Auburn Chamber of Commerce Celebrate the Community Awards: Friend of Recreation – Rotary Club of Auburn

In 2006, the Rotary Club of Auburn led the charge for Project Auburn at Recreation Park. While this was a multi-organizational project and relied on lots of skilled craftsmen, the Rotary Club of Auburn was the clear leader and driver. Projects completed included: · Built the new picnic units, including a new slab. · Painted the Rec Park Community Center building. · Installed new carpet in the Rec Park Community Center. · Lots of staining and fresh paint throughout the park. · Various landscape projects throughout the park. 2012: Rotarians at Work Day at Recreation Park. Work included: · Erected the new front gazebo (it was a kit). · Re-landscaped the area around the splash pool. · Painted the modular buildings. · Painted the lifeguard building. · Spread a bunch of landscape mulch. 2017: Rotarians at Work Day at Recreation Park. Work included: · Turned a patch of weeds next to the community center building into a new patio, with new paver stones, landscaping and picnic tables. · Re-staining of existing shade structures at the front playground and bocce courts. · Touch up the painting on the community center wall facing the pool. · Spreading landscape mulch. · Installing all new playground bark. 2019: Rotarians at Work Day at Railhead Park. Work included: · Installing all new landscaping around the parking lot. · Spreading landscape mulch. · Installing all new playground bark . 2023: Rotarians at Work Day at Recreation Park. Work included: · Planting 19 new trees. · Spreading all new playground bark ("engineered wood fiber") at the back playground and exercise area. I can't remember how much bark it was, but it was a SERIOUSLY large pile! 2024: Donation of $17,000 for the ARD/City of Auburn/Skyview Foundation collaboration to build new pickleball courts/multi-use area at City Hall. All of this was done with many thousands of dollars in material and many thousands of dollars of donated labor. As a quick example, the Rotary Club of Auburn partnered with the other three Rotary Clubs in the area to seek Rotary District grants, and was able to get $17,000 in grant money for the 2019 Railhead project. This is the same method that is getting the $17,000 grant for the new pickleball courts at City Hall this year. The Rotary Club of Auburn also includes in their annual budget a $1,000 donation to the ARD Youth Assistance Fund.