In recognition of Joint Service Club Week, five local service clubs are combining efforts to support three community organizations that address food insecurity in the Jacksonville area. On Friday, Sept 30, representatives of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville, Sunrise Rotary Club, Jacksonville Kiwanis Club, Jacksonville Lions Club, and Jacksonville Pilot...
Don’t miss the Jacksonville Fourth of July parade, sponsored by the Jacksonville Rotary Club. The parade kicks of at 10 on July 3 on West State Street, travels down West State to Central Park, and ends at Douglas Ave. Don’t miss the annual event! THEME “Stronger Together, Stronger Than Ever”...
The Jacksonville Rotary Club was heartily entertained by the JHS Jazz Band as a prelude to the Friday, February 14, 2020 meeting. The Jazz Band members were there to support Haydn Leonard’s Eagle Scout project, which is to collect and repair band instruments to donate to Jacksonville High School. Haydn...
The Jacksonville Tree Project, an effort to plant trees throughout the area, is turning 5 this year — and its roots are digging deep. “We have planted 100 trees to date,” said Mike Flynn, chairman and founder of the project. “We’re getting trees lined up and down the streets,” he...
Several Jacksonville service groups are joining together next year on a community service project. Members of Jacksonville’s Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Pilot and Ambucs clubs, as well as their youth service groups, have agreed to participate in a #trashtag project, though details of when and where have yet to be decided....
The Jacksonville Rotary Club is teaming up with Healthy Jacksonville to reach our most vulnerable families with a distribution of free healthy foods like fresh meats, eggs, fresh produce and dairy through Central Illinois Foodbank. Recipients should bring a sturdy box, wagon or laundry basket to accept the groceries. The...
The Jacksonville Rotary Club recently conducted a program that provided four books to each second grade student at South Elementary School in Jacksonville. The program was made possible by a $2,162 Rotary District 6460 Literacy Grant. As the students received their books, guest readers presented the book by reading it...
The Jacksonville Rotary Club donated more than $115,000 to the local community in 2017-18. These donations resulted from Jacksonville Rotary Club’s fundraising efforts, community support, and collaboration with the Jacksonville Rotary Foundation. In her last meeting at the helm of the Jacksonville Rotary Club, President Ginny Fanning said, “Our major...
The Jacksonville Rotary Club honored 10 people in the past year for their service and volunteerism by naming them Paul Harris Fellows. Amy Byers, Randy Duvendack, Gina Hayes, Dan Henry, Nikki Henry, Susan King, Tiffany Mathis, Gigi Galloway Patterson, Maria Phillips, and Jenna Tucker received the awards. The Paul Harris...
The Jacksonville Rotary Club recently donated more than $2,000 in books to students and teachers at South School in Jacksonville. At the school’s Teacher Appreciation event on May 7, Rotary President Ginny Fanning, and other Rotarians who regularly volunteer at South School, presented baskets of books to every South School...