Each Year, the Rotary Club of Marysville hosts special needs students from throughout Yuba County for an incredible holiday lunch, where they get one-on-one time with Santa and his elves, a gift chosen and wrapped just for them and a stocking full of goodies. 2025's celebration served approximately 170 students plus the staff and paraeducators that support them. The event has grown significantly over the past few decades and we are eternally grateful for our friends at the Yuba County Office of Education for their help decorating and organizing presents, as well as John Nicoletti, who continues to cook up an incredible feast for the kiddos.
Tickets are now on sale to the hottest event in Marysville! Sodbusters is back for 2025 with all the fun you love! Steak and chicken dinner, dancing til midnight, silent and live auctions, mechanical bull riding - all in our little western village created just for this event! So pull on your boots and join us for the one and ONLY fundraiser that the Rotary Club of Marysville puts on each year, where we raise money for great causes to support children and our community. This year's Sodbusters proceeds are going to fight child exploitation and human trafficking in our community. Get your tickets today!
Sodbusters is a 21+ event
Several local Rotarians were honored Monday, June 9 at a regional Rotary awards and recognition event held in Sacramento. 
Rotary District 5180 consists of 36 clubs in the Sacramento area, stretching from the Oroville Dam to the Delta. The district awards clubs and individual members each year for achievement in public service. At this year’s awards ceremony, the following local Rotarians and clubs were honored.
The District 5180 Hall of Fame has a new member. David Tarke, of the Rotary Club of Marysville, who has been a Rotarian for 29 years, is a past president of the Marysville Club, served as assistant governor for the area clubs several times, and has been very active in both the club and the district for many years, most recently serving as the youth protection officer. To qualify for the Hall of Fame, members must have been a Rotarian for at least 20 years and be nominated by their clubs for outstanding service.
Finally, the Rotary Club of Marysville received the distinct honor of being named the Gold Club of 2025 for Area 3, which consists of the clubs in Oroville, Gridley, Yuba City, Marysville and South Yuba County, as well as the Yuba-Sutter Night Club. The Marysville club was awarded this honor because of its outstanding service to the community during the past year, which included:
We are taking donations of professional clothing, shoes and accessories to support members of our community who are looking to dress for success! All items will be given away on June 27th at a special pop-up event.
The Rotary Club of Marysville this week delivered nine automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to Yuba County schools, as part of a regional Rotary
initiative to ensure the life-saving devices are accessible when needed to save a child in cardiac arrest.
initiative to ensure the life-saving devices are accessible when needed to save a child in cardiac arrest.
The Rotary clubs of Marysville, Elk Grove and Arden Arcade teamed up to broadly distribute
AEDs throughout the greater Sacramento area and received supplementary funding from
Rotary International to support their cause.
“This is the kind of gift that you hope is absolutely never needed and never used,” said DeDe
Cordell, president of the Rotary Club of Marysville. “But if they ever do need it, we want to
make sure they have it or the consequences could be devastating.”
Haiden Holmes, a sophomore at CORE Charter School is the winner of the 2025 speech contest held by the Rotary Club of Marysville on Feb 6.The theme of the speech contest this year was “The Magic of Service,” to align with the 2024-25 theme for Rotary International, “The Magic of Rotary.”
Three contestants participated in the Marysville contest this year, each with truly inspirational messages about the value of service to others.
In addition to a cash prize, Holmes now continues on to the semi-final speech contest, competing against winners from other area Rotary clubs’ contests. The winner of the semi-final speech contest will compete at the district level, against winners from throughout the greater Sacramento region. Winners at each level receive cash prizes, and the winner of the district level competition will receive a trip to Disneyland, as well.
The semi-final speech contest will be held February 22 at the Sutter Theater Center for the Arts in Yuba City.
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