Presented by the Reno Rotary Foundation and produced by the Rotary Club of Reno, Reno Mardi Gras is the club’s primary fundraiser. With the event’s proceeds and contributions from members, the club donated more than $193,000 between July 2016 through June 2017 to the following:
COMMUNITY SERVICE – DONATED MORE THAN $96,000
- Reno Rotary Sculpture Park designed and built with City of Reno
- Lemelson STEM Academy reading programs, 5th graders at Grizzley Creek Ranch Camp via Sierra Nevada Journeys, Math contests via NNvMath, and more
- Rotarians At Work Day
- Bulb planting at Riverside Drive
- WCSD Science Fair and Role Model Summit
- NV Fit for Education at UNR
- Nevada Youth Empowerment Project for PIT Count for Homeless Youth
- KNPB Young Writers Workshop
- Community Service – Career Coaching, Bell Ringing for Salvation Army
VOCATIONAL SERVICE – DONATED MORE THAN $30,000
- Vocational Scholarships (TMCC, UNR, others)
- Teacher Recognition
- Law Enforcement Recognition
YOUTH SERVICE - DONATED MORE THAN $24,000
- Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE)
- Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)
- Music and Speech Contests
- Middle School Program (REGL)
- Achievement Beyond Obstacles (ABO)
- Interact Clubs at Innovations & Reno High Schools
- Rotaract Club for young adults (18 to 30)
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROJECTS – DONATED MORE THAN $43,000
- Panama Orphanage, to support abandoned and disabled children (Colon, Panama)
- Neurosurgical operating instruments - Hotel Dieu (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Clean water in Baja California and House building in Tijuana (Mexico)
- Trained nurses in Nursing Education (Uganda)
- Bought cows for a cow farm (Nepal)
- Makang Thailand Scholarships - for girls to continue their education (Thailand)
- RC Beirut Cosmopolitan School for the Deaf & Blind (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Polio Plus, supporting efforts to eliminate Polio (worldwide)