The Rotary Club of Rochester Southwest is a dynamic, inclusive and diverse group of change makers. We proactively serve to improve the quality of life for people and the environment in Rochester’s southwest neighborhoods, throughout the region, and across the globe.

Rotary International is a global volunteer network of people of action who create lasting change in their communities and around the world. Rotary’s 45,000 clubs work together to develop and implement sustainable, community-driven projects that fight disease, promote peace, provide clean water, support education, help mothers and children, grow local economies, and protect the environment. Rotary’s signature cause is to end polio worldwide.

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The Rotary Club of Rochester Southwest hosted a truly electrifying membership recruitment event, Rotary Roundup, on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at the Staybridge Suites Rochester University, energizing 21 representatives from local businesses, corporations, and non-profit organizations to unite. 

This year, the Rotary Club of Rochester Southwest has been actively participating in District 7120's Rotary's Books for the World (RBFTW) initiative by collecting, sorting, and packing books scheduled for disposal which might otherwise be thrown into landfills, shredded or incinerated. The Second Wind Foundation then ships them to third world countries around the world where educational resources are greatly needed. Books are distributed to needy schools, some of which have no building, no books and no school supplies, with many teachers saying they never before had books from which to teach. Many of the children this project reaches have never held a book, let alone learned how to read one.
 
Karen Emerson, Donna Sarnacki, Marv Knoeck, Ni Whyte, and Germain Knapp volunteered in February
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Progress report: Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia

Rotary and partners deploy health workers to confront malaria and more through the five-year-old Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia program.

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai to speak at the Rotary Convention in Taipei

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai to speak at the Rotary Convention in

A Rotarian works to dispel myths about polio vaccines

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Rochester Southwest
We meet In Person & Online
Thursdays at 5:30 PM
SW Family YMCA
597 Thurston Road
Rochester, NY 14619
United States of America
We meet on the FIRST Thursday of the month, in-person and via Zoom! Our dress code is casual. Email us ahead of time at rotaryclubofsw@gmail.com to ensure that the location hasn't changed.