“ heard it on the grapevine………….”

A collection of news of interest to James City County Rotarians.

Sunday, August 22nd was another day of work on the parking lot pavement at James River Elementary School for our District Grant project. To see images of our Rotarians at work please visit the Satellite News web page.

A staffing change at Los Paisanos has resulted in the shift of venue for our August 17th meeting to the Elements 1010 Restaurant in the Kingsmill Resort. Kingsmill needs a head count of the those dining at the buffet. Please let Ron Lynde, lynde@cox.net know by noon Sunday, 15 August if you will be eating breakfast with the group on Tuesday morning.

Help James River Elementary School raise funds by linking your Harris Teeter VIC card via their Together in Education (TIE) program. Give the Harris Teeter cashier the code #8130 for JRES at checkout and your card will be linked for the entire school year.

Help raise funds through sponsorship opportunities at our upcoming September 21st Golf Tournament. Click here for the sponsorship details.

Recently Stacy Solano was inducted into the Satellite Club. Stacy is a nurse at Sentara. Welcome Stacy!

The Arc needs volunteers to help in August. Please visit our web page Volunteer Here to find the sign up link.

The Dictionaries for Third Graders project planning is underway with Victor Holman and Drew Gilfillan leading the effort. Plan is to distribute dictionaries on Tuesday, November 2nd.

The next club golf tournament at the Kingsmill Resort River Course will be Tuesday, September 21st. Click here for the tournament flyer.

The Satellite Club will resume meetings in a hybrid format on July 14th at a new location, Riverside Doctors Hospital. For more details see the Satellite Club web page.

The Rotary Club of Williamsburg invites interested Rotarians to join their zoom program on June 17th at 6:30 PM. Their guest speakers for this meeting will be Dr. Ziette Hayes and Dr.Christopher Sinesi from the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute. To receive the zoom invite please email Club Secretary, Terry Lovvorn, at williamsburgrotary@gmail.com.

The District Grant to provide parking lot instructional enhancements at James River Elementary School has been approved!

John Enright is looking for a volunteer to take over collecting items for FISH.

The District 7600 Change of Leadership Luncheon will be on July 10th at the Colonial Heritage Country Club. Please register by July 6th. Registration is open on DacDb.

“12th Annual Williamsburg Landing 5k for The Arc,” Saturday, Oct 2nd, at Williamsburg Landing. “ This is a benefit event for The Arc organized by the Satellite Club. If you can help as a volunteer or as a participant that would be very much appreciated.

14 March - The in-person group that met at the Pancake House during our last meeting had a great time. Ron Lynde has taken the ‘bull by the horns” and invites everyone to meet at the National Pancake House every Tuesday morning. Ron reports “It has been a while since most of us met face to face, and we miss the fellowship and camaraderie. A number of us have had our covid shots and want to meet in person. If you feel comfortable with meeting in person, please join us. We are going to start meeting every Tuesday at the National Pancake and Waffle house on 7105 Pocahontas Trail at 7:00am. The restaurant serves a good breakfast at reasonable prices or you can just have coffee. We will join in the regular JCC Rotary Club meeting on the first and third Tuesdays via Zoom with a projector and screen. On the Tuesdays when there is not a regular meeting we will still meet at the restaurant for breakfast and fellowship at 7:00am. I know some of you do not like to participate in Zoom meetings, so this is your chance to meet in person like we have always done since you joined Rotary. Hope to see you at the National Pancake House this Tuesday, March 16th at 7:00am.

2 March - The club board will meet the second Tuesday of each month at 7 PM, ideally in a hybrid format using zoom, through June/end of Rotary year. All club members are welcome. Nancy Carter will send out the zoom link the afternoon of the day of each board meeting. Agenda items should be submitted to Nancy before noon on the Monday just before.

1 March - The Satellite Club will induct two new members at their March 10th meeting. Please welcome Bonnie Keppel and Yvonne Bjorklund.

1 March - Registrations for the District 7600 Golf Outing at the Kingsmill River Course are due by April 6th. For more info click here. Jack Clark and Gary Chenault can provide more info.

1 March - John Enright will be collecting items for FISH at the National Pancake House before each meeting. Items needed are: Grape Jelly, Dried Beans, Canned Baked Beans, Powdered Milk, Regular Instant Coffee, Canned Fruits, Healthful Packaged Snacks. Sorry, but no used clothing can be accepted at this time, However, new clothing and personal hygiene items may be accepted.

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27 February - Heard from the District 7600 Foundation Report. 14 of 69 Rotarians in our clubs (breakfast and satellite) have donated to the Foundation. If you wish to donate to the foundation this year, please visit your personal my.rotary.com account. Our club is currently at 24% in meeting our annual goal of giving $9,000 to the Rotary Foundation this Rotary year. We hope that every Rotarian will support to the Foundation every year. For more info either contact Jerry, Hal, or Mike, or visit the Rotary Foundation page found under Contact Us.

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25 Feb - Ron Lynde has arranged an in-person venue for our next meeting March 2nd at the National Pancake House, 7105 Pocahontas Trail. Doors open at 7 AM. Coffee and pancakes anyone as you zoom into our online meeting? Costs borne by the individuals present. Please contact Ron if interested.

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24 Feb - Welcome to our newest member of the Satellite Club! Bonnie Keppel is the Director of HR for Sentara Williamsburg. She moved from Harrisonburg to Williamsburg about four years ago. Welcome Bonnie!

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The Arc of Williamsburg is in need of volunteer drivers. If you can help contact The Arc directly (see their web page under Service) or contact club member Sue Harmon.

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Our own Club member, Crystal Bright is an External Affairs Manager with Dominion Energy. She has arranged for our Club to have a Dominion Energy guest speaker on Tuesday, March 2nd at 7 AM to talk about Dominion Energy’s offshore wind project.  The Dominion Energy project is known as the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.  If you cannot make the meeting on March the 2nd at 7 AM there are additional opportunities for you to learn about this project listed below:

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Our local Kiwanis Club of Williamsburg is having their 2nd Annual Golf Tournament on Saturday, April 17th on the Kingsmill Resort River Course.

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Looking for LPGA Pure Silk Tournament volunteers. Tournament runs May 17th thru May 23rd, actual competition the 20th thru the 23rd. Our club will be marshalling at hole #2. District 7600 Rotary is marshalling at hole #15. If you are interested in helping at hole #2 please contact Bill Brauer. If you are interested in helping at hole #15 please contact Gary Chenault. There are 2 shifts each day. Four volunteers are needed for each shift. Due to COVID, there will be no spectators this year. Click here for the volunteer registration website. Volunteers pay $120 for the uniform and other perks. For more information please contact Jack Clark at jack.clark201@cox.net.

Our local Kiwanis Club of Williamsburg is having their 2nd Annual Golf Tournament on Saturday, April 17th on the Kingsmill Resort River Course. Click here for the tournament flyer.

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