Club Meeting – December 27th, 2018
Pictures from today.
Pictures from today.
We were fortunate this Rotary year 2016-17 to have several programs presented by leaders of small liberal arts college and universities. Today the series ended with Hollins University President Nancy Oliver Gray. President Gray is retiring soon and has served …
Today we celebrated a bright young life we have come to know over the last year and then focused on how to best address some aspects of our life as the end draws more near. First, the Club made its …
The Roy W. Henrickson Outstanding Citizen Award is given each year to an individual who has throughout their professional life and community involvement, worked to make the world a better place. In 2017 the Rotary Club of Salem selected Bob …
Our program today was presented by Robert McAden, newly appointed President and CEO of the Blacksburg Roanoke Technology Council. Prior to Mr. McAden’s presentation we inducted a new club member, Andy Seiler of the Salvation Army. Mr. Seiler was sponsored …
Today’s speaker was Fran Ferguson, Executive Director of the Salem Museum & Historical Society. Ms. Ferguson brought us up to date on the growing role the organization plays in our community. Visit their new website to see what’s new! …
We had a full program agenda today. We met some of the elementary school students benefitting from our Dictionaries for Kids initiative. This Rotary Club of Salem program annually provides dictionaries to every City of Salem third grade student. In addition, we …
Today our program, without question, was a candidate for being Number One for our Rotary club year. The topic was the Salem High Schools (SHS) Forensics Team. Number One is more than an appropriate description for their individual and team …
Today many club members wore their Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) medallions or pins for our annual PHF Award Ceremony. At this event the Rotary Club of Salem recognizes non-Rotarians in our community, who exemplify the Rotary motto of Service …
Today member Lew Bishop’s better-half Dr. Rita Bishop Superintendent of Roanoke City Public Schools brought us up to date on the progress made in the school system over the last few years. A telling statistic is the graduation rate which has …