WHAT IS ROTARY?
WHAT IS ROTARY?
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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.
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
WHO WE ARE
We are a service organization which has focused on key areas in our community such as maternal and child health, education, the environment and food insecurity. We fulfilled these goals by raising almost $25,000 for the building of an RMHC parent respite center in the Neo-natal Critical Care Unit at UNC Women’s Hospital, bi-monthly meal service and snacks at our Chapel Hill Ronald McDonald House, scholarships for Rotary Youth Leadership (RYLA) students, Principal of the Year Awards to the local school district, serving at Orange County's TABLE for meals for children, involvement with the Mountain to Sea Trail program and our signature project, Mentorship of UNC-Ch Rotaractors!
JOIN US! To find out how, just send us a message by clicking HERE. www.chapelhillrotary.org
Packing snacks for local elementary school with UNC Rotaractors
Our crew prepping meals at the Ronald McDonald House!
We presented the Principal of the Year award in the local school district!
We prepared meals on Rotary Day of Service
We helped with a local Habitat for Humanity project.
We achieved our goal in funding a hospitality kiosk at UNC Children's Hospital! This is a partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Click here to continue our support for the Kiosk Project
WHEN WE MEET
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 starting at 6:00PM and ending no later than 8:00PM
Where: Kehillah Synagogue Education Center, 1200 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill NC 27514 (919) 942-8914
Some meetings are at alternate locations. Check this website or contact us to confirm meeting location.
MEETING SCHEDULE
MEETING SCHEDULE
Come join us!
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 | District Governor | Officers and board for new year
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 | Penny Rich, Assistant Clerk of Orange County Superior Court
Presentation on Estate Settlement Process and Guardianships
Meeting held at Ronald McDonald House
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 | Jeff Mobles | Rides for cancer treatments
Tuesday, October 20, 2026 | Donna Peffley, District Rotary Foundation Chair
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 | Fall Club Assembly | (Election Day, Get out and Vote)
Tuesday, November 17, 2026 | Representative from Orange County's Sheriff Office
Meeting held at Ronald McDonald House
Tuesday, December 1, 2026 | Speaker To Be Determined
Tuesday, December 15, 2026 | Holiday Party | Location to be determined
Tuesday, January 5, 2027 | Orange County Election Official
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Information for the month of October
October 20, 2026
Dear Friends,
Thanks to the initiative of Tim Atkins, our Club is now sponsoring an Interact Club at Chapel Hill High School. The ceremony for the instillation was Tuesday, Oct 20. Three high school students were in attendance and they provided all of us with very sweet and colorful handwritten thank you cards thanking us for our sponsorship. The HS club would like to do a joint project with our Rotary Club as well as another project. We welcome all suggestions from our members for projects!
Our speaker was the District Foundation Chair Donna Peffley. Donna reminded us of the importance of our continued support to the Rotary Foundation through individual direct financial gifts, sustainer donations (an individual gift of $100 per year) and pledges as a Paul Harris Fellow. Our club has specifically benefited from matching foundation grants (with Chapel Hill East and Sunrise) which we used for funding the Neonatal Parent Kiosk at UNC-CH Children's Hospital.
Field Trip:
Bob Anthony has put together a field trip for our Club to the Sylvan Heights Bird Park on Saturday, November 7, weather permitting. The drive from Chapel Hill is about 2 ½ hours and the full tour can be completed in 3 hours. Copy and paste the link to the Park's website: https://www.shwpark.com/visit/
A number of folks indicated interest in going at our last meeting. Please respond to this email by November 1 if you want to participate and we will arrange carpooling. This should be a very fun experience!
Volunteer Dates:
November 28, 2026, Vietri Gift Wrapping, 343 Elizabeth Brady Road, Hillsborough
Leslie Sellers has provided us with a fund-raising opportunity at Vietri for "Small Business Saturday." Our members come to Vietri on the 28th and help wrap, box or be generally supportive with the company's "free gift wrapping" on the Saturday after Black Friday. Patrons typically donate some money to the obliging organization (us)! I have attached a sign-up sheet for 2-hour shifts [AM is 10 to noon and PM is noon to 2 PM] for that day. Sign-up sheet link:https://forms.gle/eocYP8bWBPYohwmw5
(an easy way to respond to the form, is to copy and paste into your browser and the form should open)
Please respond and let us know which shift you would take (AM or PM) or if you are flexible and will fill in as needed.
Ronald McDonald Dinners
Please contact Ken (ken@gkmorgan.com) if you can volunteer for meal preparation (dates below) at Ronald McDonald House.
November 12
January 7
March 4
May 6
Wreath Sales:
Ongoing. Ken (ken@gkmorgan.com) needs final tallies by November 9th.
Holiday Party: SAVE THE DATE
Our annual holiday party will be Tuesday, December 1, at Carolina Meadows. It will be a pot luck party and more information will be provided soon.
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October 6th, 2026
Dear Friends,
Our first meeting of the month was a joint meeting of our club and Chapel Hill-Carrboro Sunrise—also a first! We hope we can do more collaborative meetings in the future.
Our speaker was Jeff Molby, a self-appointed messenger of the American Cancer Society's (ACS) program, "Road to Recovery." The "Road to Recovery" program matches volunteers with patients who need rides since many people do not have either the resources or the transportation to get to their cancer appointments. To get involved, copy the link below to a browser, https://www.cancer.org/involved/volunteer/road-to-recovery.html or call 800.227.2345.
Jeff, himself a cancer survivor, and a Rotarian from Caro, Michigan, became interested in "Road to Recovery" when he was volunteering for ACS. To spread the word, he decided to bike ride around the country, visit Rotary Clubs and let them know about the need for transportation for cancer patients. So far, he has traveled over 22,000 miles and blown through four bikes, though he claims his fourth bike is a keeper. His personal tag for his journey Chemoriders and this link will take you to his website: https://thehelpers.help/#chemoriders. We were all very inspired by Jeff Molby, his determination and his desire to help folks in need.
ANNOUNCEMENTS and SERVICE DATES
-October 10, 2026 MTS Trail Work Day, contact Susan Bales
for information, sbales@email.unc.edu
-October 22, 2026 Packing Family Welcome Bags at Ronald McDonald House with the UNC-CH Rotaractors. If you can
volunteer, contact Rochelle Mazze, heart1949@hotmail.com
-November 9, 2026 Wreath sales orders must be completed
by this date and your sales information given to Ken Morgan,
contact Ken at ken@gkmorgan.com
-November 28, 2026 Vetri volunteer community workday, more information will be available from Leslie Sellers:
leslie_sellers@hotmail.com
Co-Presidents Roger & Rochelle
CULTIVATING YOUTH LEADERSHIP
The Rotary Club of Chapel Hill has a strong tradition of supporting youth leadership programs such as Rotaract and Rotary Youth Leadership Awards.
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.
PARTNERING WITH DUKE & UNC ROTARY PEACE FELLOWS
PARTNERING WITH DUKE & UNC ROTARY PEACE FELLOWS
Back in 2011, we played a part in creating the Duke/UNC Peace Fellowship program. We're teaming up with some amazing fellows to lend a hand with international projects, and our members are also sponsoring individual Peace Fellows.
Peace Fellows Presentation at the FedEx Global Education Center on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus
CURRENT NEWS AND EVENTS
CURRENT NEWS AND EVENTS
U.N.C. HOSPITAL KIOSK NOW FULLY OPEN!
In January 2026 the UNC Hospitals placed a permanent plaque acknowledging our club, East Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill-Carrboro, as well as, District 7710. The hospital administrators, club members and the district were present for the dedication.
One of the distinctive features about the Ronald McDonald Hospitality Kiosk in the NCCC made possible by the Rotary Club is that it is open 24/7 for use by all families receiving care for their critically care newborns. In addition to the round the clock gathering space, coffee, water, snacks, and complimentary items, volunteers staff the space for additional offerings and make rounds to bring items to the newborn bedsides in the NCCC. This allows unique items such as infant board books, toiletry packs, journals, socks, and more to be directly passed out along with information on the kiosk and a caring touch to be brought into the NCCC even when parents are holding or feeding their little one or spending precious moments together.
Celebrating the 98th year for the Rotary Club of Chapel Hill
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