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Rotary clubs help fill empty stockings this Christmas

rockdalenewtoncitizen.com

CONYERS — This holiday season, the Rotary Club of Rockdale County is partnering with the Rotary Club of Conyers and Rockdale Emergency Relief (RER) to make sure no child in Rockdale County faces an empty stocking on Christmas morning. Together, the two Rotary clubs aim to raise $16,000 — each club

Rotary Club of Auburn to host 2nd recycling day

Staff Report - Gold Country Media

The Rotary Club of Auburn will host a recycling event on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot behind City Hall. The Rotary Club is supported in this effort by three cooperating partners – Redwood Materials, Auburn Presbyterian Church and Auburn Moving and Storage.

Salmon Arm Rotary clubs preparing for third annual Christmas Holiday Parade

Luc Rempel

The Rotary Clubs of Salmon Arm have announced the third annual Christmas Holiday Parade will take place on Saturday, Nov. 29. The annual holiday tradition is organized as a team effort by Salmon Arm’s three rotary club groups. The event is billed as a fun, family friendly holiday activity with

SML Rotary Club holds annual Lobsters @ the Lake

Steve McClintic, Jr.

The Smith Mountain Lake Rotary Club held its annual Lobsters @ the Lake event at Hot Shots Bar & Grill on Saturday. “We sold a little over 300 lobsters this year,” said SML Rotary Club President Bryce Martin.  Live lobsters were brought in from Maine. Folks were able to get

Nominations open for Christmas food parcels

Chloe Parkman

Nominations for a Guernsey Christmas food parcels initiative have opened. The Rotary Club of Guernsey said the project aimed to provide essential food items to “families and individuals facing hardship particularly amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis”. It has urged local charitable organisations to put forward names of islanders who may

Gadsden Rotary Club donates nearly $17,000 to local education

The Gadsden Times

The Gadsden Rotary Club on Oct. 9 donated $16,850 to the Etowah County Board of Education and the Gadsden City Board of Education. A news release from the Rotary Club says the money was raised during the club’s Little Black  Dress Fundraiser, which was held Sept. 18 at the Gadsden

Help Rotary end polio

Barbara Merrett

World Polio Day, October 24 is a time for all who want a world free from polio to come together in support of Rotary International’s over 35-year mission to eradicate the crippling disease. To that end, the Rotary Club of the San Juan Islands annually contributes to the effort with proceeds from

‘Doing something good’: Fidalgo Island Rotary members keep highway clean

NICHOLAS JOHNSON Anacortes American

As rain falls and cars whiz past, people in brightly colored vests, carrying garbage bags and reach extenders, walk along the highway looking for litter. This is no court-mandated community service. No, these people chose this. “It’s instant gratification,” said Dave Sem, a founding member of the Fidalgo Island Rotary Club and

Rotary Club of Grand Island, Mallwitz’s Island Lanes team for suicide prevention event

Michael J. Billoni

Concerned about the prevalence of suicide and its impact on this community, the Rotary Club of Grand Island and Mallwitz’s Island Lanes are taking advantage of a Sunday without a Buffalo Bills game to promote suicide awareness during an afternoon of bowling. At 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, Mallwitz’s is

Sol Antilles, Rotary Sunrise extend breakfast programme through 2026

Islands

PHILIPSBURG–Sol Antilles, the sole importer of fuel to St. Maarten, has continued its partnership with Rotary Club of St. Martin Sunrise to provide breakfast to pupils at Leonald Conner Primary School in Cay Bay through the 2025-2026 school year. “Powering what moves people is our mission, and community engagement is