The Ellicott City Rotary Club was the first Rotary Club in Howard County, MD. The club chartered on April 19, 1928. The Baltimore Rotary Club, assisted by the Annapolis Club sponsored the club. Today we take pride in our long history of service to our community and the world.
History of THE Ellicott City Rotary Club Service Projects
THE Ellicott City Rotary Club has supported Howard County in a holistic and comprehensive way by supporting programs that benefit our environment, help our homeless, feed our hungry, and educate our youth. The Club has also been involved in international projects.
Supporting Howard and Baltimore County:
Tree planting and garden clean up: Beautiful Belmont Manor
Partnering with the Pignon Rotary Club
Serving meals: Grassroots
Collecting debris: Adopt a Road: Ridge Road, Ellicott City
Rotary Head Start Regulars: Supporting Early Education: CAC
OTHER:
Founded first Boy Scout Troop in Ellicott City, Dictionary Project for 3rd graders, Howard County Bumble Bee Contest, Howard Community College Education Foundation since 1960, College Scholarship Fund, Sunrise Ellicott City Rotary Community Service Project, Rotary Four Way Test Awards, Boy scouts and Girl scouts of Howard County, Sailing Club Youth Outreach Program, Howard County 4H Club, Leadership Howard County U, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, Bridges to Housing Stability, Community Action Council of Howard County, Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, Habitat for Humanity, Maryland Food Bank, Our Daily Bread, Paul’s Place, Rebuilding Together – Howard County, Arc of Howard County, Historic Ellicott City, Howard County Library Enchanted Garden, Howard County Historic Society, Living Farm Heritage Museum, Senior Center of Ellicott City, Belmont Manor Tree Planting, distributed Christmas baskets, donated sight and sound equipment to the B&O Railroad Museum, sponsored step renovation at AME Methodist Church on Main Street.
Supporting Disaster Relief:
Disaster Aid USA, Chesapeake Beach Isabel Hurricane Relief, Katrina Hurricane Relief, Rotary Haiti 2010 Disaster Relief, New Jersey Sandy Disaster Relief, Rio De Janeiro 2010 Flooding Relief, Thailand Aqua Farming Tsunami Relief with Rotary Foundation of Annapolis, Baltimore Museum of Industry Isabel Flood Relief.
Supporting Local and International Organizations:
Kids for Peace Foundation, Samaritan Women, Shelter Box USA, American Cancer Society, Rotary’s Polio Plus Foundation, The Rotary Foundation, Nothing But Nets/Malaria, Build Haiti Foundation in Cap Haitian, Virtues Child Day Care in Papua, New Guinea, Friends of Nur University in Nur, Bolivia, El Hogar Girls Orphanage in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sante Total- Building a Medical Clinic in Jacsonville, Haiti