Watch the magical transformation of Cotton Rosser Arena - from an open space along the river to the hottest, most fun-filled event of the year! Sodbusters is the one and only fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Marysville, and we do a LOT of good for our community with the money we raise. We hope to see you out there next year! Save the date! Sept 12, 2025!
Sodbusters 2024 has come and gone, and we just want to say a tremendous thank you to everyone who helped make this event another huge success! So many thank you's - to our club members who put in dozens of hours in preparation and many of whom worked most of the night in some fashion or another, to the perspective members who showed up and showed off their "service above self," to the friends of members who got roped into helping at the food line or the bar or with clean up the next day. There are WAY too many of you to thank by name, but please know that we couldn't have done it without you. We had a great time and we raised a lot of money for SoYouCan, our benefactor this year and many other community needs! See y'all next year!
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Save the date for Sodbusters 2024 and sign up to sponsor the event today!Sodbusters, which has been named the best event of Yuba-Sutter, is back for it's country-western themed shin-dig, incredible steak dinner, silent and live auctions, mechanical bull riding and dancing til midnight to the fantastic tunes of Left of Centre.
This is the Rotary Club of Marysville's ONLY fundraiser of the year, the money raised goes to support many important charities and community needs. The proceeds are split between the Rotary Club of Marysville Foundation for use in many community projects and a special beneficiary each year. This year, the beneficiary of Sodbusters is SoYouCan - the South Yuba County Action Network*.
The Rotary Club of Marysville gave a grant for $12,000 to buy 4,000 backpacks and school supplies to fill them for Yuba County students. On Friday, August 2, 2024, several Rotarians even volunteered to distribute the backpacks at a huge event in downtown Marysville. The partnership with the Marysville Unified School District and several other organizations drew a large crowd to get not only backpacks and supplies, but haircuts and dental checkups and much more. We are honored to be able to support our community through projects like this.
Rotary member Jan Rockwell was honored to throw out the first pitch on opening day of the Marysville 
Little League season March 15. Marysville Rotary has been assisting the league in an ambitious project to reclaim an abandoned youth ballpark, Chiono Field, on 14th Street. Jan brought the project to Rotary's attention and was the logical choice to represent the club when the league honored us with the invitation.The club has committed approximately $100,000 and a lot of elbow grease to improvements, including fencing, bleachers, a backstop and new dugouts to reclaim the ballpark for Marysville Little League games. The field has not been used for youth sports for several years.
This is Rotary in action!
In February, the Lahaina Sunrise Rotary Club of Maui received a special delivery from members of the Rotary Club of Marysville. Club member Gerald Odor visits Maui every year and has developed quite a bond with the Lahaina club during his visits. He discovered that they were raising money for vocational scholarships, to purchase tools and equipment needed to replace those lost in the fire and help get Lahaina residents back to work.
Gerald asked his Marysville club members to contribute to the cause before his planned February visit. In addition to the $1,000 the club gave during the initial fundraising effort for Maui last year, club members contributed a total of $2,330, which Gerald delivered in person.
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