Founders Night was held Friday June 23 at Spring Lake. It was a wonderful night of celebrating the VanLandingham Rotary club and its accomplishments during the year.
Presidents Awards: Rotarian of the Year - in recognition of Outstanding dedication and service to VLR was presented to Dave Pierce. The Spirit of Service Presidents Award of Excellence for Outstanding dedication and service to VLR was awarded to Eric Schmidt.
Paul Harris Fellows were awarded to Hal Wilson, Joah Etchells, and Pat Zuk
President Kristin was able to present the last payment of our commitment to the Island Rec Center. Pictured above, The "big check", representing the completion of our $200,000 payment is presented to Leah Arnold, Deputy Parks & Recreation Executive Director at the Island Rec Center and Reid Perry, Chairman of People for Parks.
The drawing for the winners of our spring raffle took place. Winners were:
$1000 - Grover Cleveland - sold by Barry Davis
$500 - Bruce Yeager
$250 - Josh Gruber
$100 Billy Crumpton - sold by Henry Criss
$500 - Bruce Yeager
$250 - Josh Gruber
$100 Billy Crumpton - sold by Henry Criss
We netted about 9700.
Area 4 Assistant Governor Dan Cuiffren installed the 2023-24 Co-Presidents, officers and directors.
Officers and Board of Directors 2023-24:
Co-Presidents - Sonny Huntley and Greg Wynn
Past President - Kristin Keller
President Elect/Treasurer - Jacob Hunt
Vice President - Joe Rowey
Secretary - Nancy Riedel
Membership Chair - Bruce Yeager
Brian Neumann
Joah Etchells
Kevin Courtney
Hal Wilson
Nick Mihelic