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<strong>PASO</strong> ROBLES ROTARY CLUB works to<br />
build goodwill and better relationships<br />
he annual Paso Robles Rotary “Tee It<br />
Up For OUR Kids” golf tournament<br />
has been raising money for the community<br />
for around 20 years. With three years of growth<br />
under event chairperson Rick Goree, the Paso<br />
Robles Rotary Club annual golf tournament<br />
has become a proud source of charitable donations<br />
into the community, and in <strong>2017</strong> it raised<br />
$40,000 for distribution to local causes.<br />
Alongside Goree, fellow Rotarian Lars Jorgenson<br />
was instrumental to quadruple the<br />
tournament fundraising and Rotarians Jennifer<br />
Idler and Jennifer Wescom led the silent auction.<br />
All together, Paso Robles Rotary Club raised<br />
and donated money for Boy Scouts Troop 60,<br />
Boys and Girls Club, the Children’s Museum,<br />
Paso Robles Youth Arts Foundation, Youth<br />
Works, Morning Star Youth Ranch, CASA,<br />
Skills USA, and Rancho El Chorro.<br />
<strong>PASO</strong> ROBLES<br />
YOUTH ARTS FOUNDATION<br />
“Paso Robles Youth Arts Foundation is honored<br />
to receive a $5,000 donation from Paso<br />
Robles Rotary Club for the <strong>2017</strong> Dining with<br />
the Arts Fundraiser<br />
Gala,” the organization<br />
wrote in a message. “All<br />
funds raised directly<br />
support PRYAF students’<br />
artistic journeys<br />
through classes, materials,<br />
costumes and<br />
supplies.”<br />
Since the founding<br />
of PRYAF, 17 years<br />
ago, the program has<br />
grown to serve over 400<br />
students each quarter,<br />
offering a changing array of exciting visual and<br />
performing arts classes. When the California<br />
Arts Budget was cut by 90%, PRYAF stepped<br />
up to the plate.<br />
“At PRYAF, we believe the arts are vital to<br />
the cognitive growth and development of our<br />
children.”<br />
By the numbers, the donation from Rotary<br />
pays the full cost of delivering PRYAF services<br />
to 200 local children for an entire year.<br />
“Paso Robles Rotary Club’s contribution<br />
is so important and allows us to continue<br />
our mission to enrich the lives of area youth<br />
with free after school classes in the visual and<br />
performing arts, in a safe and nurturing environment,”<br />
Emily Jagger, PRYAF Director of<br />
Development reported. “Through this contribution,<br />
Rotary and community members are<br />
helping to share the wondrous possibilities that<br />
an arts education brings to the well-being of<br />
our youth.”<br />
Call 238-5825 for information, or visit pryaf.<br />
org.<br />
Please see ROTARY page 26<br />
December <strong>2017</strong>, <strong>PASO</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> 25
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