Putting Rio Vista First
Here in Rio Vista, our club’s work stretches beyond the town itself to cover the whole Delta region. As members of the Rio Vista Rotary Club, our focus stays on strengthening this community and lifting up the young people who will lead it next. That means our priorities this year center on education, youth development, and growing economic opportunities locally.
We raise the funds for our scholarships and community programs through events our members and neighbors look forward to all year, things like the golf tournament, the Hog August Bites beer booth, and the Bass Derby Linguica booth. A highlight of our club is the Interact group, students from Rio Vista High School who show up at our meetings every week and roll up their sleeves alongside us. They’re not just observers; they help run projects aimed at their own growth and at building up other young people in town. Other clubs in our District point to our Interact program as a model worth following.
Being a Rio Vista Rotarian means stepping up as someone the community can count on. The best way to see that for yourself is to come to one of our meetings, every Friday morning, 6:30 to 8:00 am, at the Tortilla Flats Restaurant. Expect a good breakfast, a guest speaker worth hearing, and fun conversation.
We’re also tied into something much bigger as part of Rotary International, a network of more than a million members worldwide working toward goals like clean water access and the near-total elimination of polio. That global reach matters, but for us, it’s really about what we can do right here, in our own backyard.
If any of this sounds like something you’d want to be part of, send me a note at bill.fraser@mdrr.com. Come see a meeting, ask questions, get a feel for who we are. I think you’ll find we’re a tight-knit group that genuinely enjoys this work and each other’s company.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Fraser
President, Rio Vista Rotary Club 2026/2027