Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
"Tully Rotary is the local chapter of Rotary International. We are a team of citizens who perform service projects for our community and the world around us. We conduct environmental activities in Tully and even have a tree planting project in Africa. We learn about area businesses, sponsor college scholarships and develop leadership skills in our members. Tully Rotarians range from High School Students to Retirees. All ages. All genders. All Interests. Consider joining us. It’s valuable for those we serve, and rewarding for us."
The TREES Initiative will be a major effort focused on improving the environment in the Southern Hills and around the world.
Free tree seedlings have been given out for several years now. So far in the past 5 years we have given away 2,544 trees!! We choose native species each time. Some of the varieties in the past have been:
- American Hazelnut
- American Hornbeam
- Black cherry
- Black chokeberry
- Black Oak
- Black Walnut
- Eastern red cedar
- Eastern Redbud
- Highbush cranberry
- Lilac
- Ninebark
- Red Oak
- Red osier dogwood
- Red pine
- River Birch
- Sand cherry
- Silky dogwood
- Sugar maple
- Tulip
- Virginia rose
- White pine
- White Spruce
- Witch hazel
We raise money to provide these services with our annual golf tournament which will take place on May 16th. The registration form is here or go to the programs tab above under TREES to see a bigger version.
A Microforest is coming to Tully, Spring 2026
What’s a Microforest?
It is a manually created forest environment accomplished by dense planting of local tree species, then managed like a garden for its first years. This process quickly starts the forest rather than going through the long, normal course of nature. A manmade microforest can grow from seedlings to 30 foot trees in 10 years. The dense planting encourages trees to grow fast and straight. Natural processes would take over 100 years to reach this stage.
Why would we want a Microforest in Tully which is surrounded by forests?
The microforest will be a nearby teaching tool for students and community members about the importance of forests in our world. Trees are the primary providers of oxygen that we breathe through photosynthesis. This process also pulls carbon out of the air that would otherwise blanket the earth and raise temperatures to uninhabitable levels. While doing these two critical things, forests do so much more. They also cool the earth, control soil erosion, store water, provide habitat for animals, create wood products and offer peaceful recreation for humans.
Tully is surrounded by forests but the world is not. Forest lands are quickly being consumed by industrial and commercial development resulting in worldwide temperature increases and all of the negative impacts just mentioned. The microforest will call attention to forest values around our country and the world, while providing a cool and beautiful addition to the walking path
Where will the Tully Microforest be located?
Tully Rotary will make the first planting inside the community walking path in the spring of 2026. We’ll be starting small, with a 30 by 30 foot patch. Even so, the microforest design calls for hundreds of trees of many species and to be squeezed into that site. The Town Highway Dept will add some new path routes passing along the young microforest. Rotary will add plantings each year with the path ultimately weaving through the middle of the forest.
Who can help or be a part of the Tully Microforest project?
Tully Rotary will be inviting school, community groups and individuals to join us for the spring planting of 300 seedlings and annual maintenance events of the new microforest. We will also hold some community gatherings to learn more about local and worldwide forestry.
Contact us at Tully.Rotary@gmail.com or Field2Forest@gmail.com
The Tully Rotary club works to energize and inspire young leaders ages 12-18 through service and encourage them to become responsible global citizens.
We have a large active group. The service projects they participate in are numerous! To name a few they:
-collect pennies for the eradication of polio. The Interacters will be distributing bags for coin collection throughout the village of Tully, but if you live outside of that area and would like to contribute you can use the following link or let us know when we can pick it up. October 24th is World Polio Day. This is the Tully Interact club’s 15th year raising $1K per year. Use this link to support our club or if you have spare change, let us know and we’ll pick it up! https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=63VW5EJ87LC3U
-entertain the residents at the Meadows with a Bingo night.
-Fill Snack Packs for the local children in need:
Help the Tully Interact Club Stock the Shelves of our We Care Pack Program : a weekend backpack meal program that supports our area youth in need . The 24-25 school year will kick off our third year in the running . The program provides daily breakfast, lunch, fresh fruit and snacks each weekend during the school year. Donations will support our commitment to 20 youth at the elementary level here in Tully this year as well as help reach many others in need.
Suggested items:
Pudding cups- chocolate, vanillla
Apple sauce cups
Granola bars
Breakfast bars
Microwave popcorn
Macaroni and cheese microwaveable cups
Chicken noodle soup 10.5 iz cans
Cans of ravioli- smallest size or microwaveable size
Cans of spaghetti and meatballs – small size
Fruit cups like pears, peaches, fruit cocktail
Animal crackers
Pretzels
Cheerios
Fruit loops
Honey nut chex
Golden Grahams
Life cereal
Jif peanut butter packs
Peanut butter crackers
Cheese cracker
Boxes of flavored oatmeal packs
Zip top sandwich size bags
Gift cards to Aldi’s, Dollar General, Walmart
Monetary donations gladly accepted
A DONATION BOX WILL BE AT THE SOUTHERN HILLS VETERINARY HOSPITAL.
-Make pies for the veterans.
-Volunteer at local fire house pancake breakfasts
The Tully Rotary Club is dedicated to partnering with Rotary International to help people worldwide who are in need. Some of our projects have been:
-Books for the World.
Books for the World is a global literacy project supervised by Rotarians. We ship books from the United States, which might otherwise be discarded into landfills, and the books are sent to children worldwide where educational resources are in short supply. This year (2024) a group of us along with some Intereracters boxed up 4 pallets worth of books (24 boxes per pallet) to ship out. These books will increase literacy around the world. Thank you to the Tully Schools and the Tully Free Library for your donations.
-Polio Eradication. Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 30 years, and there is still work to be done!
-Youth Exchange. Rotary clubs host exchanges for students ages 15-19 in more than 100 countries. Tully Rotary has hosted many young adults from around the world
Solving real problems takes real commitment and vision. Since 1989, Tully Rotary’s people of action have used their passion, energy, and intelligence to take action on sustainable projects such as:
-scholarships in the local schools for which we raise money in a variety of ways. We have our annual chicken bbq and our “world famous butterfly potatoes with the works”.
-Feeding the homeless and hungry at the Samaritan Center.
-Adopt-A-Highway
-Pandemic Food Drives
-Dictionary and Atlas give away. Our club joins forces with the Lafayette Optimists and the Fabius Lyons to buy Dictionaries and Atlases to distribute to the Tully, Fabius-Pompey, and Lafayette elementary children each year. We aim to encourage education for our youth.
–Business Backstory. This is our way of connecting with local businesses and learning about each other. Some of our previous visits were to:
Carol Watson’s Greenhouse, Old Fly Farm, Dutch Hill Maple, Earth2Soul, The Tully Area Historical Society, Among the Mountains, Clear Path for Veterans, Bentwood Alpacas & Yaks, The Loft @Vesper Hills Golf Club, Heuga’s Alpine, Amberations, Tully Market, Southern Hills Veterinary Hospital, ONCO, Nightingale Mills Hardware Store, OCWA, Byrne Dairy, Woodmansee Woodwrights, Kennedy Hardwood, K Kurdish Mediterraean, Flourish Farm Cafe, CLN Merchantile, Windmill Hill Soaps, Windmill Hill Manufacturing, Big Picture Properties,
A special thank you to Nate and Cristy at Dutch Hill Maple for the fascinating tour of their new facility.
OCWA was our latest fascinating tour.
Click here for more information.
–Citizen of the Year. We honor a deserving community member each year beginning in 1972. The 2026 Honoree is Robert Fairchild. 
H. Stanley Edinger was the 2025 Citizen of the Year.
(last year’s honoree)
Winter Carnival
–for 2 years now we have hosted a community event to help beat the winter blues! Games, prizes, smiles and good food are some of the things you can expect. We schedule it for the Sunday before Presidents’ Day each year. Join us next year!
-To follow our club and possibly join our meetings click on our newsletter for more information:
https://sites.google.com/view/rotary-club-of-tully/home
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