West Jax Rotary

On July 25th, the Rotary Club of West Jacksonville stepped up to the challenge of selling 14,000 pounds of blueberries with only 4 days of advance notice and publicity. At the club meeting on July 22nd, many members volunteered to spend part of their Saturday working the blueberry stands in San Marco and Avondale.
As [...]

As mentioned at last week’s meeting, we will be meeting at the Jacksonville Municpal Stadium on Wednesday, July 22, at NOON for our regular meeting. Lunch will be served at NOON on that day. Please note the time. NOON.
We will need a complete head count by this Wednesday, July 15, of all those [...]

The Bishop Snyder Interact and Chaffee Trail EarlyAct clubs raised money in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life on May 8th at Bishop Snyder High School. The clubs sponsored the “Toilet Toss”, where contestants tossed rolls of toilet paper into various decorated toilets for prizes.
The toilets were initially used in the [...]

As you can see from the picture, the Chaffee Trail Elementary EarlyAct kids had a blast celebrating Earth Day by planting two beautiful Crepe Myrtles at the school entrance. The club now now has a remembrance of the first Early Act Club! Special thanks to West Jax Rotarian Craig Hartwig for the donation of the [...]

The Rotary Club of West Jacksonville is soliciting applications from 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations for creative community service projects directed to the needs and quality of life in Jacksonville.
This is the last week for charities to submit Charity Grant applications. If you know of a charity that may be interested, please have them download the information [...]

The 4th Annual Rotary Spring Clays Shoot sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of West Jacksonville and Southpoint will be held on April 23rd. Once again, the event will be held at WW Sporting Clays. If you would like to participate, please download the entry form and return to Scott Houser.

Once a year all the clubs from our District come together to hear about the new theme for the Rotary Year 2009-2010 and the goals and objectives from our District Governor Elect, Dave Faraldo. There are break out session, like Foundation, Programs, Membership, Youth Exchange, RYLA, Interact, Club Data Base, World Community Projects and more. If you are in a current leadership role then you are expected to attend and if you are a relatively new member and want to learn more about Rotary you are encouraged to attend. This Assembly is for ALL ROTARIAN’S. So everyone is invited!

This is a quick reminder regarding the blood drive for this Wednesday, March 4. The bloodmobile will be at the Holiday Inn from 11 am to 3 pm.
Please plan to roll up your sleeves for the community! Contact Bill Howey with any questions.

Country Lunch & Bus “Windshield” Tour of
Cecil Commerce Center and Aviation Facility
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Show time: Meeting & Lunch start at 12 Noon; Bus tours start at 1230
Contact Phil Voss to sign-up
Download directions to the location where we will be meeting.
1. Barry Allred
2. Ken Baker
3. Diane Ballard
4. David Barksdale
5. John Barley
6. Wally Barrs
7. Chris [...]

We have special program scheduled for Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at the same time same place. Our Club has worked for over two months to put this program together. Now we need your support! If you have not already done so, please sign up by emailing Patti at Rotaryexecsec@aol.com or calling Patti [...]