Tag: Rotary
Rotary Scholarships Available For Graduating Seniors
The Rotary Club of Annapolis is accepting scholarship applications from graduating seniors attending Annapolis high schools, including home-schooled students. Up to four cash scholarship awards of $1,000 each are available to area students who plan to attend an accredited college or university and who have demonstrated a commitment to community service. Relatives of Rotary members [...]
Grant Money Available From Rotary Crab Feast Proceeds
The Rotary Club of Annapolis will accept grant applications until March 15, 2012, to distribute the proceeds totaling over $70,000 from its 66th annual Crab Feast held in August 2011. The Rotary Club of Annapolis has a long-standing tradition of commitment to the local community. Grant selection is done by a club committee which changes [...]
Annapolis Rotary Seeks Beneficiary
Each year the Rotary Club of Annapolis holds its Black Tie and Diamonds fund raiser to benefit one worthy cause or organization. The 2011 event raised $68,100 for the Light House shelter, and the 2012 event, planned for March 3, will benefit the Anne Arundel County Public Library Foundation. Nominations are now being sought from [...]
Costumes For A Cause
The Rotary Club of South Anne Arundel County is once again proud to host Costumes for a Cause. This year’s event will take place from 7:00 p.m. to midnight on Thursday October 27th, at Wild Willy’s Rock House & Sports Saloon; located at 2072 Somerville Rd. in Parole. Advance tickets are $30.00 each and include a complimentary [...]
Rotaract Cigar Dinner
The Annapolis Rotaract Club and The Smoke Shop will host their 4th annual Cigar Dinner to help raise funds for the club’s international charity project, the Philippine Box Project. This program was started by an Annapolis Rotaract founding member, Keith Villones, in 2008 as a cultural custom of returning to his homeland and bringing gifts [...]
Annapolis Rotary To Host Super Summit
District 7620 of Rotary International will host the Rotary Foundation Seminar and Super Summit from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sep. 10 at the Loews Annapolis Hotel, 126 West St., with a focus on six project areas. District 7620 encompasses Rotary Clubs in central Maryland and Washington, D.C. Topics of the seminar will include Basic [...]
Annapolis Rotary Installs New Officers
William J. Regan, of Annapolis, vice president of C&F Mortgage Co. in Annapolis, was recently installed as president of the Rotary Club of Annapolis for the 2011-2012 year. A Rotarian since March 2005, Mr. Regan has served as president-elect, vice president, secretary, and lane director of the club. Regan said he intends to focus on [...]
Rockbridge Student Wins $1,000 At Rotary Speech Contest
Daniel Dawson, 17, of Glen Burnie and a junior at Rockbridge Academy, a classical and Christian school in Millersville, won $1,000 at the Rotary International District Conference held April 30 in Ellicott City where he took second prize in the Rotary 4-Way Speech Contest. “This is the highest level any student from our area has [...]
The Rotary Is Seeking Students
The Rotary Club of Annapolis is seeking candidates for the Rotary International Outbound High School Foreign Exchange Student program. This opening is for Fall 2012 for a nine month period. The student must be between age 15 and 18.5 at departure time overseas. More details are available at www.StudentExchange.org. Local interviews, including parents, will be [...]
Annapolis Rotary Announces Grant Recipients
The Rotary Club of Annapolis has announced grants totaling $49,500 from the net proceeds of the August 2010 World’s Largest Crab Feast. The club received requests from 93 organizations for more than $400,000, and funded 42 of the requests. Recipients and amounts distributed are: $3,500 – Rebuilding Together. $3,000 – Anne Arundel County CASA Inc. [...]
June Rotary Speakers
The Rotary Club of Annapolis has announced upcoming speakers for June, with luncheon meetings at noon at the Annapolis Yacht Club on Compromise Street in Annapolis: June 2 – Club member Keith Jones will present ways to keep your computer safe while surfing the Web and other tips to keep in mind for a virus [...]
Save The Date–Crab Feast 2011
The Rotary Club of Annapolis is gearing up for its 66th annual Crab Feast scheduled for Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. This special event is not only the world’s largest crab feast but also a major fund-raiser which benefits local community and cultural [...]
Golfing For Charity-May 17
Four Annapolis organizations are banding together again during challenging economic times to raise money for charitable causes. The Rotary Club of Annapolis, the Annapolis Lions Club, the Annapolis Optimists Club, and Annapolis Masonic Lodge No. 89 will host the second annual Golfing for Charity event on May 17 at the Eisenhower Golf Course in Crownsville. [...]
BBQ Contest And Festival Benefits Children’s Cancer Research
<–got a hankerin’ for some ribs? Be sure to share this with your facebook friends and twitter followers by using the icons to the left! The Parole Rotary Foundation is combining the biggest Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS) Sanctioned contest in Maryland with a festival for all ages featuring food, music, local artists and crafts. [...]
Area Service Organizations To Host Golf Outing
Four Annapolis organizations are banding together again during challenging economic times to raise money for charitable causes. The Rotary Club of Annapolis, the Annapolis Lions Club, the Annapolis Optimists Club, and Annapolis Masonic Lodge No. 89 will host the second annual Golfing for Charity event on May 17 at the Eisenhower Golf Course in Crownsville. [...]
Spring 5K Run/Walk In Annapolis
The public is invited to register for the “Moving Around The World” 5K Run and Walk sponsored by the Rotary Club of Annapolis and the Rotaract Club of Annapolis on April 9. Race packet pick-up and registration is from 8:45-9:45 a.m. with runners beginning at 10 a.m. followed by the walkers. The event will be [...]
Black Tie & Diamonds
Tickets are on sale now for the 8th annual Black Tie and Diamonds Gala sponsored by the Rotary of Annapolis Foundation Inc. on Saturday, March 5 from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Westin Hotel, 100 Westgate Circle, in Annapolis. The gala benefits the Light House, a homeless prevention support center in Annapolis. Cocktails will [...]
Grants Available From Rotary Crab Feast
The Rotary Club of Annapolis will accept grant applications now until March 15, 2011, to distribute the proceeds from its 65th annual Crab Feast held in August 2010. The Rotary Club of Annapolis has a long-standing tradition of commitment to the local community. Grant selection is done by a club committee which changes each year [...]
Rotary Speaker Lineup For February
The Rotary Club of Annapolis has announced upcoming speakers for February. Feb. 3 – Dr. Clark “Corky” Graham, a member of the Annapolis Rotary Club, will discuss the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program which involves mentoring local youth at the Boys and Girls Club of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County. Feb. 10 – [...]
3rd Annual Cigar Dinner Benefit
The public is invited to attend the 3rd Annual Cigar Dinner hosted by the Annapolis Rotaract Club from 6 to 11 p.m. Thursday, September 23, at the Port Annapolis Pavilion, 7074 Bembe Beach Rd., Annapolis. Cigar giveaways will be from Davidoff, Padron, and Rocky Patel. A full dinner will be donated by Luna Blu and [...]
$95K Rotary Scholarships Available
Rotary District 7620, which includes most of Maryland and Washington, D.C., is pleased to call for applications for three types of scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year. 1. Ambassador Scholarship for $25,000 to serve as Rotary ambassador abroad and pursue a graduate school program in an area that may lead to public service in health, [...]
Got Crabs?
It’s that time of year again! The Rotary Club of Annapolis is gearing up for its 65th annual Crab Feast scheduled for Friday, Aug. 6, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. This special event is not only the world’s largest crab feast but also a major fund-raiser which [...]
