February 20 Meeting - Spring Cleaning

Newport Rotary will meet at the Rotary Building. It is our "Spring Cleaning" meeting for sprucing up the inside of the building. Be prepared to "power clean" for maximum of 1 hour!

No outside work today!

Dress appropriately (casual/cleaning clothes) - however, we won't get too messy!

We hope to see you there! Guests welcome. It will be FUN!

Newport Rotarians Enjoy Wilmington Event

(l-r) Bevin, Pres.-Elect Anita, Rick & Pam having FUN at
Wilmington Rotary event Saturday!

President-Elect Anita, Rick, Pam & Bevin represented the club on Saturday in Wilmington at the Rotary Foundation Grants workshop and President Elect Training.

Bevin was a presenter in the afternoon session. Gov. 

Elect R B Richey from Wilmington is preparing all clubs to "make a difference" in their community & world- something Newport Rotary has done for 62 years!

District Governor Elect to Speak

The guest speaker at Newport Rotary on Monday, January 9, 2017 will be R.B. Richey from the Wilmington Rotary Club, also the 2017-18 District Governor for Southeastern North Carolina.

He will speak on Rotary's youth programs.

Visitors are welcome.   

It's Nice to be in the Top 6% of Rotary Clubs in the World

Doug Wolfe, Assistant Governor for Carteret County Rotary clubs, presents Newport Rotary President Maher Saikali with special 2015-16 club banners from The Rotary Foundation. For the second year in a row, Newport Rotary is recognized as being in the top 13% of clubs worldwide as a 100% Foundation Giving Club, and in the top 6% of clubs worldwide as a Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member Club, in which all active members personally contribute $100 or more to the Annual Fund during the Rotary year. Newport Rotary was the only club of southeastern North Carolina's 49 clubs to be recognized with both awards for Foundation support. The Rotary Foundation is best known for its leadership in the worldwide fight to "End Polio Now", and has recently been recognized as a top charity (100 Rating) by The Charity Navigator rating service.

Town Announces Winterfest 2016

The Town of Newport is having Winterfest 2016 on December 17, 2016. Click here for more. information.

Rotary Foundation Named World's Outstanding Foundation for 2016

The Association of Fundraising Professionals has recognized The Rotary Foundation with its annual Award for Outstanding Foundation.

The award honors organizations that show philanthropic commitment and leadership through financial support, innovation, encouragement of others, and involvement in public affairs. Some of the boldest names in American giving — Kellogg, Komen, and MacArthur, among others —are past honorees. Read more... 

Newport Rotary - What We Are Doing Now!

There are a lot of good reasons to be proud of your association with Newport Rotary. This month:  

• We put on a fantastic Newport Halloween Hootenanny, which was even more successful than last year's event. This is out primary fundraiser for the year. Visit the Hootenanny website.  
• We got good press in the community for doing the Hootenanny. See the article in the Carteret County News Times linked from our "Thank you" article on the Hootenanny website. You will see an article soon on the District website.   
• Our grant from The Rotary Foundation was funded supporting the local Food Pantry. We bought a range and hood for the pantry and now are planning a Dinner celebration. This may be moved into January or February. 
• We are active in District Rotary affairs- Newport Rotary has a reputation as a small group to very committed Rotarians doing big things! 
• Newport Rotarians are taking a lead in Hurricane Matthew Disaster Relief in Eastern North Carolina. See the website at http://www.matthewreliefnc.org/.      
• We are slowly building membership momentum. We need more committed Newport volunteers to help us! 

I am proud to be associated with such a fine group of committed community leaders!    

Bevin Wall