The Mountain Empire Rotary Club (MER) has not missed a beat in the past many months of the COVID19 pandemic. Our Rotary year is ending with our primary annual fundraiser, the presentations of cash awards to well-deserving students at local schools, and multiple recycling events. This year we partnered with the Benson Rotary Club and […]
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Rotary Club Fundraiser
The Mountain Empire Rotary Club is pleased to announce that we are joining The Benson Rotary Club in hosting ‘The Swing Into Spring Golf Tournament,’ Saturday April 24, 2021 at the San Pedro Golf Club in Benson. This community has been extremely generous in the past at our club’s most successful fundraiser golf tournaments held […]
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Mt. Empire Rotarians Respond to Crisis
Local Rotarians responded immediately, focusing on supporting our community during the pandemic. The club has been busy applying for relief grant funds, baking for the Patagonia Youth Enrichment Center, learning how to use Zoom meetings, assembling and passing out grocery supplies to needy families, donating fabric to local masks makers, all the while continuing to […]
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Mountain Empire Rotary Holds Recycling Event
Michael Sweedo unloads material from his truck at the Fairgrounds to be hauled away by Suburban Miners of Tucson. The Mountain Empire Rotary sponsored a community recycling event on Dec. 28. Spearheaded by Clare Bonelli, the Suburban Miners of Tucson came to the Sonoita Fairgrounds on a very cold, snowy morning to haul off unused electronics, scrap metal […]
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Mountain Empire Rotary News
Rotarian Sue Archibald gives out books to Patagonia Elementary School students for Valentines Day. Scholarship applications are now available, awarded to high school seniors (including home schoolers) in recognition of their potential for success and desire to make a difference. This scholarship is to assist those students whose potential is demonstrated by their extra-curricular activity […]