Newport Rotary to Trim the Tree at Croatan Ridge Nursing Home

The December 2, 2013 Newport Rotary Meeting will be a service project conducted at Croatan Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center. Newport Rotary will continue its tradition of "trimming the tree" at the facility which is always a lot of fun and highly enjoyed by all participants. Club members and Guests are invited to attend.  

REMINDER: The meeting will take place at the regular club meeting time of 5:30pm at Croatan Ridge. The address is: 210 Foxhall Road, Newport NC. Rtn. Joe Garner has coordinated this year's event. 

Club Learns about Massage Therapy

Janet Waid, a massage therapist at The OC Spa and Conference Center in Indian Beach was the guest speaker at Newport Rotary on November 25, 2013. The program was on mature adult stretching techniques, massage chair therapies and her work with students at Carteret Community College.

Ms. Waid, a 1997 graduate of the Atlanta School of Massage obtaining her Wellness Massage and Spa Therapies certificate, and has worked in massage therapy at The OC Spa since 2005. She is an Adjunct professor at Carteret Community College in the Allied Health Department. 

Newport Rotarians Welcome Mayor-Elect Barber

Mayor-Elect Dennis Barber (center-dark jacket) poses with outgoing Mayor Derryl Garner (to his right), and members and guests of Newport Rotary  at their November 18, 2013 meeting.  

Good Program, Mayor-Elect!

 Mayor-Elect Dennis Barber addresses Newport Rotary 

"Our Mayor-elect, Dennis Barber, did a good job with the program. He communicated a good overall vision for the town going forward, had a good grasp of the issues, and deferred to others in the room who had experience with some of the more technical issues. All of those traits will serve him well as Newport's next Mayor. This is insight into our local leaders that you can't get anywhere else but at Rotary!"

Derryl Garner Retirement Celebration

We celebrate with our friend and fellow Rotarian,
Derryl Garner for his 36 years of service
to the Town of Newport as Mayor. 

Newport Mayor-Elect Barber to Speak

Newport Mayor-Elect
Dennis Barber

The Newport Rotary Club is pleased to have Newport Mayor-Elect Dennis Barber as its guest speaker for the Rotary Meeting on Monday afternoon, November 18, 2013. Guests are welcome. 

After Retiring from the US Coast Guard, and running a furniture business, Mr. Barber now works as a Captain in the Carteret County Sheriff's Department. He has served with numerous area non-profits and boards, many in the mental health and medical field, including the Onslow/Carteret Behavioral Health Board, Crisis Intervention Team Program, National Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, Project Lifesaver International, and numerous groups on motorcycle rides to raise funds for charity. He has been married to Wendy G. Barber for 35 years and has three children and one granddaughter.

His top stated priority during the election as stated in the Carteret News-Times, was to "call upon the community groups and the people of Newport to discuss the issues that they believe are most important. and .... then focus on the ones the people and the community as a whole believe are the top priorities". We look forward to having him at Newport Rotary to start the dialogue.

Support Backpack Friends Brochure

Newport Rotarians Recognized for Foundation Support

PDG Bevin & Pres. Pam Wall
of Newport Rotary display the
recognition crystal evidencing their
support of The Rotary Foundation

Newport Rotarians Bevin & Pam Wall were recognized for their support of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International on Saturday night at the District 7730 Rotary Foundation Banquet in Wallace, NC. The couple became Level 2 Major Donors last year, joining only two other Rotarians in the District making that level of financial commitment or greater to our Foundation.

The Rotary Foundation uses donations to fund projects by Rotarians and our partners in communities around the world. As a nonprofit, all of the Foundation's funding comes from voluntary contributions made by Rotarians and friends who share our vision of a better world. Together, Rotary clubs, Rotary International, and The Rotary Foundation work to make lasting improvements in our communities and around the world. Read more about The Rotary Foundation.

Newport Rotary Recognized for Feeding Hungry Children

Newport Rotary Pres. Pam Wall receives "Feeding Hungry Children" Grant recognition for the club from District Rotary Foundation Chair PDG Lee Dixon at the District 7730 Rotary Foundation Dinner in Wallace NC on November 9, 2013. The club has sponsored the Backpack Friends Project in local schools with the proceeds of the grant.   

Click here for more info about the project. Click here for some more photos. 

Newport Rotary Loads Food for Local Children's Backpacks

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Newport Rotary President Pam Wall discusses food delivery process with BackPack Friends Coordinator Becky Rowland of Cape Carteret Baptist Church. Thanks to a Rotary Foundation grant, over $5,000 in food was purchased from WalMart on November 6, 2013 for the purpose of stuffing backpacks for underprivileged children in the local school system. 

November 6, 2013. Becky Rowland, Pam Wall and Newport Rotary Past District Governor Bevin Wall are surrounded by pallets of food destined to fill local children's backpacks this holiday season courtesy of our Rotary Foundation.   

Newport Rotary Organizes Successful Community Hootenanny

Well over 2,000 people attended Halloween night's Newport Halloween Hootenanny at the Newport Little League Park and Community Building.

Newport Rotarians coordinated the community event.

Read more and see the pictures at The Newport Halloween Hootenanny website. http://newport-hootenanny.blogspot.com/