November 21, 2024. It was a great day packing Thanksgiving Boxes with the Rolling Meadows High School Interact Club! More than 75 boxes were packed and sent to the Wheeling Township Food Pantry and Village of Arlington Heights. It’s become an annual RCAH tradition, and one of our favorites. The Interact Club has such energy and enthusiasm.November 21, 2024. It was a great day packing Thanksgiving Boxes with the Rolling Meadows High School Interact Club! More than 75 boxes were packed and sent to the Wheeling Township Food Pantry and Village of Arlington Heights. It’s become an annual RCAH tradition, and one of our favorites. The Interact Club has such energy and enthusiasm.
November 14, 2024. One of this year's Global Awareness grant recipients is the Model UN Club at Buffalo Grove High School. Students in the club take on the roles of delegates from different countries and debate real world topics and in the process develop skills in public speaking, critical thinking, research, decision making, and communication. The Club intends to use the grant to help fund transporation to different model UN competitions. Global Awareness grants are awarded by the Rotary Club of Arlington Heights to local high school organizations to enhance global understanding and foster global citizenship.
November 7, 2024. The theme was Italian for this quarter's Guest House dinner, and as always everyone went all out. Chuck donated handmade charcuterie boards (which were filled with delicious treats). Matched with pasta and homemade sauces, it was a welcome respite for the Guest House patients, their families, and veterans in The Road Home Program.
October 25, 2024. Each year we award grants to local student organizations to encourage global awareness and promote global citizenship. This year two of the awards went to organizations at John Hersey High School. Pictured at left, Youth Services chair John Kent presents a check to members of the Asian Student Association. Funds will be used to develop and display educational information to increase knowledge and understanding of Asian American history, culture, politics, entertainment, economics, colleges, and careers and to organize events and activities that celebrate Asian American culture and promote cultural exchange.The other organization at Hersey to receive a global awareness award was the 
Latin American Student Organization (LASO). LASO is an organization that helps build leaders and allow students to feel pride of who they are without sacrificing their identity to fit in. This is done through a variety of activities organized throughout the year that help students to celebrate and share their Latin American Heritage.
Latin American Student Organization (LASO). LASO is an organization that helps build leaders and allow students to feel pride of who they are without sacrificing their identity to fit in. This is done through a variety of activities organized throughout the year that help students to celebrate and share their Latin American Heritage. 
This #WorldPolioDay, we join Rotary International in celebrating our incredible progress towards eradicating polio! Rotary has been leading this charge since 1985, contributing over $2.1 billion and mobilizing volunteers around the globe to immunize 2.5 billion children.
At the last village board meeting, the Village of Arlington Heights declared today World Polio Day in Arlington Heights urging all residents to join local Rotarians in the fight to eradicate polio forever.
October 2024. In addition to hands-on service projects, the Rotary Club of Arlington Heights uses funds raised by the Santa Run and the Arlington Classic to support community organizations through it's annual community grant program. This year we awarded over $15,000 to the following organizations. You can check their websites to learn more about these worthy organizations.
- Connections to Care http://www.connectionstocare.org
- District 214 Educational Foundation https://214foundation.org/; https://ce.d214.org/adulted/
- Special Leisure Services http://www.slsf
- Gerry's Cafe https://gerrysdcafe.org
- Children's Advocacy Center of N and NW Cook County http://https:cachelps.org
- Faith Feeds Food Pantry https://allsaintspalatine.org/ministries/food-pantry/
- Good Neighbors Network https://goodneighborsnetwork.org
- JOURNEYS|The Road Home https://www.journeystheroadhome.org/
- Kenneth Young Home https://www.kennethyoung.org
Want to see more of our service projects
Are you, (or do you know) a student that is interested in travelling abroad to experience another culture but reluctant to give up a year of high school? If so, Rotary's Short Term Exchange program may be perfect for you. To learn more about Short Term Exchange, click here.
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September 13, 2024. The weather was perfect for this year's Arlington Classic, aka "Duffer" Golf Outing. This annual event is a joint fundraiser benefitting SLSF (Special Services Leisure Foundation) and the Arlington Heights Rotary Club. A big thanks for everyone who golfed, sponsored, and volunteered to make this a fantastic event. To see more pictures,
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