North Coast Rotary Club and the Interact Club met with interested parents and students at Brookside High School’s Open House last week. More than twenty students expressed interest in learning more about the Interact Club.
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October 1st – The Avon Lake Great Pizza Bake-Off!!
Preparations for this well-attended event are underway, as Rotarians Doug Maurer and Rebecca Russell are enlisting pizza merchants to join in this friendly competition. Culinary students from the Lorain County Joint Vocational School will once again be preparing their specialty desserts! Tickets for the all-you-can-eat event will remain at $10 per adult and $5 per child and will be available for pre-sale next week. Pictures below are from last year’s event.
New Executive Board Members
The following club members were elected to serve on the North Coast Rotary Club Executive Board: J
ohn Crooks, Vice President; Matt Knotts, Deputy Treasurer; and John Daly and Allen Porter as Member Delegates.
Free to Be Project
Recently, Gail Stumpauzer, CEO of the Free to Be Project met with the Rotary Club to explain their mission to help women and girls know and appreciate their own unique talents and gifts and to realize that they are WORTHY! Their organization is led by a volunteer group and was founded in honor of Margeau Stumphauzer, a young woman who fought feelings of inadequacy, not because she lacked talent or beauty, but because of the messages coming at her from so many outside influences. October 31st will be the 4th annual day of “DISCOVERING You” with a special session for girls ages 10 – 15. More information is available at Free 2 Be Project Discovering You
Rotary Supports the Annual Avon Heritage Duck Tape Parade Saturday June 20
“Fun in the Sun” is this year’s parade theme and once again the Avon/Avon Lake Rotary Club will be there. Recognizing that parade participants gather and organize early in the morning prior to the start of the parade, the club will be selling donuts and drinks from 7:30 AM till the parade starts. Proceeds are used for Youth Initiatives and support for other Community Services. 
Rotary raising funds for medical supplies with 15th annual bike tour through Avon Lake
Please consider joining the Avon Avon Lake Rotary Club on Thursday June 25 morning at Towne Center in Avon Lake for breakfast and then as we send off the Rotary MESA tour on one leg of its 15 city journey. The entire tour takes place over five days. It begins at Oberlin and travels to Norwalk, Huron, Port Clinton, Oregon, Toledo, West Toledo, Sylvania, Reynolds Corners-Fremont, Sandusky, Vermilion, Lorain, Avon Lake, Amherst, Elyria then back to Oberlin. Look at our “Bike Tour for MESA ” section for pictures of previous tour.
“Lets Talk Rotary” Social Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar Avon Lake May 20
If you are someone who has been involved in our local communities, the Avon/Avon Lake Rotary Club invites you to join us May 20th at Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar on Walker Road in Avon Lake for a “Lets Talk Rotary” social. No speeches, no presentations, just fellowship and an opportunity to enjoy a relaxed evening with like-minded people and Rotarians who already share your interests in our area.
The Avon/Avon Lake Rotary Club, which also services Sheffield Lake and Sheffield, will provide you an opportunity to create new friendships, make business contacts, and collaborate to build goodwill in our communities as well as internationally.
Come to Buffalo Wild Wings May 20th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM, enjoy appetizers on us and see what Rotary is all about! Bring a friend, your spouse, a colleague, an associate, or someone who you know that might share your energy and passion for the community.
Four-Way Speech Contest Winners
Avon / Avon Lake Rotary speech contest winners are:
1st Place Elliot Palmer – Brookside
2nd Place Casey Allemeier – Avon Lake
3rd Place Lexee Dalgleish – Avon Lake
Elliot Palmer moved on to compete at the District 6600 speech contest. Congratulations to our winners!
Rotary Club Sends 3 Brookside Students to World Community Workshop
“Brazil: Emerging Global Leader” was the topic of this three-day workshop for high-school students designed to help participants learn about the history, customs, economic and political issues of a selected region of the world. Students participated in small group discussions and experienced hands-on activities. In addition, guest speakers shared their stories about life in different countries. The Rotary Club sponsored 3 students from Brookside High School to participate in the May 7 – May 9 program in Defiance, Ohio. They will be sharing their experiences with the Rotary Club on Tuesday May 26th at their 7:30 AM meeting.
Dresses from pillow cases for girls in Africa
On Tuesday, November 13, Father Don Dunson and County Prosecutor Lyn Travis were pleased to receive 75 dresses from the Avon Avon Lake Rotary Club yesterday. Fr. Don and Attorney Travis will be traveling to Uganda in December. Continue reading
North Coast Rotary Club and Foundation 