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Rotary Club of Ludington.

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Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Meeting both in-person and on Zoom
Mason County Historical Society
130 E. Ludington Ave
Ludington, MI 49431
United States of America
Ludington's Debra Kinnaird, along with two other content experts, led a panel discussion on "Best Practices for Increasing Club Member Engagement" at the District 6290 Fall Training session held in Cadillac on October 7th.  Approximately 120 conference attendees listened in as the panel discussed the following topics:
  1. What are some of the Best Practices for clubs to increase member engagement? 
  2. Will you tell about some of the Rotary Club Central resources available to clubs?
  3. How does one conduct a Club Health check?
  4. What are some pitfalls that you would recommend Clubs look out for when recruiting new members to the club?
  5. How do we start a new club?
                           
Debra Kinnaird is joined by fellow District 6290 Rotarians Kirk Dornbush and Dale Charters
 
Kinnaird shared how the Ludington Rotary Club took on the challenge of renovating the park now known as Rotary Park, in
downtown Ludington.  The park has become a renowned landmark in Ludington, and a great advertisement for potential new club members.
The Ludington Rotary Club was established in 1933: 90 years ago!  Our celebration was appropriately led by Jim Jensen, President of the Mason County Historical Society and long time Rotarian.  Jim led us through a brief history of our club's origin, our longest serving current members, memories of the Rotary Smiles Programs, various fundraising activities, service projects, and of course the Rotary Park completion.  It was a joyous celebration, indeed!
 
 
The Fun Committee did a beautiful job with the birthday celebration decorations.
 
                           
Of course, there was cake!
 
                          
Long time Rotarians Tom Lane, Bob Andrews, Jim Jensen, and Ivan Anthony joined the celebration.
This week our club celebrated the final, joyous wrap-up of a project eight years in the making: the complete renovation and renaming of Ludington's beautiful Rotary Park.  Tuesday night, at a club picnic held at the park, Deb Kinnaird and Linda O'Brien set afire the West Shore Bank promissory note that helped to finance the park, as the loan is now officially paid off.  A sincere THANK YOU to all our club members, as well as the many businesses and individuals in our community, who were instrumental in making this project happen.
 
 
What a great start for our Interact Club!  Club President Ashley McPike did a fantastic job reviewing last year's activities and explaining a little about Rotary.   We've got an exciting year ahead!
 
On August 24, our club was honored to host our District 6290 Governor, Jeff Coil and Assistant Governor, Valerie Gerhart.  Jeff graciously met with Board members prior to our regular Thursday club meeting, and then offered a very informative and inspirational update to our entire club, including two members of L.H.S. Interact Club.  Thank you, Jeff, and Valarie, for your capable and generous leadership.
 
District 6290 Governor Jeff Coil
 
Assistant District Gov.Valerie Gerhart, Ludington Rotary Club President Julee Sarto, District Gov. Jeff Coil
 
 
Betty Mousel, Deb Kinnaird, Dist. Gov. Jeff Coil, Interact Club members Amber Sherwood-Michaells & Genevieve Lux
 
 
 
 
 
 
The "Boy Band Review" performed at West Shore Bank's Rhythm & Dunes concert Saturday night, and our elephant ear team had a few ears leftover at the end of the night.  Avonlea Johnson, our youngest and spunkiest ear volunteer, delivered a few complementary ears to the band.  As you can see, the Boys in the Band were very pleased!
Summer time is Elephant Ear time, and Rotarians are quick to jump in and help.  This year we have eight events, including Gus Macker, West Shore Art Fair, West Shore Bank's Rhythm & Dunes concerts, and Gold Coast Art Fair.
 
                       
July 15th was our Ludington Rotary Club's second Adopt-A-Highway litter cleanup outing of the year, and 16 hardy souls helped out.   After a quick 1-1/2 hour session, the northern-most stretch of US 31 ending at US 10 (including three on/off ramps) was once again pristine.
 
 
Dale Horowski has served brilliantly as President of our Ludington Rotary Club for the past year, and we thank him dearly, with great gratitude and respect.   
 
On July 1st, the start of our club's fiscal year, Dale officially handed the gavel over to our brand spanking new President: Julee Sarto.  We are thrilled to have such talented and dedicated club members who are willing to take on this critically important role.  Thank you, Dale and Julee!  We look forward to another fun and productive year!

The LHS Rotary Interact club scooped and gave away over 1,500 cups of free ice cream, complements of House of Flavors, at Ludington’s 150th Anniversary street party.  In less than 2 hours, they raised $130.20 in donations!  

We’re beyond proud to send three LHS students to the Rotary Life Leadership Conference, held at GVSU from 6/14 to 6/17: Genevieve Lux, Kylee Johnson, and Nadia Grierson (L to R).  Congratulations, women!  We look forward to hearing of your adventures at the conference.
 
 
President Dale Horowski welcomes our newest member, Andrea Pehrson McKenzie, into our Rotary Club of Ludington as her sponsor Deb Del Zoppo supports her induction.
 
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Speakers
Todd Reed and Brad Reed
Dec 14, 2023 12:00 PM
Todd & Brad Reed Photography
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Lunch and Socializing
Dec 28, 2023 12:00 PM
New Year's Resolutions!
Club Assembly
Feb 29, 2024 12:00 PM
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