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“Service Above Self” is the motto of Rotary. It reminds Rotarians to think of how they can help others instead of focusing on themselves. The motto originated when Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, asked Rotarian Frank Collins to address the participants of the second annual Rotary Convention. The year was 1911. Frank Collins, a fruit merchant from Minneapolis, in the impromptu speech, told how his club had used the phrase “Service, Not Self” as a motto and that it was fundamental to them as to what it meant to be a Rotarian. Over time the motto evolved to “Service Above Self”.

“Service Above Self” is a simple idea that remains as relative today as it was over 100 years ago.

For the Rotary Club of Beaverton, Rotarians serve others through four broad focuses: Youth and Education, Local community, Peacebuilders, and international service.

Youth and Education

Local Community

Peacebuidlers 

International Service

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The Beaverton Rotary Foundation is the financial base for most Rotary Club of Beaverton projects and programs.

• Over the years, we have given more than 50,000 Beaverton 4th grade students a personalized dictionary/almanac.
• We have awarded dozens of high school graduates more than $700,000 in post-high school scholarships for college or vocational education.
• We have shipped more than two million books around the world to schools serving children in third world countries.
• We have distributed nearly $425,000 in grants to our community partners for a variety of projects that may never have come to be without Beaverton Rotary’s help.
• We sponsored more than 100 Rotary youth exchange students to live a year abroad and learned how to increase world understanding by hosting high school students from other countries with a Beaverton Rotary family.
• We have funded nearly $350,000 in international grants focused on building capacity for others to create their businesses and become self-sustaining.
• We donated more than $350,000 to pay for dental work for economically disadvantaged children in our Beaverton community.
• After more than four decades, Rotary’s efforts to eradicate polio worldwide is nearly complete.

Beaverton Rotary welcomes anyone in our community to join us in creating a better, more peaceful world.

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Beaverton area Peace Poles

Partnerships with local schools and organizations such as the Jubitz Foundation got the wheels turning to place peace poles around the Beaverton area. The peace poles are inscribed with ‘May Peace Prevail on Earth.’ This inscription can be translated into four or eight languages and printed on the sides of the peace poles. There are peace poles at several Beaverton schools (Beaverton HS, Westview HS, Elmonica, Oak Hills), City Hall plaza, at the City Park near the library pedestrian crossing, and the Denney Gardens Habitat for Humanity neighborhood. Coming in 2021, peace poles will be dedicated at the new Beaverton Public Safety Center and the Allen Estates Habitat for Humanity neighborhood.

International Peace Poles

The Rotary Club of Beaverton recently co-sponsored with Eastern Europe Rotary clubs to place the first Peace Pole in Moscow, Russia, and another in Yekaterinburg in the Urals region. More peace poles are being planned for St. Petersburg and Moscow.

More collaborations are being planned with Rotary Clubs in Russia, Latvia, the Middle East and Washington, D.C.

 

Timeline

October 2019: The first Peace Poles in Armenia and in the Caucasus region, Tourist Community Center, Dilijan

November 2019: United International World College, Dilijan

November 2020: Ekaterinburg, Russia, Yural Region, border between Europe and Asia

May 2021: Vladivostok, Far East Russia, organized second Rotary club – Rotary Club of Vladivostok, Place of Peace

Fall 2021: Armenia and Georgia – up to 15 Peace Poles will be installed and dedicated

The Jubitz Foundation provides some funding for each Peace Pole locally and the Rotary Club of Beaverton’s international peace poles.

Interested in collaborating to place a peace pole in the local community? Contact us

 

 

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The Rotary Club of Beaverton supports college and vocational scholarship programs every year. Our financial aid and Club support helps get students into and stay in higher education and training. Scholarship recipients know they have a club of Rotarians who believe in them and are cheering for their long-term success. Over the years, the Rotary Club of Beaverton has given more than $800,000 in scholarships.

Education and literacy are one of the six areas of focus central to Rotary International.

Beaverton School District High School Scholarships

Academic Scholarships are offered annually to qualifying Beaverton High School seniors who plan to attend a four-year, public or private, college or university or a two-year community college located in Oregon. Applicants will be selected based on the completeness of their application, academic achievement, community service, financial need, writing sample, oral presentation and interview.  Recipients will be allowed to reapply for this scholarship each new school year with a two-year cumulative total of $3,000.

Beaverton School District Requirements and Application Form

Beaverton School District Renewal Application Form

Applications for either Scholarship or renewal are due by 5pm, April 15, 2024.

Beaverton Rotary Club Vocational Scholarships

Vocational Scholarships are awarded annually to selected students who intend to pursue a one or two-year program of study directly related to his/her career goal. This could include a student who is pursuing his/her career interests at a community college, a private proprietary school (e.g., beauty school, Western Culinary Institute, etc.), or some other recognized training program. Applicants will be selected on the basis of clarity of career goals, academic progress, community and school service and their completion of the application and interview process. They must reside within the boundaries of the Beaverton School District and need not be graduating from high school this spring. Scholarship recipients who show outstanding progress in the first year of their educational pursuits may apply for a scholarship for an additional year.

Requirements and Application Form    
Applications for either Scholarship or renewal are due April 15, 2024.

Continuing Education for Young Parents (CEYP)

Annually, the Beaverton Rotary Club’s Continuing Education of Young Parents Scholarship Committee awards scholarships to students desiring to pursue higher education who are graduates of the CEYP program at Merlo Station High School.  Each scholarship is for one year and is renewable upon poof of satisfactory academic performance.  If you are interested in applying for a CEYP Scholarship, please contact Rachel Sip, Principal, Merlo Station High School at (503) 356-3650, or Bill Crist, Chair, Beaverton Rotary CEYP Scholarship Committee at (503) 705-6886.
Students who have completed the CEYP program are also eligible for vocational scholarships, including renewable funding based on student achievement.

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