Saturday, July 18, 2009

Jamestown Rotary Club partners with the Triad Rotary Club to "Stop Hunger Now"



The Jamestown Rotary Club partnered with the Triad Rotary Club in their first Stop Hunger Now project on May 9, 2009. Stop Hunger Now is an organization that partners with volunteers of civic clubs, churches, and schools to help package and provide nutritious meals for hungry people throughout the globe. On this particular Saturday, over 40 volunteers - including Rotarians, members of their families, and residents of River Landing Retirement Community - gathered at River Landing at Sandy Ridge to package 10,047 meals in less than an hour.

Over the past 10 years, Stop Hunger Now has distributed millions of meals to over 65 countries. The Rotary Club of the Triad received a District 7690 Simplified Grant and a donation from the Jamestown Rotary Club to help underwrite part of the cost of the ingredients that go into each meal packet. We had a great time and hope to do this project again sometime.

Jamestown Rotary Club named as Gold Club



Pictured (L-R): District Governor Charles Allen, Club President Fred Kelly, UNCG Rotaract Club President-Elect Jeremy Brown, Club Treasurer Howard Hicks

At Rotary District 7690's recent Annual Conference, Jamestown Rotary Club was awarded the District Governor's Gold Club Citation for the 2008-2009 club year.

The Gold Club designation indicates and is awarded for achieving all of the Rotary District goals for the club year in the areas of Leadership, Membership, Service, Rotary Foundation and Public Relations.

Our club is honored to have received such a prestigious award and continues to meet and exceed all Gold Club standards.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Jamestown Rotary Club awards five GTCC student scholarships




Jamestown Rotary Club recently awarded five scholarships to students at GTCC. There were eight applicants; criteria for the scholarship include being a first year student, maintaining at least a 3.0 GPA, active in community service and financial need.

This year's scholarships were awarded to Gabrielle Austin, Michelle Austin, Jason George, Sumera Syed and Elizabeth Roever. All of the recipients carry a 4.0 GPA.

Jamestown Rotary Club continues its work on Indian Village



Pictured (L-R): Rotarians Fred Kelly, John Ebel, Howard Hicks, Wes Scott

Our club, under the direction of Wes Scott, is continuing its work on our Indian Village service project at Mendenhall Plantation. We have been assisted by local Rotaract Clubs in our endeavor and hope to continue working on the village now that warmer weather is upon us.

Jamestown Rotary Club pulls off another successful Christmas parade




The Jamestown Christmas Parade was held on December 7, 2008. The Jamestown Rotary Club, under the direction of Martin Senell, organized and ran another successful parade. With Congressman Howard Coble as Grand Marshall, the parade had over 80 entries including several schools, bands and civic organizations.

The town again enjoyed the candy and the poinsettias which were distributed.