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Serving the Network of Diverse Clubs in Alaska

Welcome to Rotary District 5010

Rotary District 5010 covers the entire State of Alaska, with more than 1,500 members and 37 clubs.

Rotary District 5010 and its 37 local clubs seek to help all Alaskans statewide through both traditional local club projects such as building parks, programs in schools, and scholarships and also through District-wide programs that develop and implement high-impact, highly cost-effective projects such as “Rotary Cares for Kids”, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder education, and emergency safe water and advanced economic development programs for rural Alaska villages,

From Utqiagvik to Ketchikan and Nome to Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau, our 37 clubs join with the other 1.2 million members of Rotary International around the world who believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s most persistent issues in our communities and across the globe.

Rotary members work together to:

Promote peace
Fight disease
Provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
Save mothers and children
Support education
Grow local economies
Sustain our environment

Send Questions/Comments to: infod5010@gmail.com

District 5010 Membership Chair - Lori Draper

Click HERE for District 5010 Membership Information

District 5010 mailing address:

200 West 34th Avenue, PMB823,

Anchorage, Alaska 99503

From Hawai'i Rotary District Governor Mark Merriam, August 9, 2023:

Today has been a tragic day for our Rotarians, families and friends on the Island of Maui. The fires across the island have changed lives forever. Truly devastating. Our sympathy, thoughts and prayers are with everyone impacted. As people of action, we can take immediate action. As we come together to recover and rebuild, we need to support each other. We need to Create Hope for Maui. Through our Rotary District 5000 Foundation, a relief fund has been established. Foundation President Dave Hamil and Treasurer Sharon Amano will handle all donations. A committee will be organized shortly to find the greatest needs for distribution of monies. A single fund will be the most helpful over time to provide the most significant benefits.

Please consider donating... Our friends in Maui, Hawaii need our financial help!

Sept 2023 Update Emergency Safe Water for Alaska, a Rotary District 5010 Statewide Project

Loss of the washeteria in the Yukon-Kuskokwim village of Tuluksak on January 16, 2021, due to fire. This facility housed the water treatment and distribution pumping system.

Safe water is a fundamental human need and a primary focus of Rotary projects around the world. Many Alaskan communities remain highly vulnerable to sudden loss of community-safe water supplies. Over the winter of 2020‐2021 six remote Alaska communities, mostly Alaskan Native villages, lost their only safe water sources due to fire and other sudden casualty losses.

Rotary Pathway Playground at Tanana Lakes Recreation Area

Sep 05, 2023

The Rotary Club of Fairbanks is wrapping up a multi-year, $500,000 project that will result in one of the largest public playgrounds in Fairbanks. Read on to discover how this came about...

Turkey Earthquakes - 2023 Shelter Box Response Report

Aug 31, 2023

ShelterBox responded to a series of powerful earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye, near the northern border of Syria in February 2023. In partnership with Rotary in Türkiye, ShelterBox was quick to respond, providing shelter and vital household items including mattresses, stoves, and blankets to more than 12,500 people who had been left with nothing.

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On the Road with DG Mike

Aug 11, 2023

Greetings Alaska Rotarians! I hope your summer is productive and filled with family fun, adventures, fishing, gardening, and whittling down that long list of projects that only get done when we aren’t shoveling snow. Speaking of adventures, my Rotary DG journey continues with the Juneau clubs and a special evening with the Presidents...

Providing Emergency Shelter with Lasagna and Tiramasu

Roberto Ferrero, Seward Rotary Club's Youth Exchange student from Alghero, Italy, had considerable success when his authentic Italian dinner fundraiser sold out within hours and doubled the expected funds it raised for the Shelterbox program on February 26. Click on image to read full story!

Message from incoming DG Mike Pollen

Jul 15, 2023

Greetings District 5010 Rotarians! A new Rotary year has begun, and we welcome a new cadre of dedicated Rotary Club Presidents to lead their Clubs. I am honored to serve as your DG this year and am looking forward to visiting the Rotary Clubs in our District. I am pleased our DG Line includes DGE Brenda Shelden from the Palmer Club and DGN Marty Metiva from the Susitna Club. We have a wonderfully experienced District Treasurer, George Elgee from Juneau, and a new District Secretary, Paul Paslay, from Anchorage on our leadership team.