Since 2017, Cayucos Rotary has been working to rehabilitate the pre-war cabins and facilities at Rancho El Chorro Outdoor School in San Luis Obispo. Our club’s goal is to create a state-of-the-art outdoor educational campus that focuses on environmental literacy while teaching the Rotary Four-way Test’s ethics and conflict resolution. The school serves about 10,000 youths annually from all over California.
In addition to contributing over $50,000 and labor to build three yurts, Cayucos Rotary has helped to build a new basketball court, install a new audio system, and new benches for the amphitheater re-built by the three San Luis Obispo clubs.
Participation has grown to embody 17 Rotary clubs. Besides the three San Luis Obispo clubs; the other sponsoring clubs are Morro Bay, Los Osos, Paso Robles, Paso Robles Sunrise, Atascadero, Morro Bay Sunset, Cambria, and Nipomo. Rotary Clubs of Santa Ana and Cottage Grove, Oregon, and two International clubs, namely, the Rotary Club of Compostela, Nayarit, Mexico and Rotary Club of Windsor-Walkerville, Ontario, Canada also contributed.
In 2019-2020, Cayucos Rotary is partnering with Santa Paula Club to build an outdoor classroom, which will be funded through a district grant.
