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Club Meets
11:45 AM Mondays
Spotswood Country Club
1980 Country Club Road
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
11:45 AM Mondays
Spotswood Country Club
1980 Country Club Road
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
Welcome to the Rotary Club of Harrisonburg
Welcome to the Rotary Club of Harrisonburg, a service organization of business and community leaders from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham County area of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Club members are deeply committed to Rotary International's motto of "Service Above Self" and work together on a variety of community and international projects that have touched thousands of people since the Club was founded on April 21, 1921. Benefits of club membership include numerous service, networking and fellowship opportunities.
The Club meets each Monday at Spotswood Country Club, 1980 Country Club Rd. in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Meetings start at 11:45 AM. Visiting Rotarians are welcome. If you are unable to make it to our Monday meeting, please help keep up our club’s good attendance record by making up at another club within two weeks before or after the missed meeting. Local make-up opportunities are here.
The Club meets each Monday at Spotswood Country Club, 1980 Country Club Rd. in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Meetings start at 11:45 AM. Visiting Rotarians are welcome. If you are unable to make it to our Monday meeting, please help keep up our club’s good attendance record by making up at another club within two weeks before or after the missed meeting. Local make-up opportunities are here.
Club News
2013 Ethics Awards Program
The Rotary Club of Harrisonburg will hold its Annual Ethics Awards Program for 68 area elementary, middle and high school students on May 13, 2013 at the JMU Festival Conference and Student Center. The keynote speaker this year will be Kenny Brooks, JMU Women's Basketball Coach.
One female and male student in the highest grade level in each school were selected for the Ethics Award by the school for their high ethical standards. During the awards ceremony, the Four Way Test will be presented to the students as a guide for their ethical behaviour throughout their lives and each ethics award-winning student will be individually recognized and presented a plaque. Students' parents or guardians and school principals will attend the awards ceremony as guests of the Club.
One female and male student in the highest grade level in each school were selected for the Ethics Award by the school for their high ethical standards. During the awards ceremony, the Four Way Test will be presented to the students as a guide for their ethical behaviour throughout their lives and each ethics award-winning student will be individually recognized and presented a plaque. Students' parents or guardians and school principals will attend the awards ceremony as guests of the Club.
2013 Blacks Run Clean-up Day, Saturday April 14
On Saturday, April 14th 22 Rotarians, family members and Rotaractors participated in the 16th annual Blacks Run Clean-up, working with 450 other volunteers to remove 2 ½ tons of trash from the stream. It was a multi-generational crew that once again anchored the most upstream portion of the clean-up. For the half-dozen youngest members the clean-up quickly became a treasure hunt, but for the rest of the Rotary team it was a chance to free the stream of everything from air mattresses to tarps to wooden pallets to the usual assortment of old tires. Special thanks to the JMU Rotaractors (pictured at left) for mobilizing for the cause, to the Rotarians and family members who came out, and to those who couldn’t be there in person but gave us the wherewithal to get the job done by loaning us their pick-up trucks for the day.
2013 District 7570 Conference Awards and Attendance
The Rotary Club of Harrisonburg won a Gold Club Award and the Best (Web Site)Dashboard Award at the District 7570 Conference at the Homestead March 15-17. Five Rotaracters from the JMU Rotaract Club and number of students from the Harrisonburg High Schooll Interact Club attended the Conference. Both Clubs are sponsored by the Rotary Club of Harrisonburg.
2013 International Students' Dinner
Approximately twenty-five members of Rotary Club of Harrisonburg, their spouses and fifty international students braved the ice and cold to attend the annual International Students Banquet hosted by the club, Friday, January 25, 2012. The event was held in the Highlands Room of the James Madison University Festival Center and provided the students with an opportunity to interact with Rotarians. Sometimes these encounters lead to ongoing connections. The Kenya Shoe Project which supports Well of Hope was begun as a result of Lynn Dively meeting a student from Kenya who shared about the difficulties back home.
Students attended from countries in Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe and are enrolled in local colleges and universities. John Downey of the Harrisonburg club usually brings a significant number of students from Blue Ridge Community College to the event. The timing of the banquet coincides with the annual conference conducted by the Office of International Programs at JMU. The program began with a Mediterrean cuisine inspired meal followed by a brief program where several students were recognized for submitting exemplary resumes. Assistant District Governor, Chns Runion shared about how Rotary can impact a community and encouraged students to become involved in service as part of their personal and professional development. One of the highlights of the evening was "human bingo" where all participants spent time meeting one another and sought to fill in the blocks on their "bingo" card. Each year, theRotarians who attend remark about how much they enjoy the evening and are enriched by spending time with students from around the world.
Students attended from countries in Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe and are enrolled in local colleges and universities. John Downey of the Harrisonburg club usually brings a significant number of students from Blue Ridge Community College to the event. The timing of the banquet coincides with the annual conference conducted by the Office of International Programs at JMU. The program began with a Mediterrean cuisine inspired meal followed by a brief program where several students were recognized for submitting exemplary resumes. Assistant District Governor, Chns Runion shared about how Rotary can impact a community and encouraged students to become involved in service as part of their personal and professional development. One of the highlights of the evening was "human bingo" where all participants spent time meeting one another and sought to fill in the blocks on their "bingo" card. Each year, theRotarians who attend remark about how much they enjoy the evening and are enriched by spending time with students from around the world.
Club Sponsors Two District 7570 Scholarship Winners
Three District 7570 Scholarships were awarded by the District's Scholarship Committee in the amount of $27,500 for a year's study abroad. Two of the recipients, Kathleen Sensabaugh and Thanh Ta were sponsored by the Rotary Club of Harrisonburg.
Sensabaugh is a 2012 graduate of James Madison University and plans to do work towards a Master's Degree in South Africa. This is in keeping with her passion about Apartheid and the current peace building and reconciliation efforts. Among other honors, she received a RYLA scholarship during her under-graduate Years.
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Ta will graduate from James Madison University in Spring 2012 and plans to attend a university in South Africa where she will focus her studies on conflict prevention and resolution. Her picture shows her in Ghana where she participated in a study abroad program in the summer of 2012. More information about Ta's background and plans are available at the following James Madison University link:
A Rotary scholar and humanitarian goes abroad |
Club Events
2013 Harrisonburg Rotary Local Charities Golf Tournament
April 19, 2013
April 19, 2013
The Rotary CLub of Harrisonburg Foundation will hold its annual Harrisonburg Rotary Local Charities Golf Tournament Presented by LD&B on April 19, 2013. This annual event has become one of the largest and most successful charity golf tournaments in Virginia. The tournament will be played on all 36 holes at Lakeview Golf Club. For more information, click here.
Updated: April 17, 2013
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