Newport Rotarians Clean Up

It's only 88 degrees!
Newport Rotarians clean up their pedestrian bench at Howard Blvd/ Hwy 70
so it will be clean for its many users. The 3 benches are all Rotary Foundation
supported projects that he club maintains semi-annually.
The Service Day occurred on Monday, July 14, 2014.  

"The Clean Team", (l-r) Immediate Past President Pam Wall, Former Newport Rotarian
and District Executive Assistant Marilyn Everett, Geoorge Bergamini, Jason Holland,
Guest Cameron Green, Former Newport Rotarian Jim Everett, and President Joe Garner.
Not pictured: PDG Bevin Wall, PDG Derryl Garner 

"Why not pull some weeds in one of our other projects while we are here?"
Pam Wall weeds while Marilyn Everrett spots! 

Click here for related article. 

Service Project Monday - Clean Up Pedestrian Benches

Newport Rotary will meet at the Rotary Building July 13, 2104 Monday evening at 5:30 pm and then go to their bench project sites on Howard Blvd. and Chatham Street to do a "spring cleaning" of the prior projects. Since the first bench installations in 2008, the club has maintained and cleaned them on a regular basis so that they can continued to be enjoyed by the frequent walkers and exercisers in town. Click here for last year's pictures. Click here for the original project article. Bring your buckets and cleaning materials! Drinks will be available on site. 

A Hospice House Thank You

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Hospice House we support! 

A recently received thank-you relating to Newport Rotary's support of Hospice. See article on project.  

Dear Newport Rotary Club:

On behalf of the Crystal Coast Hospice House, we are so appreciative of the support that you and the community have shown over the past few years for the new house that
has now open. We have admitted over 150 patients and their families since opening in July 2013. SECU CCHH has truly been a blessing to many patients and their families. This could not have happened without the continued support by you.

Thank you for your recent gift of $550.00 to Crystal Coast Hospice House during the Rotary Pledge appeal. Our mission statement is to provide an inpatient Hospice Home to our service region and ensure exceptional care management and perpetual funding for facilities, services, programs, and future expansion.

Please visit our website www.cchhnc.org, to keep up with our events and sign up for the e-newsletter to stay current with our progress.

Thank you again for your generosity

Bennette Hopper
Assistant Director

Banker Holland Joins Newport Rotary

Jessi Holland places the Rotary wheel lapel pin on her
husband, Jason at his induction

Jason Holland, our new banker at First Citizens Bank in Newport, was officially inducted into Newport Rotary on Monday, July 7, 2014.

Jason was a Rotarian in the Morehead City Noon club before his transfer to Newport.

We welcome Jason, and value Newport Rotary's long association with First Citizens Bank in Newport, which Newport Rotarians helped bring to the community in 1953.

Jason joins retired First Citizens Banker, Winston Reese, as active members in Newport Rotary.

The Holland family with Jason's proposer, Bevin Wall (right).
Wife, Jessi and sons Jansen and Jagger. 

  

Project Meeting @ Croatan Ridge Today

Those Rotarians interested in project planning for the portable handicap accessible garden beds at Croatan Ridge to benefit the Food Pantry will be meeting with Administrator Craig Mitchell at 11:00am onsite. Croatan Ridge Website. Address: 210 Foxhall Road, Newport, NC.  Google Maps link.     

Thanks from Backpack Friends

Newport Rotary participates in Food Packaging Program

Pres. Joe Garner

Newport Rotary President Joe Garner and wife, Lena, participated in a county-wide Rotary project on June 26, 2014 packaging meals for the needy through the non-profit, Stop Hunger Now.

Stop Hunger Now is a global humanitarian aid organization that has been fulfilling its commitment to end hunger since 1998. Every year, Stop Hunger Now provides millions of nutritious meals and other life-saving aid to children and families all over the world. Stop Hunger Now collaborates with existing development efforts in vulnerable communities to provide meals to places such as schools, orphanages, nurseries and medical clinics.

Stop Hunger Now started its meal packaging program in 2005. Each six-serving bag produced by Stop Hunger Now volunteers includes rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and a flavoring mix with 21 essential vitamins and minerals. Each meal costs only 29 cents and has a shelf life of two years.

Over 1,000 meals were packaged by the volunteers in about one and a half hours.