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    sunrise rotary vero beach invites you to join us !    

Welcome to Sunrise Rotary Vero Beach! 

We meet on Wednesday mornings at 7:00 a.m. (breakfast available at 6:30 a.m.) at the Riverhouse - 305 Acacia Road.

Chartered in 1989, Sunrise Rotary Vero Beach is made up of members of our community who volunteer throughout Vero Beach, Indian River County, the state of Florida and internationally under the motto 'Service Above Self.'

Some of our areas of focus indclude improving our environment, combating hunger, impacting the health and welfare needs of a variety of popultaions, providing education and job training, promoting peace, eradicating polio and so much more!  

We are small business owners, corporate executives, non-profit leaders, government officials, as well as retired executives and professionals who meet weekly to share camaraderie, hear from speakers on important topics, and plan meaningful projects to benefit others.

Contact Us Now to Learn More.

                          

SPEAKERS/PROGRAMS FOR OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS

December 13th:      Dr. David Moore - Indian River School District

December 20th:      Club Assembly

December 27th: NO MEETING

 

          

 

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CHRISTMAS PARADE!

                                     

 

                                

 

    

All hands were on deck to provide another great Christmas parade for our community.  90 + entries were in the parade.  Thousands of people lined the streets and tuned in live on Facebook to watch.  

BELL RINGING

                                         

 

                                       

Several of our Rotarians gave of their time by rinigng the bell for the Salvation Army.  This is an annual event for our Club.  

THANKSGIVING MEAL PACKING

                                

                                

Thank you Joe Conrado, Justin Lefebure, Bill Edelstein, Cathy Penderleith, Debbie Avery, and Gail DeRoy for putting together the Thanksgiving dinners that will be distributed to local families.  

CAN CHALLENGE

Imagine Rotakids participaten in the Can Challenge, which was sponsored by Sunrise Rotary. They collecteed over 1,000 cans that were later donated to the local food bank.

NEW LITTLE FREE LIBRARY

Thank you Jim Parks for building and installing our new Little Free Library at Shady Oaks Park. This LFL was dedicated to Buddy Dawson, a longtime Rotarian.  

COMMUNITY FRIDGE GRAND OPENING

                                      

Sunrise Rotary recently held a community fridge grand opening at the Mueller campus of IRSC.  The refrigerator was donated by David Thompson and Laura and David Kennedy in memory of their father, Jim Thompson, a 65 year Rotarian and member of Sunrise Rotary.  The refrigerator is located in a room that also provides space for dry goods, personal hygiene items, clothing and shoes.  

LEARNING ALLIANCE

Barbara Hammond, Wendy Orthober, Pam O'Donnell, and Moonshot puppet enjoying the Learning Alliance & Dr. Moore "meet and greet" at Counter Culture. Attending was a network of local, state, and national policy makers, researchers, and practitioners.

TREASURE COAST GIRLS COALITION

Pictured above at a recent event held by the Treasure Coast Girls Coalition: Shala Edwards , Director and Sunrise Rotarians Wilfred Hart and Pam O'Donnell.

INTERACT CLUB NEWS

Rotarians Mike Murphy and Gail DeRoy with Interact students Sophie Schlaeper, Lindsay Dillahey, and teacher Mr. Doutrich at an event at IRCHS.

DISASTER RELIEF TRAILER

                      

                              

          

Sunrise Rotarians are pictured stocking the disaster relief trailers that are maintained by our Club.  President, Justin Lefebure, (Bottom picture - Right) delivered the trailer to Mayo Florida (north west of Gainesville and East of Perry) to be used by Rotary clubs in the area to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Idalia. 

*****UPDATE*****

Justin, and his wife, Michelle, delivered the second fully stocked trailer to Mayo, Florida. 

ANOTHER COMMUNITY REFRIGERATOR

                                                         

Sunrise Rotary partnered with other local agencies to establish another community refrigerator.  Pictured above (L-R): Wanda Scott (Fridge Coordinator), Sue Flak, Sister Mary Jackson, Chief Touchberry, Pam O'Donnell, Debbie Martens, and Jill Brown at the grand opening of the Gifford Community Fridge.

ENCOURAGING FUTURE ROTARIANS

                   

Rotarians Pam O'Donnell, Mike Murphy, and Gail DeRoy supporting Trent (past presidnet of the IRCHS Interact Club) and Lindsey (current president) during the Rotakids and Jurior Interact Orientation/Open House at Imagine Schools at South Vero.  

CITRUS CLEAN UP

Brian, Pam, Gail and Cathy are pictued getting the rain garden in shape for the new school year.  Sunrise Rotary sponsors the garden at Citrus Elementary.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

               

                                                                                                                                                           

Club members collected supplies for local schools over a period of several weeks.  Pictured Left:  Gail DeRoy delivers to Indian River County School District.  Pictured Rigt:  Pam O'Donnell delivers to Fellsmere Elementary.      

POLLUTION MAPPING PROJECT

                                              

                              

 

 

                                         

   

Sunrise Rotary is involved with the Ocean Research & Conservation Association’s Pollution Mapping Project on a regular basis.  The most recent expedition Saturday included Rotarians Mike Murphy, Jack Diehl, Kathy Lindsey, Justin Lefebure.  They collected samples from the lagoon then analyzed and reported their findings at ORCA’s Center for Citizen Science.  The two lagoon sampling sites our members monitor on a regular basis are the areas behind the Riverhouse and the dog park. This sampling provides needed data to initiate and maintain conservation actions. The purpose of the poject is to educatte and engage community members in solving the problmes that lead to the degradation of the Indian River lagoon.  

 

RIVERSIDE PARK CLEAN UP

A group of our Sunrise Rotarians spent their Saturday morning beautifying Riverside Park.  

TREASURE COAST ELEMENTARY

 

Sunrise Rotary sponsored a Family Engagement Night for the Early Learning Program at Treasure Coast Elementary.  Pictured helping serve dinner to over 100 attendees are Rotarians:  Drew, Megan, Pam, Chris, Kristin, and Rob.

GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP

                                                      

                                                                                 

Members of our club helping with the Great American Cleanup.    

Nationally - 14,056,283 pounds of liter and debris  collected and 2,449,669 pounds of items recycled!!!

 

CAREER FAIR

Sunrise Rotarians, Pam O'Donnell, Wilfred Hart, and Gail Marcia DeRoy participated in a carrer fair at Treasure Coast Technical College.

SUPPORTING OTHER ROTARY CLUBS

 

Pam and Gene O’Donnell, Lyn Kenney, Wendy Orthober, Linda Scalco, Tom and Rita Groendyke, Bill and Patrice Stapleton, Mike and Kristy Murphy and Debbie Avery supported the Rotary Club of Port St. Lucie by attending their Motown fundraising event with proceeds benefiting their Haiti project. 

MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH

 

  

 

 

                             

                                

A large number of willing Sunrise Rotarians turned out to help with our annual Mother’s Day brunch for the residents of St. Francis Manor.  Members brought delicious homemade items for the buffet and donated money for door prizes. Everyone attending received one as well as had a chance to win one of four bonus door prizes.  All the ladies received a carnation given by Brian and Leigh Carman.  Everyone enjoyed the food, fun and fellowship.

GIFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL

 

Bob McCabe, Wilfred Hart, Jane Burton and Markus Mueller presented laptop computers to eight (8) students at Gifford Middle School for their exceptional test scores including one student who had perfect test scores in math and reading! 

INTERACT AWARDS

                                   

Pam O’Donnell, Gail Marcia DeRoy, Linda Scalso, Mike Murphy, and Rex Taylor presented Zone 34 Interact awards at Indian River Charter High School.

 

TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK

Sunrise Rotarians, Pam O’Donnell and Chris Steinkrauss, with Principal, Tosha Jones, and Assistant Principal, Kim Rahal, during Teacher Appreciation Week at Citrus Elementary School.

ROTARY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

Congratulations to (front row left to right) Judith Lennox, Chris Steinkrauss, Jane Burton, Mike Murphy, Lisa Gehin, (back row left to right) Justin Lefebure, Pam O’Donnell and Tarik Kawi our most recent Rotary Leadership graduates.  Also pictured, Arthur Hodge, instructor, and Chairman of our Sunrise Rotary Foundation. 

   

NEW MEMBERS 2023

NEW MEMBERS JULY - DECEMBER 2022

   ♦ Get to know these members by clicking on their picture 

 

                                   

     CLARE MESHOT         HARRISON BENNETT                  BOB HILDRETH

 

                                                 

        KYLE CASTLE                   KRISTIN JEWELL                         LYN KENNEY

ROTARY MEANS BUSINESS

Rotary Means Business meets the first Thursday of each month 

7:30 - 8:30am

Baci Trattoria - 1918 14TH Avenue

 Contact a Sunrise Rotarian for your invitation

Rotarians are welcome!  

Rotary Means Business encourages Rotarians to support the success of their fellow Rotarians

by doing business with them, and by referring others to them.    

NEXT MEETING IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2023

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

 

♦♦♦DECEMBER♦♦♦

6

CBWF Committee Meeting

7

Rotary Means Business

11

Community Service Committee Meeting

12

Board Meeting

16

Club Christmas/Holiday Party

20

Christmas Carol Sing-a-Long - St. Francis Manor

 

 

 

 

FELLSMERE COMMUNITY FRIDGE

The following article was recently published in the Sustainable Events Network and features Sunrise Rotary members Sue Flak, Gail DeRoy and Linda Scalco.  Many other club members, community volunteers, and agencies work tirelessly on the Fellsmere Community Fridge project to make it a sustainable project that benefits those in need.  

Volunteerism - Meet the Fellsmere Fridge and Gail Deroy and Linda Scalco

Francis Purvey (Administrator) on 7 Feb 2023 8:44 AM

What happens when eliminating food waste and community volunteers collide? Change that can unite communities for the better.

Thank goodness for volunteers - in hospitals, airports and at events, food pantries and almost everywhere in most communities. In essence the world and many populations rely on volunteers to survive. 

When Sue Flak, a SENFC Board member and Sunrise Rotary Club of Vero Beach member presented the concept of a Community Fridge to her fellow Rotarians and the city leaders of Fellsmere, Florida (near Vero Beach). She received immediate support - and even a donor for the fridge itself. It opened officially on February 26th, 2022 so will soon be celebrating its one year anniversary. 

What is a Community Fridge? Quite simply it typically is a household size refrigerator. Sometimes with a pantry. In communities with known food insecurity, food is positioned in an easily accessed and safe location. Food items are donated, and food items are used with the mantra “Take what you need, leave what you can.” Sue Flak shared the purpose of a community fridge “to reduce food waste, build stronger communities and promote equal access to healthy food.”

And now meet Gail Deroy and Linda Scalco, also members of the Sunrise Rotary Club and avid volunteers for the Fellsmere Fridge. They deliver food, some donated and some paid for out of their own pockets. According to Gail, “As a special education teacher in Rhode Island before retiring and moving to Vero Beach, I have always appreciated that not all people have the same opportunities. Now, when I drop off food at the Fellsmere Fridge and see happy faces coming to take some food, it is heart warming and with huge self satisfaction”. Linda, a former school counselor in New Jersey, added, “I really feel what gratitude is all about and feel it in my heart on every visit”.

They both acknowledged there are many volunteers supporting the Fellsmere Fridge and are happy to be involved. “Fellsmere Police Chief Keith Touchberry has been particularly supportive,” added Linda. While the corporate donors list is long, Gail recognizes a few regular donors - Publix, Panera, the Food Pantry of Indian River County, and the Shining Light Garden Foundation. These help to ensure that community needs are met by the community, allowing us all to benefit in the rewards of depleting food waste.

 

       

                                           

                                                         

INTERACT CLUB

Our Interact Club recently held a bake sale and raised $207 for Little Birthday Angels! 

SUNRISE ROTARY COMMITTEES

Community Service

Chair - Debbie Avery

Environmental

Chair - Sue Flak

Health & Wellness 

Chair - Linda Scott

International

Chair - Rick Root

Literacy

Chair - Wendy Orthober

Membership 

Chair - Robyn Stone

Public Image

Co-Chair - Deb Avery

Rotary Means Business

Chair - Darrell Horn

Scholarships

Chair - Ed Massey

Vocational

Chair - Linda Scalco

Youth 

Chair - Mike Murphy

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                       

The Rotary Foundation

The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into service projects that change lives both close to home and around the world.  Since it was founded more than 100 years ago, the Foundation has spent more than $4 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects.  With your help, we can make lives better in your community and around the world.

Our mission

The mission of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.

What impact can one donation have?

  • For as little as 60 cents, a child can be protected from polio.

  • $50 can provide clean water to help fight waterborne illness.

  • $500 can launch an antibullying campaign and create a safe environment for children.

 

 

 

 

 

Help Your Community!

Consider being a part of our dynamic club serving Vero Beach, the state of Florida, and beyond.

                                         

 

Contact a Sunrise Rotarian & find out how you can become a Member!

LITTLE FREE LIBRARY

Vero Beach has a new Little Free Library.  Thank you Marty Lewis, Past President, Sunrise Rotary Vero Beach, for constructing and installing this at the Environmental Learning Center.

 

                       

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4-WAY TEST WORKSHOP

                                      

Sunrise Rotary held a 4-Way Test workshop for the 8th grade class at Imagine School South Vero on Friday the 20th of January. The objective of the workshop was to help the students learn how to handle and solve personal predicaments as well as make good choices using the Rotary 4-Way Test.  This is the second year we have conducted the program at the school.                   

WOMEN IN ROTARY

                                                                   

HELPING AT HALLSTROM

    

Several Sunrise Rotarians were out bright and early participating in the Hallstrom Conservation Cleanup.  The 100+ acres around the Hallstrom Farmstead were purchased by Indian River County and are being restored as a nature preserve and green space. The County expects the 93-acre conservation area around the Hallstrom House to be open to the public sometime in early 2023.

GIFFORD YOUTH ORCHESTRA

                                 

   

 

   

                              

                                                 

Several Sunrise Rotarains and many community members recently attended the Gifford Youth Orchestra gala. 

The GYO offers a refuge from the mundaneness that can blunt the creative energy that lies dormant in many.  It provides an education experience and training in various cultural and performing arts, including music, drama, dance, and the vocal arts. It is a place that encourages exposing talent within, and a place where any child can walk in and know that they are welcomed and loved…….and that they matter.