West Jax Rotary

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The Rotary Club of West Jacksonville partnered with Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) to partner on a memorial to Jerry Spinks during Riverside Avondale’s Luminaria event, Sunday, December 18th.
Jerry was a driving force behind this annual event since its inception in 1984. A luminary display in the shape of a bowtie with the [...]

Every other year the Rotary Club of West Jacksonville members are fortunate to enjoy VIP privileges for the Friday presentation of the Jacksonville Airshow featuring the Blue Angels at NAS Jax. Since 2011 is the 100th anniversary of naval aviation West Jax Rotary members will get to enjoy VIP status for the second year [...]

Rotary Day with the Jacksonville Jaguars
On Sunday, December 11th, the Jacksonville Jaguars will be taking the field against their state rivals, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Kick-off will be at 1:00 p.m.
This is a chance for all West Jax Rotarians to come to the game and fellowship with Rotarians from across Northeast Florida.
It will also [...]

On May 24, 2011, in a speech to 19,000 Rotarians, Bill Gates challenged the organization to make polio a disease of the present so it can become a disease of the past.

Over 25 years, Rotary International has contributed more than $1B to eradicate polio, and has teamed with the foundation to raise $555 million and help stamp out “the final 1 percent.” At Rotary’s annual convention of Rotarians from 160 countries, Bill urged members to keep the issue alive globally and with their local government leaders.

The 2010 Chaffee Trail Elementary School EarlyAct Club is hard at work during its third year, as the club’s motivated students complete weekly community service projects and learn about Rotarian service. The group of 31 fourth and fifth graders is led by Chaffee Trail teachers Lois Ivey and Michelle Tyson. The EarlyAct students receive support from Bishop John J. Snyder High School Interact sponsor GiGi Carroll who brings Interact Club students to work with the EarlyAct members. The Interact students offer peer mentoring to help the children develop their confidence, build social skills, and foster new friendships.

William W. “Bill” Gay was selected for the Rotary Club of West Jacksonville District 6970 Rotary Service Above Self Award on 8/12/09. The award was presented by the District Governor, Dave Faraldo and President of the West Jacksonville Rotary Club, John Runion.

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 [...]

The Centennial Project for the Rotary Club of West Jacksonville is currently featured on the home page of Rotary International. The culmination of several years work, the Miracle League baseball field is an ADA facility for the mentally and physically disabled. We continue to fund the local “Miracle League” in support of this [...]

Photos of our Argentine Rotarian partners (La Plata Sur) visiting the Diabetes Education Center which we support w/ matching grant 58561.
They send greetings to you from their president, Raul Vetere, as well as to our entire club:
Hola estimada Lorraine ,
Soy Alejandro Toporkov el director de la avenida internacional de este año miembro del [...]

For their spring project, BSHS Interact Club sponsored a silver war to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project.