Formerly the Rotary Club of Eastwick  - Philadelphia International Airport
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Meetings are held each Wednesday
at 7:30 a.m. online. 

For more information contact: Dawn Thomas at 610-931-3488 or Email. 

There is a real need for food in Southwest.  With the support of the Rotary Club of Bala Cynwyd, we gave 33 families full Thanksgiving baskets, 200 Thanksgiving meals to Southwest seniors and 125 Christmas fruit bags to members of the Southwest Senior Center.   

20 Thanksgiving Baskets for Those in Need

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October - 2019
The Club held a fundraising event at the neighborhood bowling alley.  
Rotarians at Work Day
Rotarians cleaned out the flower beds at the Southwest Senior Center and planter fresh flowers.
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July 12, 2014 Book Give Away - close to 1,000 books were given way to children and adults in Easwick's Shop Rite.
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Auf wiedersehen Katy! 
Katy spent  the 2013-14 school year in Philadelphia, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Eastwick. 

Katy had the chance to meet Rotary International President, Ron Burton (pictured) in October. 

Au Revoir Henri of France!

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Henri spent  the 2012-13 school year in Philadelphia and went  to school at Science Leadership  Academy.   Henri loves studying film. 

Adios Maria!
Exchange Student from Venezuela

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Maria Hernandez of Venezuela was a pleasure to host.  She is a vibrant young woman who is embracing the US culture.  While in Philadelphia, Maria was a student at Center City's Science Leadership Academy.  One of her greatest passions is ballet dancing. 

Rotarians At Work 

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Clubs members, along with Interact Club members and family weeded an acre of land at the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge and removed a variety of invasive plants not native to this area of Philadelphia and Delaware County. 

Third Graders Receive
School Supplies

Third graders at Patterson Elementary hold up the cloth backpacks that were filled with school supplies they received from the Rotary Club in September.

Thanksgiving Day Meal Distribution to Seniors

Members of the Rotary Club of Eastwick – Philadelphia International Airport gathered on Thanksgiving morning to package and distribute almost 200 hot meals to Southwest Philadelphia seniors and people with disabilities who had no family or friends to share their holiday with.  Thanks goes to Summerwood LLP who donated their time and all of the food to the cause, family and friends of the Rotarians, members of the Rotary Club of Philadelphia, members of the Wayne Presbyterian Church, and Health Annex staff.

Third Graders Receive Dictionaries 

Third graders at Southwest Leadership Academy hold up the new dictionaries they received from the Rotary Club in September.

Rotary District 7450

Rotary International 

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June 2014 - Dictionaries were given away to 3rd graders at both Southwest Leadership Academy and Cornerstone Christian Academy.

Remembering Lou Jackson

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​We mourn the September 2018 loss of Louis Jackson.  Lou founded the Club in 1991 and served as president and treasurer over the  years.  Lou worked in the fast food service industry for his entire career.  He is greatly missed.   

Welcome Home Claire!
Exchange Student to Bangkok, Thailand 

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Claire Elliot spent the 2011-12 school year in Bangkok, Thailand.  Claire was  challenged by living in a Asian culture so different from the US's practices.  

Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar 
Kyra Turner-Zogbekor

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We are extremely proud to have supported Kyra's studies Ghana in 2012.  

Mural Project  

In October 2005, we contracted with a local mural artist to paint a scene that reflected the diversity of the people of Southwest Philadelphia.  Club members and neighborhood youth assisted the artist in preparing the wall and painting the mural.

Group Study Exchange from Mexico

In 2006, we hosted one Rotarian and 3 young professionals as part of a Group Study Exchange with District 4160 in Mexico.   For one week, we took them sightseeing in Center City Philadelphia, for a boat ride in Baltimore Harbor and in Chesapeake Bay, and to a Phillies baseball game.

Annual Thanksgiving Day Meal Distribution to Seniors
















Every Thanksgiving Day since 1996, we prepared and packaged over 300 hot meals.  All meals are delivered to seniors living in the low-income neighborhoods of West and Southwest Philadelphia.

We have been generously supported and assisted by Summerwood Corporation.

Dictionary Project  

We distributed dictionaries to the 3rd grade girls class at the Southwest Leadership Academy in Southwest Philadelphia.