Newport Rotary Hosts Middle School Essay Contest

Essay Winners with their Rotary sponsors 

Newport Rotary hosted local middle school winners of the "Rotary Four Way Test Essay Competition" on April 15, 2024 at their regular meeting. The three contest winners at the Carteret County level were Madeline Haines (Sponsor, Rotary Club of Morehead City), Emma Marshall (Sponsor, Rotary Club of Morehead City- Noon) and Anna Shortway (Sponsor, Newport Rotary).

Each of the winners presented their essays live to assembled club members, family, Rotary sponsors and school representatives. District Governor Elect C.J. Crooks of Jacksonville, Assistant Governor Barbara Johnson of Morehead City and their club sponsor presented each winner with a Certificate, Four Way Test Coin and a monetary prize from their sponsoring Rotary club. See photos from the event here. 

AG Barbara Johnson also recognized Madeline and Anna for winning at the district level for top three out of more than 100 submissions and they were invited to present their essay at the upcoming District Conference for Southeast North Carolina Rotarians.

The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings:

Of the things we think, say or do

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Newport Rotary President Rachel Bell invited the Essay Contest Winners to lead the club in reciting the Four Way Test at the conclusion of the meeting. 

Newport Rotary Supports Middle School Eclipsers

Newport Rotary teamed with Newport Middle School to safely watch the partial Solar eclipse on April 8. Newport Rotarians attended the 2:00 pm viewing event with a mix of the students from different classes. Club President-elect Dennis Barber spearheaded the effort and donated the eclipse glasses. Safely view the photos here.   

Newport Rotary Game Night Feb. 10

Newport Rotary will hold it's first "Game Night" social from 5:30-7:30pm at Shortways on February 10, 2024. Bring you favorite game to share. Come thirsty! If you have any questions, contact Taylor on DaCdb. See you there!  

Newport Rotary Recognized as 100% Giving & EREY Club!

Pres. Rachel Bell (ctr) and Immediate Past
Vice Pres. Steve Blizzard (r) accept Foundation
recognitions from District 7730 Foundation 
Chair, Skip Clarkson of Jacksonville.  

Newport Rotary has again been recognized for it's Rotary Foundation support, receiving the 2022-23 Rotary Year "Every Rotarian, Every Year" and "100% Foundation Giving" club banners at the November 4, 2023 District 7730 Rotary Foundation Banquet in Wallace, NC. 

 Immediate Past-President Mark Eadie thanked the club members for their continued support of the Foundation in comments at the clubs first November meeting after the awards were presented. Attending the event was current Newport Rotary President Rachel Bell, Immediate Past Vice-President Steve Blizzard, Tammy Blizzard, Richard Moreau, Anita Moreau, PDG Bevin Wall and Pam Wall. 

The Rotary Foundation is often referred to as "the engine that makes Rotary clubs work", allowing clubs and Rotary members to partner in local and international projects and geometrically increasing the scale of those projects. Newport Rotary has participated in numerous project in Newport and around the world during the past thirty years.

An "Every Rotarian, Every Year" banner is awarded to clubs that achieve a minimum Annual Fund contributions of $100 per capita during the Rotary year, and every dues-paying member must personally contribute at least $25 to the Annual Fund during the year.

A 100% Foundation Giving banner recognizes clubs that achieve an average of $100 in per capita giving and 100 percent participation, with every dues-paying member contributing at least $25 to any or all of the following during the Rotary year.

Hootenanny Fun Had by All

Crowds flock to the 2023 Hootenanny 

Newport Rotary coordinated another successful community event- the 2023 Newport Halloween Hootenanny. Click here for more... 

Newport Rotary Hard at Work on Annual Halloween Hootenanny

Under the lights at the 2022
Newport Halloween Hootenanny

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Orange Cards are in the Neighborhood

The Newport Halloween Hootenanny is coordinated by Newport Rotary each year on October 31. It's Newport Rotary's biggest event of the year. We rely on scores of volunteers to make the event happen. Our Event Sponsors include the Town of Newport, Newport Little League, Newport Pig Cooking Contest, and a multitude of local businesses, non-profits and individuals who come together to financially support the event. THANK YOU ALL in advance for your continued support of one of the things that makes Newport great! NEWPORT ROTARY. 

Gov. Quigley featured speaker for September 11 at Newport Rotary

DG Allen Quigley

Rotary District 7730 Governor Allen Quigley will be our featured speaker at a special Newport Rotary meeting called for Monday, September 11, 2023 at the Newport Rotary building. DG Allen has been a frequent guest at Newport Rotary recently. All Rotarians are encouraged to attend and bring a guest. A little more information about DG Allen follows. 

Allen Quigley, Wilmington West Rotary Club, serves as District Governor for Rotary District 7730 in 2023-24. He has served as co-chairman of the District DEI task force, and District International Service Chair representative. Allen served as president of the Wilmington West club in 2019-20 and the Warwick Valley Club (NY) in 2006-07. He is a Rotary Leadership Institute graduate, served his club as Foundation chair and is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, Paul Harris Society member, and Bequest Society member. On the International landscape, he participated in projects in Ghana and Ethiopia.

Allen is currently principal of Lawson Gray, LLC, a business advisory firm. He has held leadership positions at Fortune 500 companies in the telecommunications, commercial construction, government, and services industries. He also owned and managed one of Wilmington’s favorite breakfast places. His areas of expertise Include building high-performance sales teams, creating effective strategic alliances and implementing strong fiscal controls.

Allen’s community service goes beyond Rotary as co-founder of Change the Channel, area organizer for Braver Angels, and co-founder of the Wilmington Chapter of Our Stories: Brave Conversations on Race. He is a graduate of Duke University and a former Naval Flight Officer on the P-3C antisubmarine warfare aircraft.

He has three amazing daughters and eight even more amazing grandchildren!