Rotary Club of New Orleans History
1990-99
- Club adopts new banner designed by Ron Blitch.
- 800 high school students take part in National Youth Services Awards Day.
- Provided books to school children in the Philippines.
- Refurbished Carter playground
- Established USA/UK Stewart Cup Blind Golfers Tournament.
- Hosted first RYLA Conference.
- With the Rotary Club of Belize, supplied needed medical supplies and textbooks.
- Actively support a number of neighborhood playgrounds.
- Sponsored Teach for America fund-raiser.
- Furnished textbooks for students in Nigeria.
- Club begins funding college scholarships to high school seniors.
2000-09
- 100+ people attend our business ethics conference at Loyola.
- Provided over 5,000 hours and $350,000 to two-year Saving Warren Easton High School project with Rotary Club of Berkeley and others which enabled school to re-open after Hurricane Katrina.
- $33,000 worth of books donated to Warren Easton in honor of our speakers.
- Received Distinguished Partner in Education Award from the LA Department of Education.
- Hosted young Antiguan cancer patient for a year during treatment at Children’s hospital.
- Host city for Rotary Disaster Recovery Workshop.
- Created member website and on-line member directory.
- Established ClubRunner database.
- Bolo published as email newsletter.
- First woman president of club.
2010-19
- 100th anniversary celebration.
- Host club for the 2011 R.I. Convention for 18,000 attendees.
- Brought first Internet service, computer equipment, beds, etc. to St. Xavier’s School/Orphanage in W. Sikkim province, India.
- Interact clubs established at Ben Franklin and Sacred Heart high schools.
- Collaborated with the Rotary Club of Manila on the distribution of more than $1 million worth of textbooks to schools throughout the Philippines that had been devastated by a Typhoon.
- Became a sister club to the Rotary Club of Manila.
2020+
- Meet virtually due to COVID-19.
- NORFI donates over $80,000,primarily for first responders and food assistance.