Since its founding in 2015, Randolph Sunrise has performed numerous service projects in the community with the goal of making life better for its people.

Story Books for First Graders: Names of friends/relatives and the child’s name are in the story. Rotarians read with the child.

Run for Health – A yearly event for Elementary School Children

Rotary dispensing Ice Cream at the Gifford Concert Series

Sand and Salt for Seniors: Rotarians fill buckets with sand and salt plus a scoop added on top. These are delivered to Seniors to help them clear ice on their steps and walkway. Rotary phone number is on the lid for refills.

Harmony Park – Sunrise Rotary installed a number of outdoor musical instruments at Randolph’s Recreation Center and then turned it over to the town.

Chicken Noodle Soup Mix. Rotarian John Holmes and wife, join Sunrise Rotarians to package and box 300 meals for the Randolph Food Shelf.

Stuff-a-Truck Food Drive – For two years Sunrise Rotarians collected food and raised money for the Randolph Food Shelf and collected winter clothes for the needy. Bruce the Unicorn was on site as well as WCVR North Country Radio playing their special brand of country music. For our latest event we gathered 12 big bags of winter clothes, 500lbs of food, and raised over $1800 for the local food shelf.

Rotary helps to install Phil Godenschwager’s Bee Mural on 3 story roof top on Main St. – August 2022

Phil making final alignment, while one Bee tries to fly off.

Randolph Rotarians Involved in Community Building. Randolph was selected for the 2021 Vermont Public Places Honor Award which recognizes Vermont’s exemplary public spaces. The award was for Rosalind Park. The jury was particularly impressed with the grassroots action and community involvement in Randolph! Randolph Sunrise Rotarians were involved.

Community members and Rotarians enjoying pie at our annual Pies for Breakfast service project.

Picnic Tables for Kids Summer Lunch Program: We built and installed these tables at two loctions in Randolph.

Tree Planting Projects: In 2018 – 2019 we helped plant close to 100 trees along the river in South Randolph and between Rt 107 and the White River.

Restoration of Fire Hose Cart: Rotarians sanded, scraped, and painted to restore it to like-new condition a fire house cart used in the late 1800s by Randolph’s Fire Dept. .

Rotarians and Randolph Technical Career Center students build a post-and-beam structure as a new home for the cart, and donated it to the Fire Dept.

Support of Intergenerational Square Dance at Red School House: This was Sunrise Rotary’s first service project back in 2015.

Joslyn House Round Porch Restoration: The Joslyn House home for Seniors had a large deteriorating porch that could not be used. Rotarians rebuilt the foundation, removed and replaced all of the siding, replaced the windows and renovated the inside walls and ceiling.

Interior Painting at the Senior Center:

A job well done.

Teachers’ Meal – The Sunrise and Noontime Rotarians worked together to give our teachers and staff in the district a meal to say “thank you.” We appreciate all that our teachers and staff have done throughout the pandemic (and beyond) to continue to teach our children and just be all around good people. We appreciate you!!

Backpacks for School Children – Sunrise Rotarians along with the Randolph Area Mutual Aid Network filled 300 backpacks for our area students.

Whisper in the Wind project brought people together during the covid pandemic, so folks wouldn’t feel so alone. Community members were asked to capture a memory of love, hope, and/or empathy by drawing or writing on the flags. They were placed 6 feet apart to symbolize social distancing. The wind was now free to carry their stories around the world.