Red Rock Rotary Club, with Lil Barron as 2009-2010 president, has already made a name for itself in the community and in the world and has accomplished a great deal of "service above self" in its short seven year history.Club #62221, Washington County’s 4th Rotary club was chartered in 2003 when the Dixie Sunrise Rotary Club voted to share their territory. Somewhere along the way, the "morning" designation was dropped, but the club’s now 39 members still meet at 7:30 a.m. every Wednesday at the Gardner Center on the Dixie State College campus.
Red Rock Rotary Club sponsors and supports the Dixie High School Interact Club. In 2007, members of Red Rock Rotary Club traveled to Mexico with 18 Interacters, where for a week they worked side-by-side at an orphanage building and painting benches and beds, and pouring cement. In their off time, 
they faced off with children from the orphanage for an impromptu soccer game. The score? Americanos 1 - Mexico 0. "One day we hope to go back to see if we can keep our record," states Lil. Everyone involved with the Mexico trip found it to be "a remarkable experience for us and these amazing teenagers".
Red Rock Rotary Club sponsors and supports the Dixie High School Interact Club. In 2007, members of Red Rock Rotary Club traveled to Mexico with 18 Interacters, where for a week they worked side-by-side at an orphanage building and painting benches and beds, and pouring cement. In their off time, 
they faced off with children from the orphanage for an impromptu soccer game. The score? Americanos 1 - Mexico 0. "One day we hope to go back to see if we can keep our record," states Lil. Everyone involved with the Mexico trip found it to be "a remarkable experience for us and these amazing teenagers".Red Rock Rotary Club has also, over a period of two years, raised and distributed grants of between $500 and $1000 each - a total of $12,000 - to children’s charities in Washington County. 
The current list of recipient organizations includes Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Dixie Reads, the Assistance League of Southern Utah, Diamond Valley Elementary School, Hope Pregnancy Care Center, Leadership Academy, Sunset Elementary School, The HOPE Organization and the School of Life Foundation.
The current list of recipient organizations includes Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Dixie Reads, the Assistance League of Southern Utah, Diamond Valley Elementary School, Hope Pregnancy Care Center, Leadership Academy, Sunset Elementary School, The HOPE Organization and the School of Life Foundation.
Most recently Red Rock Rotary Club became the proud sponsor of the Red Rock Music Festival held annually on Mothers Day weekend, to provide a venue for the singers and songwriters of Southern Utah to showcase their talents. Money raised during the festival benefits children in Washington County and internationally.You'll meet members of the Red Rock Rotary Club at the upcoming Utah Rotary District Conference, May 13-15, 2010 in St. George. Come on down!
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