Service Projects — Chattanooga Breakfast Rotary Club

Rivermont Playground Build

A multi-year effort to fund and install a playground for people of all abilities

Challenge Air Fly Day

Serving children with special needs

Four Way Test Programs

Students get their own dictionary/thesaurus in these active programs. Even in the age of the internet, the books are often a lifeline for entire families in which English is not their native language.

Chattanooga Heroes Run

Honoring our Fallen Five with service each year

Positive Peace Libraries

Curated by Jennifer Knowles with The Center for Mindful Living, these libraries feature titles about compassion, acceptance and mindfulness to help kids in school and at home

PolioPlus

We are an Eradicator Club, working to ensure no child has to suffer from the debilitating effects of polio

Interact Clubs

We sponsor area high schools and assist with their club service projects

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

High school juniors grow in their leadership and service abilities at RYLA each year

School Supports

When area schools have a need for people to serve, our club is there

Blue Blazes Trail Improvements

We recently helped the Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park to improve the Moccasin Bend Blue Blazes Trailhead.

Haiti Latrines

We assist communities seeking to improve their health and sanitation by supplying latrine supplies and helping them build their own

Green Prix

We help with STEM education so students can design and build their own electric cars, then we support race day - always a thrill!

Helping National Park Partners

Improving 200’ of the Blue Blazes trail and providing 60’ of new trail construction makes for a lot of privet removal, and a lot of fun!

Rivermont Playground Build

A multi-year project takes many hands to complete!

Fighting Food Insecurity

From the Chattanooga Area Food Bank to the Community Kitchen, we’re supporting people in need

Our club is active in many projects in the Chattanooga area and around the world. Some of the projects our club has undertaken over the past few years:

Playground Project at Rivermont Elementary: Our club leads a multi-year effort to fund and install a new state-of-the-art accessible playground for the Rivermont community. Each year we raise funds toward the $500,000 total to complete new phases for children and adults to gather and play.

Green Prix: Our club has partnered with green|spaces each year for the annual Green Prix, the grand finale for students who have worked to build and race their hand-made electric cars. By providing low priced food like hot dogs and hamburgers, we also provide concessions so the students are able to afford meals and snacks at the race event.

Four Way Test Project: An opportunity to share the ideals of Rotary with the students of local elementary schools. Rivermont, Dupont, and Ganns Middle Valley Elementary Schools are introduced to the Four Way Test concepts while being given a personal dictionary or thesaurus. Almost 1000 students per year are introduced to Rotary, provided literary support, and challenged to use the Four Way Test principles in all they think, say, and do.

Positive Peace Libraries: We worked with The Center for Mindful Living to curate a peace library through which teachers and students can build their knowledge and practice in peace and conflict resolution. Specific books were purchased to focus on topics of empathy, mindfulness, acceptance and self-awareness.

Sanitation Project in Haiti: Installation of nearly 300 outdoor toilets to provide proper human waste disposal for mountain villages in Haiti. Human dignity and management of disease.

Responding to COVID-19: As part of a Rotary Disaster Relief effort across District 6780, we marshaled financial support for Second Harvest and the Chattanooga Area Food Bank, as well as prepared fresh smoked meat for Chattanooga Community Kitchen to serve.

Volunteer Work Days: Club members recently helped the Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park to improve the Moccasin Bend Blue Blazes Trailhead.

Sanitation Project in Dominica: An opportunity to provide proper human waste disposal for villages in Dominica.

Water Project in Haiti: Our club has sponsored and assisted in repairing over 120 water wells to provide clean drinking water for villages in Haiti.

School Project in Uganda: Providing youth in Uganda shoes as well as transportation, giving them the opportunity to attend school.

Computers for Kids Project: An annual project in conjunction with our Gourmet Guys fundraising event that helps provide funding for new techologies in schools.

Library Project for Dupont Elementary School: An ongoing project donating books, which are signed and personalized by our weekly speakers, to the library of Dupont Elementary.