Julia Parranto, 2025 – 2026
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD?
We’re a leadership organization of local business, professional and civic leaders. We meet regularly, get to know each other, form friendships, and through that, we’re able to get things done in this community. Membership in Rotary immediately connects you with a broad range of professions and professionals in our Club. We encourage our members to do business with each other because we trust the members in Rotary. Service is what Rotarians do. We change the lives of others in need. Your membership gives you the opportunity, structure, know-how and resources to provide service to others. The benefit one gets helping someone else is extraordinary and life affecting. Rotary empowers our membership to dream large in addressing needs in local and international communities. There is no other organization that has the structure, the network, and the resources that are available to its membership. Individual members create our projects, from our Rotary Children’s Christmas program, to our efforts to aid our sister city in Cherkasy, Ukraine, our members determine our action.
Please consider attending our meetings, meeting our members, and joining our Rotary Family.
Yours in Rotary Service,
Julia Parranto
Rotary Club of Santa Rosa
President 2025 – 2026
Rotary in Action in Wartime Ukraine
Since the start of the war Sonoma County Rotary Clubs have partnered with a local Rotary Club in Santa Rosa’s Ukrainian Sister City to deliver much-needed humanitarian support through their network of all-volunteer Rotarians in Ukraine.
Thanks to generous support of our Rotary Clubs and community, to date our partnership with the Rotary Club of Cherkasy-Centre has raised $275,000, of which $185,000 was used for 6,000 specialized first-aid kits and critical medical supplies, and $90,000 for emergency (more…)
Club Happenings
Santa Rosa Junior College Rotaracts
Santa Rosa Junior College Rotaract Rotaract is the college version of rotary. The students are community service oriented and manage their own projects, just like Rotarians only with more energy and technology expertise Rotaract International Students Rotaract…
Rotary & Rotaract Support The Food Bank
As usual, we worked from 5:00 to 7:00 at the Redwood Empire Food Bank on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 (our standing second Wednesday of the month appointment) and there was a huge turnout! From our club we had Kris Anderson, Sam McMillan (Rita too), Rick Allen, Tasia…
SRJC Rotaract – Youth In Action
SRJC Rotaract – Youth In Action On October 28th we had the kick off meeting for Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) Rotaracts. With Odalis as the Rotary representative, Micaela as club president, Julianne as vice president, 5 additional Rotaracts, and Richard as…
Another Successful Meat Auction
On Saturday October 15th, 2022 another successful social and meat auction supporting “Youth in Agriculture” was held at the home of President-elect Ann Gospe and Rotarian Jeff Gospe! During the evening, guests participated in three different fundraising activities….
Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Hosted SCARC
On Thursday, August 25, 2022 the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa hosted the monthly Sonoma County Area Rotary Club (SCARC) meeting at the Moose Lodge. This month’s program was on what our local Rotary clubs are doing in Ukraine. Jeff Gospe was our featured speaker with Curt…
Rotary Table – Elsie Allen Fund Raiser
Hale! Hale the gang’s all here for the Elsie Allen High School Ag department fundraiser. Debi Zaft, Karen Ball, Dennis Ball, Rita McMillan, Sam McMillan, Elaine Olson, Steve Olson, Rose Frances, Ann Gospe, and Julia Parranto. The Rotary Club of Santa Rosa supports the…
Youth Exchange Welcome Social
On Aug. 11th we held a Youth Exchange Welcome Social for about 40 Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa and the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa East/West, including 4 exchange students (our Santa Rosa clubs’ 2 inbound exchange students from Sweden and Italy, our…
The Giro Bello is Back
Our Club’s annual Giro Bello cycling event is on Saturday, June 25th. It will consist of three insanely beautiful rides through Sonoma County Wine Country. Choose from the Century, Metric Century and Fun routes and enjoy Sonoma County at its best! Go…
Public Health & Safety Awards
Public Safety Awards Outstanding Firefighter, Police Officer, and Sheriff’s Deputy of the Year A revered tradition of our club is our annual Lee Abramson Public Safety Awards program in which we honor the outstanding Firefighter, Police Officer, and, Sheriff’s Deputy…
Rotary Club of Santa Rosa helps stomp out local hunger
Rotary Club of Santa Rosa helps stomp out local hunger The Rotary Club of Santa Rosa is helping the Redwood Empire Food Bank stomp out hunger in Northern California through our Hop to It for Hunger campaign. The club sold mixed 6 packs of local Santa Rosa craft brews…