Meetings are Tuesday's at noon at the Lake County History Center. Please join us if you are interested in finding out about Rotary or joining the club!
We are halfway to our goal of collecting 1,000 pounds of plastic before February 2026.
The link is a list of acceptable plastic items: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:8955bae5-9aa5-41eb-a7e6-02163f0ef222
July 1, 2025
Today is a special day in Rotary, July 1st is out with the old and in with the new. Today is the first day of the Rotary year. Clubs thank their past President and their staff for a job well done for the 2024-2025 Rotary year and welcome the new President and their staff for the the 2025-2026 Rotary year.
Maureen Conway has been a great leader for the 2024-2025 Rotary year. She accepted the Other's Award from the Salvation Army, she welcomed several new members, she spoke about Rotary at the annual Lake County Chamber of Commerce meeting, and she accomplished many other things this past year. A big thank you goes out to her and her staff for a job well done!
Maureen also accepted a Rotary pin and plaque presented by Assistant Governor Albert Tien.
Maureen Conway passing the leadership on to Dan Garry. Dan Garry began his presidency by giving Anita Walters and Christy Maygar Rotary pins recognizing them as the treasurer and secretary respectively. Thanks to both for continuing on in these positions.
Christy accepting the pin that Dan presented to her. Dan also introduced his new board members. He is also excited for the new Rotary year starting with the Mardi Gras parade in Fairport Harbor on July 5th. He invited everyone who is available to join them for the fun! He encouraged everyone to keep collecting plastic so that we can put a Rotary bench in Veteran's Park. Dan would also like to increase membership. Everyone is looking forward to a great productive year.
Welcome Dan!
July 5, 2025
Today Fairport Harbor celebrated their very last Mardi Gras ever! Dan Garry and the crew of people thought it would be a good day to celebrate both the years of Mardi Gras and Rotary by creating a Rotary float for the last parade. A lot of fun (despite the heat) was had. Candy was thrown and fans handed out to parade goers. Here are few pictures from the parade. More can be seen in the photo album titled "Fairport Harbor Mardi Gras Parade".
The crew who were able to attend the parade. Thanks for the support!
May 3, 2025
Painesville Rotary's annual fundraiser was held on May 3rd at The Banquet Center at Saint Noel in Willoughby Hills. The theme was "Run for the Roses". It was the day of the Kentucky Derby. As you can see from the pictures many participated with all they had in the theme. Fun was had by all and many items were won by friends, family and guests.
Thanks for all the hard work of the committee and volunteers to make it another successful fundraiser!
May 13, 2025
Mentor and Painesville Rotaries held their annual Drama Awards to recognize the achievements of students in the fall and spring musicals. This year was the 50th year that they have been awarding the Drama Awards. It was a fun night!
May 6, 2025
Today scholarships were awarded to 2 seniors. Each recipient received a $1,000 scholarship to help with their college goals. This year the club chose to give 2 (one student from each school) a $1,000 scholarship rather than 4 $500 ones. The students applied for the scholarship and were chosen based on their grades and their volunteerism and extra curricular activity.
Janel Montgomery was the senior from Painesville Harvey chosen as this years' recipient. Her teacher Sharon Fitzgerald introduced her and told us a little bit about her high school life. Janel then told us she will be attending Penn State New Kensington, a small campus near Pittsburgh. Janel will be playing basketball and studying Radiology.
Congratulations Janel Montgomery and good luck in the future!
The second recipient of the Painesville Rotary scholarship is Nicole Zanko. Nicole will be graduating from Riverside High School soon and has 39 post secondary hours from Lakeland Community College. Her teacher Scott Bailis introduced her. He told us a little bit about her high school life. She is a four year National Honor Society member and will be graduating with an honors diploma. Nicole told us that she will be attending the University of Toledo in the fall. Both of her parents and a couple of other family members have attended the University of Toledo. She will embark on a six year Pharmacy program.
Congratulations Nicole Zanko and continued success at the University of Toledo!
Brian Kane (Scholarship Committee Chairperson) presenting Nicole and Janel with their scholarship money.
June 17, 2025
Jerry Walker's giant check. Congratulations Jerry!
