The Finnish Phenomenon: Public Education in Finland In November 2012, six school leaders from Salem were part of a Delegation of more than 30 educators from Virginia to Finland that included the Virginia Secretary of Education. East Salem Principal Mrs. …
Jim Sweetwood, Tournament Coordinator for the Greenbrier Classic golf tournament, spoke with the Club regarding the growth of the Greenbrier Classic. Entering its 4th year, the Greenbrier Classic is a PGA Tour, FedEx Cup event. Jim shared with us breaking …
Dr. Peggy Shiflett, PhD in Sociology and author of four books on life in Appalachia spoke to the Club on “Growing up in Appalachia”. She offered wonderful insights and stories about her childhood. Her books are available at the Salem …
Dr. Ryann Fame, daughter of our own Dr. Tom Fame, gave a highly informative presentation regarding stem cell research. Ryann recently completed her Ph.D. at Harvard and works in the area of Molecular and Cellular Biology. She explained what stem …
Today our Club hosted the Men’s and Women’s 2013 Jostens Trophy winners. The winners are chosen by a national selection committee who cast votes based on basketball skill, academic abilities and community service activities. The winners represent the finest attributes …
David Perry, Executive Director, of the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy (BRLC) spoke to the Club. The Blue Ridge Land Conservancy was formed as the Western Virginia Land Trust in 1996. The BRLC is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to saving …
On March 7 the Club BoD also approved $500 in funding toward a matching grant project to ship the hardware from Northwest Hardware to Jamaica. As you may recall, when Northwest Hardware changed suppliers a year ago, they had inventory …
At the March 7th Board of Director’s meeting, the Board approved a $500 grant to Glenvar High School for its weight room. Michael Sandridge, a Glenvar student who died from cancer earlier this year, told the Make a Wish Foundation …
Our program today was Mike “Keno” Snyder owner of the Parkway Brewing Company in Salem VA. Mike provided some history of the craft brewing movement and its tremendous growth in the U.S. over the past 15 years. We learned of …
Today, the Club enjoyed a picnic style lunch while watching the warm-ups for an ODAC Tournament Women’s Quarter Final game… We then had the honor and pleasure of singing the National Anthem prior to the game.
