Speaker: Sam Norris Executive Director of Stanwood Camano Food Bank
May 14th
Parade Meeting - No Regular Meeting instead
Epic Day of Service - Freedom Park 3-6PM
May 21st
Regular Meeting Noon
Speaker: R. Lee Harman, MD, FACS
Epic Day of Service - Wednesday May 14th 3-6PM!
Please join us for a work party at the Freedom Park May 14th - No regular meeting that day.
More details to come...
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Stanwood and Camano Island News!
Our program is 18 Years Strong! We will continue to offer Free Books for Children for years to come!
The State of Washington has made the difficult decision to remove funding for the Imagination Library from its budget. Due to the cuts, programs across the state are announcing that they will no longer be offering the program.
Stanwood-Camano's Imagination Library Will Continue!
Locally our committee is dedicated to sustaining this amazing early literacy program for our children from birth to age 5.
For our local club, this means we will continue to receive 50% funding until the end of June. After that, we will be responsible for covering 100% of the annual cost, which amounts to approximately $25,000.
While this news is certainly disappointing, we are confident that we can develop a sustainable plan to cover these costs moving forward. We will continue efforts with RoundUp events, grant writing, and other fundraising initiatives.
HOW CAN YOU HELP? Encourage folks to Donate Locally!
To donate by check:
Please make a check out to - Stanwood Camano Rotary Foundation Mail to PO Box 1754, Stanwood, WA 98292
To donate by credit/debit card by following this link:
https://donate.imaginationlibrary.com/ Please select Stanwood-Camano from the drop-down box if you would like your donation to support books for local children.
Thank you to everyone who has supported Dolly Parton's Imagination Library for 18 years. Over 4,000 children have benefited from this amazing program!
For more information, please contact Heather at hcourlas@gmail.com
The 2025 Stanwood-Camano Rotary Parade is casting its spell and inviting you to be a part of this enchanting community event!
This year's theme is Magic, so get ready to unleash your creativity and showcase your most spellbinding floats, costumes, and performances.
Sponsorship letters have already been sent out to several businesses, but there's still room for more magic to happen! If you're interested in sponsoring this beloved community event and helping to make it a success, please reach out to stanwoodrotaryparade@gmail.com.
Spread the word and let's make the 2025 Stanwood Camano Rotary Parade the most magical one yet!
The entertainer and philanthropist Dolly Parton died 25 August 2026. This Q&A was originally published in the March 2010 issue of The Rotarian (now Rotary) magazine. Later that year, she spoke at the Rotary International Convention in Montreal, Canada.
