President's Message
Bakersfield East Rotary Club was established on December 23, 1952, making this our 69th year of “Service above Self”. We are a very active club and our work impacts people's lives both here in Bakersfield and worldwide. Some of our Global projects include providing water filtration systems to remote village so they can have safe, clean drinking water, and supplying medical equipment and wheelchairs where they are badly needed. Locally, we were instrumental in starting the mobile blood bank, and supplying a coffee truck to Covenant Coffee. This year we will work with other Rotary Clubs in Bakersfield to support the creation of an accessible path at Okihi, a sustainable community around the Kern River that is being restored by the White Wolf Wellness Foundation. In addition, We continue to provide thousand of dollars in scholarships to local high school students. We sponsor the Kern Community Rotaract and four Interact Clubs (the high school version of Rotary). We partner with many local organizations, such as Boys and Girls Club, CASA, Jamison Center, Ronald McDonald House and Valley Fever Americas Foundation (to name a few).
Join us for lunch most Fridays at noon for an hour of fun and fellowship.
2022-2023 President
Aaron Markovits