About Us
The Rotary Club of Arlington Heights(RCAH) holds the Santa Run every year to raise funds. Where do these funds go?
Locally: the RCAH awards grants to Arlington Heights organizations that meet the needs of our young, elderly, disadvantaged, and special needs community. This year, our focus has largely been on helping people in our community who have been impacted by food insecurity. As an example, we've supported food pantries in Arlington Heights and Palatine and provided Thanksgiving meals to Arlington Heights residents through the Village and the Wheeling Township Food Pantry.
Internationally: Rotary has 35,000 clubs around the world, with 1.4 million members. Our Polio Plus program is working to eradicate polio world wide as well as other initiatives. Through July 2022 Rotary has awarded $9 million in Disaster Response grants to support people in and around Ukraine who have been affected by the war. We work to bring clean water to communities that have none. RCAH works directly with Ak’Tenamit, a school in Guatemala that teaches native children and teens how to become productive members of the workforce. Rotary also does things that we take for granted like providing underground latrines in Cambodia as part of a program named Sustainable Cambodia.
We would like to thank everyone who supports the RCAH through our Santa Run event. We couldn’t do all of this without you. If you cannot participate in the Rotary Santa Run, please consider making a donation by clicking the "DONATE" button in the upper left side of the page or if you are interested in becoming a member, the RCAH meets every 1st and 3rd Thursday from 12:00PM until 1:30 PM at Palm Court in Arlington Heights and on Zoom, we always welcome new members. To learn more, visit http://www.arlingtonheightsrotary.org/
Thanks again for all of your support!
