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Rotary Weekly Meeting
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at 12:15 pm





Speaker:  Sara Nuñez 
Executive Director, Pace Center for Girls


We meet at the Global Event Center, 416 NE 1st Street, for the live meeting.
Join us at noon.  The meeting will begin at 12:15 pm.
Email [email protected] with questions. 

A lunch buffet is provided by Hugh's Catering.

Parking Update: December 6, 2023:


Please note that on Wednesdays during our lunch meetings, we have free parking if you arrive between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
If you arrive after 12:30 p.m., please be sure to pay for the time you need to
avoid getting a ticket. 



Click here on Wednesday anytime after 12:00 to participate in the Zoom meeting.

You can also dial in, but you will not see the PowerPoint or video feeds.
To dial in call:  646-558-8656 and use this Meeting ID:  954 424 0731
Password:  275406


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THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO
BUILT THE FLOAT AND TO THOSE
WHO CAME ON SATURDAY TO RIDE
(OR WALK) WITH US!

A SPECIAL THANK-YOU TO JON HINES
AND CBI FOR PROVIDING THE TRAILER.



Mike holding light for Jorg (photo courtesy of St. George)


Working on the finishing touches.


How tall ARE you, Jon?


Artun (proposed member), Mike, Mark & Olivia


Adrienne proudly displays her banner design.


Past District Governor Alan Cohn helping Victoria onto the float.
Thanks for your support Alan!



Post parade lunch at the Riverside.


Back to CBI before dismantling.




 


ROTARY CARES PROJECT

PLEASE HELP US PUT A SMILE ON A CHILD’S FACE!

 
Our hearts go out to help our neighbors in need, especially our youngest children.  Each year somewhere around two hundred elementary school students in Fort Lauderdale experience homelessness.  The Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale, in collaboration with the City of Fort Lauderdale and other local partners, is collecting food and comfort items to replenish resource rooms at North Fork, Thurgood Marshall, Westwood Heights, and Walker Elementary Schools.  Our liaisons at these schools will use these resource rooms to prepare personalized family care packages that will provide school supplies and minimum necessities for a dignified, safe, and healthy life to homeless families.
 
Here are four ways you, your business or organization can make a difference:
 
1.    Start your own personal collection drive for select new or gently used items.
2.    Go to our Amazon Wishlist and purchase essential items.
3.    Donate to the Rotary 1090 Foundation to purchase comfort items for our kids.
4.    Host a collection drop-off location.
 
Click here to shop our wish list on Amazon.
Click here to see a list of items needed. (Highlighted items)
Click here to make a donation through our 1090 Foundation.

Deadline:  April 5, 2024


For more information and drop off locations, contact:
Jorg Hruschka at [email protected].

 



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Rick Riccardi

2023-2024 Club President


Club President Letter 2023-24

Hello Fellow Ft. Lauderdale Rotarians,

I’m so proud to be your President this year. This is not a “job” I had hoped for in my later years but one that I’m excited about, and more than willing to do. “Service Above Self” and being a “Servant Leader” are principles in life (not just in Rotary) that I, hopefully, will be positively measured by.

This year, thankfully, does not have the obstacles of COVID and the aftermath of COVID to deal with. Thanks to Perry, Terry, and Jaye, our three previous leaders, I now have the opportunity to lead this club to new heights of accomplishments.

We are off to a good start with so many of you stepping up to participate in so many ways. Every member will be asked and given the opportunity to be of service to the club or to the community. We are all here to be of service, and hopefully you will all find that opportunity by serving on a committee or participating in one or more service projects. For that reason, I will make sure you all know about each committee and service project, week after week.

I would like to initiate two new long-term service projects for our club that, I believe, conform with Rotary International’s initiatives on “Bringing Hope to The World”. The first is Homelessness and Behavioral Health (including mental health and substance-use disorder).  The second is Urban Farming or “Agrihood” to bring better health (mental and physical) to our neighborhoods.

I will make sure that the new members are welcomed with enthusiasm and are included immediately in our weekly luncheons and service projects. I will ask you members with more time in our club to be of service to the club by sharing your time with other members who need to feel wanted and included. To help this along, I’m promoting the idea of a random seating system at lunch for those of you who don’t have a guest or have some reason to have to sit with a specific member.

I’m also trying a new weekly meeting structure. In order to get to know each other better, I’m asking you to volunteer to tell us who you are. On the first Wednesday of each month, we will have a club meeting that will include two of our members who are willing to tell us their story in a 12-minute presentation, with or without slides.

We will continue to have our evening social meeting on the last Wednesday of the month and continue to have our speaker luncheon meetings the other two or three Wednesdays each month.

We now have about 120 members, of which about 50 are new in the last two years. Our intention is to have more new members to replace and exceed the average 15% of members who leave the club each year. This club is here to serve each other and to serve the community – local and worldwide. Let’s let the community know what we do and how we serve, so others may have the opportunity to join us in service. I look forward to our Public Image Committee, with all its Information Technology commitment and talent, being very busy this year getting the word out on our club’s behalf.

Let’s be the best we can be.

Rick

Rick Riccardi, Club President 2023-24
Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale

International Projects

Volunteer With Us

As we begin our Rotary year, here is a quick reminder of the service projects we have on our schedule so far. We do not have exact dates for everything, but please keep these projects in mind and be on the lookout for more information. If you would like to help with any of these projects, please contact the chair directly. If you have ideas for new projects, please contact Kristin LaFleur or St. George Guardabassi.

  • Find Your Way Home – Jorg Hruschka – Select Tuesdays and Thursdays
  • Holiday Toy Drive – Linda Cooke – October – December
  • Thanksgiving Baskets – Steve Botkin – Saturday, November 18
  • Salvation Army Bell Ringing – Steve Botkin – December
  • Challenge Air – Dan Rizzi – January 26 & 27
  • Agape Love Breakfast – Gail Auguston-Koppen – February 9 & 10

Rotarians In Action


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