Impact in Action All in For Autism 5K Run/Walk: 20 Years of Running With Purpose For 20 years, BBRC’s All in for Autism 5K has turned one morning of running and volunteering into lasting support. With 1 in 31 individuals diagnosed with diverse abilities (CDC 2025), this event funds vital local programs, raises awareness, and ensures every family knows they have a community running right beside them.
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Funds vital therapy programs
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Sustains key partner organizations
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Supports neurodiverse children locally
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Features an all-abilities 5K
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Champions community wide inclusion
Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Groceries at Jubilee REACH Through its hands-on partnership with Jubilee REACH, BBRC helps Bellevue families facing food insecurity access fresh, healthy groceries—easing financial pressure, supporting student readiness, and reminding neighbors in need that their community is standing beside them.
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Meets critical hunger needs
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Eases family financial squeezes
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Delivers healthy grocery relief
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Mobilizes hands-on member volunteers
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Provides dignity-first food security
Sustaining the Harvest: Two Decades of Fighting Hunger Together For over 20 years, BBRC has partnered with Harvest Against Hunger, providing funds and volunteers to turn surplus crops into nutritious meals. Together, they reduce food waste, strengthen local food banks, and feed families in need across our region.
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Enduring 20-year partnership
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Provides vital logistical funding
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Packs fressh produce locally
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Supplies local food banks
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Redirects nutritious surplus locally
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Impact in Action Serving Dignity: Monthly Hot Meals in Bellevue Each month, BBRC volunteers serve fresh, hot meals at the Eastside Salvation Army, offering immediate nourishment, dignity, and connection to Bellevue neighbors caught between rising living costs and limited assistance— then staying to clean up and leave the space ready for the next act of service.
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Fills critical subsidy gaps
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Eases family financial issues
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Provides consistent monthly support
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Mobilizes hands-on volunteers
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Fosters dignity and connection
Unwrapping the Joy: The BBRC Giving Tree Each holiday season, BBRC’s Giving Tree turns the generosity of club members into personalized gifts, financial relief, and unforgettable joy for Bellevue children and families—helping parents preserve the magic of the season and reminding every child that their community sees, supports, and celebrates them.
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Eases holiday financial burdens
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Fulfills personalized children’s wishes
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Mobilizes hands-on member giving
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Provides a festive holiday celebration for children
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Blends relief with volunteering
Celebrating Promise: Student of the Month and Scholarship Awards Through its Student of the Month recognition and college scholarship awards, BBRC celebrates outstanding local high school students, honors academic achievement and leadership, eases the financial path to higher education, and helps promising young people see that their community believes in their future. Over $392,600 in scholarships have been awarded.
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Honors strong academic excellence
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Celebrates character and leadership
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Encourages future student success and leadership
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Reduces college financial burden
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Impact in Action Empowering a Generation: Education Through Technology in Antigua Through its Education Through Technology initiative, BBRC and its partners transformed learning across Antigua and Barbuda. Led by Newport High School IT students, the effort equipped schools with computers and wireless networks while providing teacher training— giving thousands of young people the digital skills to thrive.
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Enables student academic success
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Empowers 25,000+ students
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Trains 200+ local educators
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Raises academic test scores and achievement
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Develops next-gen student leaders
Threading the Future: The Antigua Sewing Project Through the Antigua Sewing Center Project, BBRC and Kirkland Rotary create lasting economic opportunity. By equipping community centers and training residents in vocational tailoring, the initiative helps families generate sustainable income, lowers school uniform costs, and strengthens island communities.
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Established 10 sewing centers
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Builds vocational tailoring skills
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Empowers local women financially
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Fosters long-term community development
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Leverages multi-club Rotary collaboration
Clean Water, Vibrant Futures: Colombia Clean Water Initiative Through the Colombia Clean Water Initiative, BBRC helps bring safe, sustainable drinking water to rural villages and schools—improving health, keeping children in class, empowering local residents to maintain the systems, and turning Rotary collaboration into cleaner water, stronger communities, and brighter futures.
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Installs safe filtration systems
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Reduces waterborne illnesses
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Trains local residents for maintenance
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Multiplies international grant funding
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Unites global Rotary clubs
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