Each Friday during the summer, the Town of Valdese hosts an outdoor concert. Snacks are sold during the event by various civic groups – for this Friday, Rotary Club of Valdese. The Boat Rockers performance was moved to the Old…
Julie Cook-Walker, Education Specialist with the Alzheimer’s Association presented the program today at our weekly Tuesday meeting. A few facts she shared – Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. Women are affected more than men and…
Our Rotary Club supplied $200 worth of books to the children at a school in a rural area of Cuyotenango. Club Rotario de Mazatenango was instrumental in getting the books to the children. Thanks to Kevin for working on this…
Each month we will recognize member’s Rotary Anniversary – years in Rotary. We will present a pack of chewing gum to them to thank them for their “stick-to-itive-ness.” For July…. Paul – July 1, 1994 – 23 years Bruce –…
What do you plan to do to help your Rotary Club this year? You could Go Big….. Find your passion – Make it your purpose Or, if nothing floats your boat, Do one thing more than you did last year Need…
President Beth Heile installed the new board at the July 18 meeting. After promising to do the best that could do in their position, they were presented some candy. These dedicated board members attended two 2 hour planning meetings in May…
At our July 18 meeting, Joy Harding (sponsored by Beth H) and Vivian Carothers (sponsored by Ted) were inducted by District Assistant Governor Robert Rinehart. We started our July 1 year with 29 members, so we are at 31 members. Our…
160 students were able to take home 3 books each thanks to $500 from our club and $250 from the Valdese Merchants Association. Kevin Frederick, our Community Chair, organized the purchasing and distribution of the books. Kevin and Ted applied the book plates (created by…
Starting on July 18, we will have a silent slide show running of announcements and news while we eat. This will include specific events coming up for our club, pictures of recent service projects, reminders and more. I also welcome…
In 2017-18, we’ll answer the question “What is Rotary?” with RI President-elect Ian H.S. Riseley’s theme, Rotary: Making a Difference. “Whether we’re building a new playground or a new school, improving medical care or sanitation, training conflict mediators or midwives,…