Worthwhile Community Projects

Listed below are some worthwhile community projects that the Reno Centennial Sunset Rotary club continues to support through volunteering and donations. We hope you'll learn more about these useful organizations.

• The Bailey Charter School
  Bailey Charter School (BCES) proudly opened its doors on July 30,2001 with the mission to teach children to read thru a balanced literacy program approach (including phonics and whole language) and integrated into a challenging curriculum. We believe in the importance of a model building a sense of community where our teachers, students, parents and community share the responsibility for student learning. Our student enrollment is ethnically and socio-economically diverse approximately 2% Native American 2% Asian /Pacific Islander 10 % Black 28% Hispanic, 58 % white and 65% come from low income families and receive free or reduced lunch qualifying BCES as a Title I school and additional federal funds.
• The Food Bank of Northern Nevada
  The Food Bank is a food distribution and support system for more than 80 different direct service, non-profit agencies serving the needy, the ill, the elderly and children. Last year, the Food Bank distributed more than 3 million pounds of food to more than 80 member agencies. This food, valued at more than $4.5 million, fed more than 58,000 people. Emergency food programs provided groceries to about 45,303 people in 2004. Two thirds of the people we serve are either under age 18 or over age 65 - people for whom employment is not an option - the most vulnerable members of our society. Eighty-five percent of the food collected by The Food Bank is distributed to families of the working poor and elderly. Residents of the community constitute 89 percent of agency clients.
• The Mariposa Academy of Language and Learning
  The Mariposa Academy will promote academic achievement through Dual Language learning and will celebrate the diverse heritage and culture of the community. Our overall goal is to ensure that our students develop the skills, knowledge and awareness they will need to be successfull in our ever-changing world. We have created a unique and challenging program that stress high academic achievement as well as the development of second language skills.
• The Ridge House
  The Ridge House, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit social service organization located in the foothills of the beautiful Sierra Nevadas, in Reno, Nevada. The Ridge House employs a community-based solution to the issues of reentry in our community. The programs are designed to change the behavior of offenders, prevent future offending and make our communities safe. The goal of Ridge House is to reduce future recidivism by empowering former offenders. Since 1981 The Ridge House has been helping the former offender become restored spiritually, emotionally and therapeutically. We exist to help those serious about changing their lives.