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...

At its May 18 meeting, the Jacksonville Rotary Club recognized the accomplishments of three area students by providing them with college scholarships totaling $5,000. Sydney Hembrough and Kalleigh Burke were awarded the $2,000 Rotary Scholarship. Dillon White was awarded the $1,000 Staff Sergeant Matthew Weikert Memorial Scholarship. This is the...

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...

Rotary Interact High School group wrapped up another successful year on May 18 with the annual pizza party. The outgoing officers were thanked for their hard work and the group elected new 18-19 officers! If you would like to get involved with Interact please contact Jon Valuck, Kathleen M. Beard...

The Jacksonville Rotary Club is undertaking a tree-planting campaign that aims to put the Elm back into the city’s historical nickname of Elm City. According to Rotarian Mike Flynn, “For years, Jacksonville was widely known as the Elm City because of our beautiful tree-lined streets and wooded parks. Over time,...

Jacksonville, IL, February 22, 2018: The Jacksonville Rotary Club recently partnered with District 117 and the Jacksonville Schools Foundation to renovate the special needs classroom at Eisenhower School, and to purchase and install new equipment to serve the students who receive instruction in the classroom. The Jacksonville Rotary Club received...

If you’re looking for a fun way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your sweetheart or friends, we have the ticket for you!  You are invited to the 16th annual Rotary Valentine Dinner-Dance on February 9 with the theme “An Evening in Paris” and music by FunDMC. Cocktails will begin at 5:30 p.m....

The Jacksonville Rotary, Rotaract, and Interact Clubs are collaborating with the Jacksonville School District to improve educational services for K-6 children on the autism spectrum.Today Rotary members and Eisenhower School educators cleaned equipment and painted two classrooms. The school district will install new carpeting next week. Then, in early January,...

Local PBS affiliate group Network Knowledge will be airing programs to help promote the efforts of local Rotary clubs and Rotary International (RI). RI President Ian Riseley, Past RI President and Incoming Rotary Foundation Chair Ron Burton, and RI Director Greg Yank were invited to the WSEC studios in Chatham...