WHAT IS ROTARY?
Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves. Find out more here.
WHO WE ARE
The Rotary Club of Chapel Hill provides service to the community. We do this by serving meals at the Ronald McDonald House, recognizing the area’s best school principals and assistant principals, cleaning up the environment, sponsoring high school kids’ leadership skill building, and helping out our partner club of students at UNC-Chapel Hill. We also do lots of other services!
Our members are university affiliates, bankers, young professionals, retired folks – and other regular people – who are committed to making a difference in the community and the world!
JOIN US! To find out how, just send us a message by clicking HERE. www.chapelhillrotary.org
We packed 1,000 snacks for kids at a local elementary school!
We presented the Principal of the Year award in the local school district!
We're funding a hospitality kiosk at UNC Children's Hospital! This is a partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities.
HELP US FUND THIS PROJECT!
Click here to find out more and/or to donate to this important $50,000 project:
WHEN WE MEET
We meet twice each month. Club meetings always have interesting and important speakers, food, and drinks!
When: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month at 6:00 p.m.
Where: Blue Hill Event Center, 200 S. Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC.
Some meetings are at alternate locations. Check this website or contact us to confirm meeting location.
MEETING SCHEDULE
ALL MEETINGS START AT 6:00 P.M., unless otherwise noted.
UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE, ALL MEETINGS ARE AT THE BLUE HILL EVENT CENTER IN CHAPEL HILL.
September 3: Rotaractor Eli Hauber will discuss his summer program in Uganda. Also, Past District Governor Nathan Thomas will join.
September 17: Staff from Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle will join us to give an update on our project funding a hospitality kiosk at UNC Children's Hospital. Amy Kalley and Elizabeth Hullender.
October 1: Jess Anderson, Mayor of Chapel Hill.
October 15: 5:30 p.m. Ayr Mount tour and dinner afterwards. We will meet at this historic 1815 home at 376 St Marys Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278. Find out more about the home at this web site. NOTE CHANGE IN MEETING TIME AND LOCATION
October 29: Staff from the North Carolina Department of Justice will present about online safety, scams and frauds.
November 5: NO MEETING. Don't forget to vote!
November 19: Jeff Blass, Rotary District Governor
December 3: Shaima Muradi and Fahima Noori will speak about Afghanistan and the plight of people under Taliban rule.
December 17: Annual Holiday Party - Details to come!
CULTIVATING YOUTH LEADERSHIP
The Rotary Club of Chapel Hill has a strong tradition of supporting youth leadership programs such as Rotaract and RYLA.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a program that encourages servant leadership in youth by recognizing and rewarding deserving 11th-grade students who are chosen to attend RYLA as an “award” for their past and present leadership and service activities. These select young people attend an all-expenses-paid camp where they are inspired by a diverse group of exceptional speakers, make life-long friends through fellowship activities, and discuss the ethical and social issues of today. The result is that these students return to their schools and communities motivated to take on additional leadership roles and to find additional ways to serve.
CURRENT NEWS AND EVENTS
U.N.C. HOSPITAL KIOSK NOW FULLY OPEN!
WE ARE PART OF THIS!
August 28 was the unveiling of new rooms and the new Neonatal Critical Care Unit at UNC Children's Hospital, and it is beautiful! The hospital will begin moving babies in over the next few weeks, and Ronald McDonald House Charities will be having the kiosk fully open with volunteers starting at the beginning of September.
According to Amy Kelley, who manages UNC Hospital programs for RMHC, "Everyone at the hospital and at RMHC is excited about the construction being completed, and the kiosk will now be what everyone who enters walks past, as well as being accessible for the new NICU families."
Our club and our partner clubs need to raise about $30,000 more to complete the funding of this project.