Rotary celebrates year with awards and installation of new board
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The Rotary Club of Marco Island Noontime celebrated its successful 2020-21 Year and installed the new officers and board for the 2021-22 Rotary year.
The meeting opened with invocation and pledge by club member, Reverend Jessica Babcock. Linda Sandlin, outgoing president, wrapped up the year, “This has been a challenging year for the world, our country, and our community but all of you have risen to the challenge and I am so proud and grateful to all of you.
“Rotary is all about doing good in our communities and in the world. We are people of action. For the hungry you supported Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Our Daily Bread, Collier Harvest and Meals of Hope. For the children, you supported eight college scholarships, Educate the Children, Shelter for Abused Women & Children, Joy of Giving, Camp Florida, District Youth Peace Action, District Literacy Committee, Project Graduation, the Center for the
Marco Island Rotary Club Noontime announces 2021 scholarship recipients
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Rotary International’s founder, Paul P. Harris, once said, “Rotary changes us and those we serve. I believe we can change the world one life at a time.”
As to Scholarship Committee Chair Durell Buzzini said, “the members of the Marco Island Rotary Club Noontime hope that in some small way they have made a difference in the lives of eight deserving local graduating high school seniors.”
The Noontime Club has been helping students through its scholarship program for almost 50 years. From modest beginnings, the program has grown but this year the Club was presented with unique and significant challenges. The pandemic severely limited the ability of Marco Island Rotary Club Noontime to raise the usual funds to support the Scholarship Program. The club was not to be deterred however so despite this obstacle, the members were still able to award seven Freshmen Grants of $3,000 each and one fou
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