, AK 99587
United States of America
Regular meetings are open to the public. These meetings are typically held at Alpenglow Coffeehouse at 140 Olympic Mtn Loop on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month. Bimonthly socials and community service projects are scheduled as needed.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY COMING UP:
Sat, November 19 from 9am-noon
We will be packing Thanksgiving boxes full of delicious food for some community. The boxes all contain turkey + all the vegetables and sides needed for a family meal. 
Join us if you'd like to help pack. Reach out to Kalie at (508)521-5161 if you can bring a dessert or the ingredients needed to make a
Stories
Planting community flowers for the summer! Every year we look forward to this fun project at which we collaborate with other local non-profit groups to beautify Girdwood.
Our Annual Thanksgiving Box Project was a success! Thank you to our generous club members, Alyeska Resort and Charlie's Foods for putting together a full box of goodies to help out some members of our community. 

The Rotary Club of Girdwood is hosting our annual Girdwood Health Fair in partnership with the Alaska Health Fair, Inc.

This year’s event will be a little different as we adapt to the challenges of making this event as safe as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Appointments for all services will be necessary.

 

 

The Rotary Club of Girdwood made applied for Rotary Disaster Relief funding to Support the Girdwood Health Clinic. and was granted $1315.78 to support the Girdwood Health Clinic.
 
Pictured: Christina Hendrickson, President-Rotary Club of Girdwood
               Kalie Harrison, Vice President, Rotary Club of Girdwood 
               Tawny Buck, Executive Director, Girdwood Health Clinic
 
Girdwood Rotary is proud to support the Food Pantry's efforts to provide food and more to those in the Girdwood Valley who can use an extra hand. At the onset of the pandemic, our club donated $2500 to help ensure the pantry was stocked and ready. A portion of that was a contribution by
Rotary District 5010
.
We're pleased to announce that our application for additional District grant funding has been approved! They will donate an extra $1500 and our club is excited to double match that amount making a total donation of $7000!
The Food Pantry has done a wonderful job of providing food+ to anyone in need. It takes a lot of work and organization. Thank you to all who have been involved, with special thanks to Terry Sherwood who is tireless in her dedication to the community.
Good work Girdwood Valley!
The Girdwood Rotary Club is pleased to be able to support our local Girdwood Fire Department by donating $2850.00, the cost of replacing 3 rescue dry suits!
Our Girdwood Fire Department recently began a fundraiser to replace 6 older, defective rescue dry suits that are used for water rescue here in the valley.
Many individuals have been generous with donations for the cause, and Girdwood Rotary was pleased to be able to join them in supporting the hard-working community leaders of the Girdwood Fire Department. Our club president CeCe Mendonsa was on hand to present.
On Friday May 15th Girdwood Forest Fairies put together a parade for Girdwood High School Seniors. The students walked with their families up Hightower Road to the Nissman Pavillion in the Forest Fair park where they were recognized with a small gift and individual graduation photos by local photographers Julia Martyn and Camille Jones. 

The residents of Girdwood lined the street along the parade route, keeping socially distant, but showing all the love and respect we have for this year's outstanding graduates. 
 
Girdwood Rotary was among the service groups present to help direct traffic and assist in any way needed to ensure this was a magical event. Thank you Girdwood, Rotary and the Forest Fairies who put on a wonderful event for our local seniors!
 
The 2020 Class of the President-Elect Training Seminar. Christina Hendrickson, Girdwood Rotary's PE attended and we are looking forward to being inspired by what she's learned!
The Rotary Club of Girdwood welcomes the public to attend the 2018 Candidate Forum ahead of the November 6, 2018 elections. We are pleased to have both Gov. Bill Walker and Gubernatorial candidate Mark Begich, along with our two District 28 State Representative candidates, Rep. Jennifer Johnston and Amber Lee and Congressional candidate Alyse Galvin joining us. 
 
Girdwood Community Center on Monday October 29 from 6-9pm. Open to the public.
Girdwood Rotary participated in planting flowers in two of Girdwood's planters near the corner of Crow Creek Rd. Our volunteers are hard at work to beautify Girdwood. 
Thank you George Stewart for organizing another successful Seward Highway trash pick-up on Thursday, May 18, 2017. Thanks to all the trash picker-uppers. We had 20+ bags delivered to the Girdwood transfer site! The highway looks so clean!!