Rotary International - Jackson

Rotary Club of Jackson meets every monday at noon, except holidays, and has important guest speakers who present interesting and enlightening programs at every weekly meeting. The organization has many service projects in which members volunteer both financially and with their time. Projects include: reading with students at spann elementary working with them to increase their literacy and ar scores and reading to pre k students at obama magnate elementary; participating in delivering individually wrapped christmas gifts to 5 local area nursing homes; providing a christmas party at canopy children's solutions as well as delivering individually wrapped gifts for each child and house gifts for each house on campus; each quarter recognizing outstanding police officers through the community partners program and the excellence in education program celebrates public school teachers and administrators with a financial gift; delivering easter baskets to residents at two nursing homes; donating hot meals to the young futurist after school program and the friendship connection which is an addiction treatment center for women; purchasing and distributing chess kits for 3 Jackson public schools; refurbishing the Jackson youth baseball and softball fields, delivering meals to employees at batson children's hospital; providing staff appreciation lunch at spann elementary; rotarians made 350 sack lunches for god's haven to feed children home from school on good friday; collected canned tuna for extra table's march of the mayors and assisted with packing food boxes for needy families; purchased and delivered snacks for the summer school program at spann elementary; and serving as salvation army kettle bell ringers.

The organization, through it's members, raised funds for the Rotary Club charities, a 501(c)(3) organization. Rotary Club charities provides scholarships to students in the Club service area.