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The St. Clair Rotary Club is pleased to announce its selectees for this year's Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA): Gabrielle Posey, Mia VanKehrberg, Zakir Jahn and Deagan Scourtes!

 

The St. Clair Rotary Club will proudly celebrate its 100th anniversary on June 20th, 2024, at the St. Clair Inn!

 

The St. Clair Rotary Club once again is the top contributor in the county raising $7,844.65 for the Salvation Army.

 

On the evenings of November 3rd and 4th, Rotarians Diane and Jim Ives hosted two fund raising dinners in support of Rotary's End Polio Now campaign.

 

The St. Clair Rotary Club assisted in this year's Socktober drive collecting 554 pairs of socks and 118 pairs of underwear.

 

The third annual St. Clair Rotary Club Pine River Turtle Race was ran this past Sunday afternoon, August 20th, along the boardwalk in Centennial Park.

 

On a sunny late July Saturday morning, Rotarians built a deck for a picnic table as part of the continuing effort to improve the Wildlife Landing.

 

On an overcast Saturday morning, St. Clair Rotarians were up and at 'em giving the Centennial Park and Wildlife Landing a much-needed refresher after the long winter.

 

 

The St. Clair Rotary Club is pleased to announce its selectees for this year's Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA): Conner Gunn, Jacob Luther, Riley Schneider and Sara Wawrzyniak!

 

On the evenings of October 21st and 22nd, Rotarians Diane and Jim Ives hosted two fund raising dinners in support of Rotary's End Polio Now campaign.

 

The second annual St. Clair Rotary Club Pine River Turtle Race was ran this past Sunday afternoon, August 7th, along the boardwalk in Centennial Park.

 

The COVID pandemic long delayed the 2019 raffle winner's trip but, it was never forgotten.

 

The next phase of the renovation of Wildlife Landing in Rotary Centennial Park was completed on June 21st with the addition of flowers!

 

At the St. Clair High School Honors Convocation for the Class of 2022, the St. Clair Rotary Club presented two scholarships: one for $2,000 to Madison Rzeppa and the other for $700 to Erin Enderby.

 

At 6:30 p.m. on a beautiful May 16th evening, friends, family, Rotarians and city officials held a dedication ceremony to formally install the Doug Murphy memorial skateboard bench at St. Clair's Skate Park.

 

On April 29th, the Mayor of St. Clair led a ceremonial planting of three Autumn Blaze maples at Rotary Centennial Park's Wildlife Landing.

 

In response to the massive tornado that swept Kentucky on December 10th, local Rotarians Diane and Jim Ives organized and delivered 4,400 pounds of food, water and personal items donated from local sources.

 

On the evenings of October 22nd and 23rd, Rotarians Diane and Jim Ives, Pam Petitpren and Crystal Jahn and friends of Rotary Heather Hyslop and Esther Stevens hosted two fund raising dinners in support of Rotary's End Polio Now campaign.

 

This year's Flu Shot Clinic at Ascension River District Hospital saw 69 local residents receive vaccinations.

 

The first ever St. Clair Rotary Club Pine River Turtle Race was ran on August 29th at Rotary Centennial Park in St. Clair. It was a beautiful day with a strong southwesterly breeze that helped propel the rubber turtles to the finish line.

 

With the pandemic finally subsiding, this year's President's Night was dinner at the River Crab with a special guest, our District's new Governor, Erin Shankie and her family who drove in from Flint to be with us.

 

This year's Community Foundation Big Give event was the springboard for the Club to raise $11,940 for our Wildlife Landing project!

 

On the evenings of October 23rd and 24th, Rotarians Diane Ives and Pam Petitpren hosted two fund raising dinners in support of Rotary's End Polio Now campaign.

 

In a little over two hours during the afternoon of September 17th, Rotary volunteers assisted River District personnel in administering the 181 available flu shots!

 

With the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, the annual President's Night social event this year was combined with the Club's regular June 29th River Crab luncheon but, with a special menu and exquisite desert cupcakes.

 

On June 22nd, the Club was able to have its first in person meeting at the River Crab in several months.

 

With the COVID-19 pandemic's shutdown on international travel beginning to be lifted, the Club's foreign exchange student from Thailand, Wirithphon (Heart) Yoawannasiri, was able to return home on April 17th.

 

Responding to a short notice call to action, several St. Clair Rotarians helped restock shelves at the local Neiman's grocery store.

 

In partnership with the Community Foundation of St. Clair County, the St. Clair Rotary Club has established a Challenge Grant to raise money for the Community Foundation's COVID-19 Thumbcoast Regional Response Fund.

 

In response to the Governor's declaration to stay home to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Club conducted its first ever virtual meeting using the Zoom web meeting tool provided by Rotary District 6330.

 

The Club received a Thank You note from the children of Mrs. Roehring's third grade class at Gearing Elementary for the dictionaries and books that were donated.

 

 

 

 

 

On September 10, the St. Clair Rotary Club volunteers helped in the construction of the Imagination Station Re-Imagination at Grieg Park.

 

On June 24th while sailing up the St. Clair River on the Huron Lady II, Brain Moran was sworn in as President of the St. Clair Rotary Club.

 

Rotarians and other partners rang the bell for 72 hours over six days during the Salvation Army's annual red kettle fund raising event at Neiman's Family Market in St. Clair.

 

This year's event drew 98 seniors to the Pine Shores Golf Club where a fun filled evening of Bingo saw 73 prizes awarded.

 

The Club's annual Senior Citizen bingo night will be held on Monday, November 12th, at the Pine Shores Golf Club. 

Rotary exchange students came from all over the District for their annual weekend gathering in St. Clair.

The Rotary Club will assist in providing the community with free flu immunizations at Ascension River District Hospital this Friday, October 5th, from 8 am to noon.

Congratulations to the winner of this year's raffle: Bernie Becker of New Baltimore, Michigan!

The free flu shot clinic held annually at Ascension River District Hospital (main entrance) will have an additional date this year on Friday, October 5th, from 8 am until noon.

Rotary member Rich Urban facilitated the generous donation by Chemical Bank of their parking spaces during the 2018 Riverfest event.

 

At the regular Monday lunch meeting on April 30th at the River Crab, the Rotary Club of St. Clair pledged to raise $30,000 over six years to assist in rebuilding the Imagination Station playground at Grieg Park.

 

On April 19th and April 26th, the Rotary Club of St. Clair had behind the scenes tours of Lake Huron Medical Center and McLaren Port Huron Hospital. A tour of St. John’s River District Hospital will be conducted when current renovations of the hospital are completed.

 

At the 30th annual St. Johns River District "Dinner Dance" on January 27, 2018, St. Clair Rotarian Mr. Paul Dingeman was given the honor of Community Leader of the Year.

 

President Dan Lockwood presented Mr. Doug Murphy his 10th Paul Harris Fellow award at the club meeting on January 22, 2018.

 

On January 15, 2018, the St. Clair Rotary Club presented a check for $20,000 to Lezlynne Moore of the Community Foundation of St. Clair County for the St. Clair High School tennis court renovation project.

 

From December 7th to the 9th and again from December 14th to the 16th, St. Clair Rotary volunteers "rang the bell" in support of the annual Salvation Army holiday drive.

From November 2nd to November 10th, this year's St. Clair Rotary Club Literacy Committee event delivered 166 dictionaries to local third graders.

 

The annual Senior Citizens Bingo Night was held on Monday, November 6, at the Knights of Columbus Hall.