District 5770 Welcomes You
District 5770 is comprised of thirty-one Rotary clubs located in south and southwest Oklahoma. The District also sponsors Rotaract clubs in universities across our area and supports Interact clubs in area high schools. Click here to request information.
From it’s beginnings in 1915 as District 11, encompassing Kansas and Oklahoma, to its current moniker designated in 1990, Rotarians of the district have made it known our hearts are in service to our local communities, with support to the global efforts of Rotary International. District 5770 has produced two Rotary International Presidents: Everett W Hill, of the Shawnee, Oklahoma, Rotary club in 1924-1925, and Ron Burton, of the Norman, Oklahoma, Rotary club in 2013-2014. Herbert J. Taylor, author of the Four-Way Test, served as the third president of the Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, Rotary Club. He later moved to Chicago and served as President of Rotary International from 1954-1955.
We welcome you to inquire about our District and our Rotary Clubs. Please contact us. We’d love to get to know you!
March is Water, Sanitation and Hygiene month. Rotary has invested $148 million in water, sanitation, hygiene and water source management interventions globally.
Our District is currently partnering with the La Paz Rotary Club in Bolivia, Space Center Rotary Club in Houston and Engineers in Action on the Chocopampa, Bolivia water system. This is a $108,220 project.
There are four issues the project will address:
1. Insufficient water access for community members for their daily activities.
2. Sanitary diseases due to open defecation that affect the population of the community and nearby people.
3. Current water sources get dry every year, making the situation more difficult for the community.
4. Lack of water restricts the community to their developing and people start to migrate.
The water system in Chocopampa will provide access to drinkable water to the community that currently does not have it. The project consists of the implementation of a water pump, adduction pipeline, a ravine crossing, storage tank, a distribution line and a restroom for the community.
We take clean water, sanitation and good hygiene for granted. We should feel very proud to be able to provide these things for people who have never had access to clean water. By giving to the Rotary Foundation we can partner with other clubs and entities to give people all over the world a better life.
Through the Foundation we can "Create Hope in the World!" I encourage every one of our clubs to be an EREY Club by giving an average of $100 per member to the Annual Fund with every member contributing at least $25 to the Fund every year.
Thank you for giving!
Patty