The Rotary Club of Freeport is an active group of business owners and professionals who live and/or work in the Freeport and Pownal areas.

Through fundraisers held throughout the year, the Club raises the funds necessary to support several projects and organizations in both the local and international communities. Our main fundraisers are:

• Close to the Coast 5K & 10K race (held in mid-June each year)
• Rotary hot dog cart sales (cart is on the side of LL Bean's main store spring through fall)
• Annual flea market (held in early to mid October at the Freeport Town Hall)
• Christmas tree sales (held at the Freeport Public Safety building Thanksgiving to Christmas)

Here are many of the projects and organizations the Club currently supports:

Local Service Projects

•  Freeport Community Services (Annual Appeal, Summer Camp Scholarships, Adults in Need, Holiday Help Line, Food Pantry)
•  Freeport High School Students (College Scholarships, Vocational Choices Day, Job Shadowing Day, Rotary Youth Leadership Training, Rotary Interact Club)
•  Freeport Fourth of July Parade
•  Freeport Fire & Rescue Home Safe Home Project
•  Freeport Children's Library
•  Freeport Historical Society
•  Freeport Elders
•  Community Services Liaison
•  Tri-Town Little League Baseball Team

International Service Projects

•  Pure Water for Santa Barbara, Honduras
•  Student Service Projects in Honduras
•  Sustainable Harvest International
•  Safe Passage, Guatemala City, Guatemala
•  Lakeville Academy, Kenya, Africa
•  Hurricane Katrina relief projects
•  Asian Tsunami house rebuilding in India
•  Friends of Kakamega Aids Orphanage, Kenya, Africa
•  Friends Forever, Irish Student Exchange
•  International Student Exchange
•  International Group Study Exchange (most recently from Turkey)
•  PolioPlus Worldwide Polio Eradication Campaign