Our Service

A History of Service Above Self

Our club has been active in support of many community projects including the Culpeper Regional Hospital, the Culpeper County Library, the Free Clinic of Culpeper, Yowell Meadow Park and Mountain Run Lake Park. Rotarians have provided countless hours to these endeavors and our club has provided funds for the construction of many of these institutions within our community.

The club's members built and dedicated a Boy Scout cabin on Mountain Run at the end of West Asher Street in 1940. The structure burned down many years ago.

Click on the following links to see how the site looks today:
fireplace, dedication plaque and yard.

Other civic activities through the years include the following:

In 1950-51 contributed $500 to the Culpeper County High School to purchase uniforms and instruments for a new school band.
In 1952-53 co-sponsored and contributed to a Speech Correction Clinic in the Culpeper County Public Schools. The clinic counseled 88 children in its initial year.
In 1952-53 established the Loan Closet which loaned wheelchairs, crutches, hospital beds and other medical supplies to needy families in the Culpeper vicinity.
In 1965-66 awarded the first college scholarship to a Culpeper County student.
In 1970-71 donated $800 to Germanna Community College.
In 1973-74 planted dogwood trees in front of the entrance to Culpeper Regional Hospital and in the median strip at the north end of Culpeper on Business 29.
In 1974-75 dedicated the picnic shelter at Mountain Run Lake. The shelter was built with money, materials and labor donated by the club's members.

Our Service to Community & Youth Today

The Claude Huffman College Scholarship

The Rotary Club of Culpeper Scholarship Fund awards each year a scholarship to a graduating high school senior who resides in Culpeper County. The scholarship applicants must apply through the guidance departments at their high schools and be selected by the Scholarship Committee of the Rotary Club of Culpeper.

The Jack Yowell Technical/Vocational Scholarship

The Rotary Club of Culpeper awards each year a $500.00 scholarship to a graduating high school senior who lives in Culpeper County and is attending a qualified Technical or Vocational training institution upon graduation.

Culpeper County High School Good Citizen Award

The Rotary Club of Culpeper recognized an outstanding citizen from the Culpeper County High School each month of the school year. A Good citizen of the year award presented at the end of the school year.

Culpeper County High School Interact Club

The Rotary Club of Culpeper sponsored the formation of an Interact Club at the Culpeper County High School. The club was chartered in the year 2000. Their activities include support of the Child Help Head Start Program and the annual Interact Club Battle of The Bands.

Healthy Culpeper

A young visitor to Camp Fantastic checks out the llama.

The Rotary Club of Culpeper is a member of Healthy Culpeper. In the past the Club has awarded grants to Healthy Culpeper and the Culpeper County Health Department in support of Healthy Culpeper's Family Health Fair and the Hepatitis B injection program.

Camp Fantastic

For almost 30 years The Rotary Club of Culpeper has hosted a Day on the Farm for the Camp Fantastic program located at the 4H Center in Front Royal, Virginia. The event gives an opportunity for children with cancer or survivors to have a relaxed day of fun activities on a local farm.