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Inez Fridley Obituary
Greenville Noon member Inez Fridley died this week. The Noon Club is extremely proud to have been part of Inez's life - she is deeply missed.See her obituary.
Rotary members learn of organization's charitable impacts
From the Daily Reflector - 28 February 2024
https://www.reflector.com/news/local/rotary-members-learn-of-organizations-charitable-impacts/article_51fefbbc-d4b4-11ee-abae-8bbef7d90d15.html
Dr. Vivian Mott made a presentation on the Rotary Foundation to the Morning Club at its most recent meeting on Feb. 22. Mott and Mary Vincent shared information on the foundation and how the impact is delivered in Pitt County and around the world. Mott, retired from East Carolina University, has been a member of Greenville’s noon club since 1994 and in Tennessee was the first female Rotarian in 1987.
The morning Greenville Rotary Club No. 24258 in District 7720 welcomed Dr. Vivian Mott and received a presentation on the Rotary Foundation at its most recent meeting on Feb. 22.
Mott and Mary Vincent shared information on the foundation and how the impact is delivered in Pitt County and around the world. Mott, retired from East Carolina University, has been a member of Greenville’s noon club since 1994 and in Tennessee was the first female Rotarian in 1987.
She served as district governor in 2008-09.
Mott shared the pioneering story from Tennessee. On several occasions, she said her pin for the “service above self” themed organization has led to conversations, visits and projects with fellow Rotarians.
“Rotary has a way of drawing people together,” she said.
Mott engaged the group discussing past projects by the Morning Club, and how district grant money is beneficial to the community. She also shared a Rotary success story she came upon, a groundwater well built several years before in Africa, while traveling abroad on an academic trip.
Greenville’s Morning Rotary Club meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 7 a.m. on the campus of Pitt Community College, in the conference room adjacent to the Bulldog Café and Registrar’s Office in the Goess Student Center off Reedy Branch Road.
The club supports projects in Pitt County and internationally throughout the year. Those interested in joining can contact club President Shea Baldwin at docsheafmf96@gmail.com.
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Awards for Greenville Noon
The Greenville Noon Rotary was recognized at the District Mid-Year Assembly for it's strong record of donating to Rotary International. 100% of the club donated to Rotary International and the average gift was over $100. This giving was in addition to all the local projects conducted each year by the club.
Suzuki Students Play at Noon Rotary
Every holiday season for many, many years, Suzuki violin students have come to the Greenville Noon Rotary meeting to play holiday favorites. This year was another wonderful rendition and, once again, some of the members had children among the players!Greenville City Manager Mike Cowin Joins Greenville Noon Rotary
Michael Cowin, Greenville City Manager, joined the Greenville Noon Rotary. Michael is a native of Eastern North Carolina, attended East Carolina University, and has worked in the Greenville community for many years. Rotary Flag Field Comes Down
The Club took down our annual Flag Field of Heroes today and stored all of the flags in the attic of the Rotary Building. The flags need to dry before we can store them for next year - what a beautiful sight!Greenville Noon Rotary Continues Shop With a Cop
More than two dozen kids have back-to-school clothes and supplies for Monday thanks to a partnership among Greenville police, Greenville Noon Rotary and JC Penney.
Officers and club members took 26 students on a school-centric shopping spree Saturday morning when the doors of JC Penney at Greenville Mall opened early for the annual Shop With a Cop program.
More than two dozen kids have back-to-school clothes and supplies for Monday thanks to a partnership among Greenville police, Greenville Noon Rotary and JC Penney.
Officers and club members took 26 students on a school-centric shopping spree Saturday morning when the doors of JC Penney at Greenville Mall opened early for the annual Shop With a Cop program.
Officers with the Greenville Police Department’s Police Athletic League worked with Rotary to identify PAL members who would benefit and helped them pick out over $7,500 worth of clothes and supplies for the new school year.
A dozen officers and 14 members of the Rotary volunteered, said Steve Callender, a member of the Noon Rotary and president of Effective Learning for Growth, LLC.
Students’ sizes were provided by parents but the youths had a chance to select the clothing they wanted, Callender said.
“The Rotarians and police basically let the kids shop,” Callender said. “You see them going through the aisles of JC Penney and asking, how does this look?
“My wife was along helping a girl and commented to the girl, ‘Gosh! You have really good taste.’ The kids are happy about it, the parents of the kids are happy about it. The police enjoy it.”
The event was organized in part by GPD Officer Ron White, a school resource officer at Elmhurst Elementary School. He said that the kids involved ranged in age from 5-13 and that in the time he has been involved with the PAL program, there have been bridges built between police and the community.
“If I happen to be at Walmart or the grocery store I will see those kids who come through the program and, even though I’m not in uniform, they will come up with their families and talk to us,” White, a 19-year law enforcement veteran, said. “They’ll explain that we are the police officers at their summer camps or whatever it may be.”
Also contributing to this year’s event was Thomas Quigley, director at JOY Community Center, who Callender said brought 26 backpacks full of school supplies, including earbuds, for each student.
The Noon Rotary funds that were not used during Shop With a Cop will be allocated toward coats, hats and gloves for students when temperatures begin to drop, Callender said.
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