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Announcements Welcome to the Rotary Club of Hampton Roads website.  Club Media Guide   To find out more about the Rotary Club of Hampton Roads, download our Media Guide    Rotary Club of Hampton Roads     Join Our Group    Visit the Rotary International Channel   ODU Rotoract Club Dates to Remember....  May 12 - Adopt-a-Highway May 17 - Board meeting May 19 - Putt Putt Golf Are you Rotarian of the Week?  Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and the Four-Way Test is easy.  Do you have your non-denominational Invocation?  Here is a link to "The New Rotary Grace Book" courtesy of District 6450.

Annual Installation Banquet

The Club's Installation Banquet will be Friday, June 29 at Westminster-Canterbury beginning at 6:00 pm.  A Social Hour will be followed by dinner, installation of the new Board and presentation of awards.  For more information contact Dave Mansfield.

Paint Your Heart Out

The Rotary Club of Hampton Roads joined with the Rotary Club of Chesapeake for the 21st Annual event.  We had 20 Rotarians, family members and volunteers help paint a house and spruce up the yard for a family in Chesapeake.  You see the photos on the photobucket page by using the links in the menu on the left under "Club Photos".

Adopt-A-Highway Off To A Great Start

The Adopt-A-Highway season began Saturday April 7, 2012.  Responding to Head Streetwalker Dianne Gordonn's impassioned plea for maximum effort, a dozen hard-chargers collected 12 bags of some of the most awesome trash from our stretch of Princess Anne Rd.  Rumor has it that some Easter eggs were found.  The picker-uppers were Pete Griffin, Dave Johnson, Barry Kimbrough, Chester Long, Dave Mansfield, Joe Mulkerrin, David Rosenthal, Dick Shea, Chan Zucker and the Saunders crew of Seth, Hunter and Carson.

RCHR is Getting Busy

Check out the calendar for the Club's upcoming events.  Some are highlighted to the right and meeting information can be found below.  See you there!

Another Successful Year for the Bowl-A-Thon

The Club held it's annual Bowl-A-Thon on February 4 at AMF Little Creek Lanes in Norfolk to a crowd that filled 50 lanes and raised almost $40,000.  The highlight of this years event was the raffle for a chance to win an IPAD 2.  The proceeds from the event will be distributed to local organizations that benefit children, as well as the Rotary Foundation.   

District Awards and Installation

At the first ever District 7600 Awards and Installation Banquet, RCHR won several awards that we are very proud of:

Governor's Circle

R.I. Presidential Citation

Club Service

Vocational Service

Public Relations

Landstown Interact Club won the R.I. Presidential Citation

Congratultions to all and especially now Past President Clenise Platt for leading the Club through a great year.

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Hampton Roads web site.  We invite you to take a look around our site and find out more about our Club and about Rotary.

Yours in Rotary,

Richard Brinkley, President

2011-2012

Rotary Club of Hampton Roads, Virginia

 (See Richard's full message here)

Upcoming Meetings

Meetings are at 7:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Executive Center

May 18, 2012

Today's program - Susan Nottingham - "US women Prepare for the London Olympics"

Future Programs

May 25 - Seatack Elementary Readers with Mary Daniels

June 1 - Coach Bobby Wilder - ODU Football

June 8 - Teacher of the Year Awards

Rotarian of the Week

May 18 - Stacy Nixon

May 25 - Jim Orlando

June 1 - Paul Peter

June 8 - Richard Pettruny

Rotary By The Numbers

Rotary International (April 2011)
Membership	1,217,668 Rotarians
	34,049 Rotary Clubs
	534 Rotary regional districts
	200+ countries and geographic areas
	Rotary clubs are located on all seven continents
Women in Rotary	196,000+ women (estimated)
	26,853 clubs with women members (estimated)
Interact Clubs (14-18 years)	303,991 members (estimated)
	13,217 clubs
	133 countries and geographical regions
Rotaract Clubs (18-30 years)	195,040 members (estimated)
	8,480 clubs
	165 countries and geographical regions
Rotary Community Corps	161,759 corps members (estimated)
	7,003 corps
	78 countries and geographical regions (estimated)
Rotary Youth Exchange	8,500 youths participate annually (estimated)
	115+ countries and regions involved in programs

The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
Total Awards and Expenses  FY 2008-09	$187.8 million for total awards and expenses, including:
	$87.8 million for PolioPlus program awards
	$26.8 million for Matching Grants program awards
	$7.2 million for District Simplified Grants program awards
	$3.4 million for Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants program awards
	$ 13.2 million for Ambassadorial Scholarships program awards
	$ 4.0 million for Group Study Exchange (GSE) program awards
	$ 6.6 million for other program awards
	$ 18.6 million for program operations
	$ 14.5 million for fund development
	$ 5.7 million for general administration
Total Awards and Expenses Since 1947	$2.395 billion

Did You Know....

November 28, 1915 the Hampton Roads Rotary Club was formed. 

In October of 1916 the club changed it's name to the Rotary Club of Newport News

February 22, 1980 the Rotary Club of Tidewater was chartered.

In 1989, by club election, the club changed it's name to the Rotary Club of Hampton Roads.

Rotary Theme 2011-2012: Reach Within to Embrace Humanity Kalyan Banerjee - President, Rotary International James W. Bynum- District Governor, District 7600 Richard Brinkley- President, Rotary Club of Hampton Roads Theresa Bryant - President-Elect, Rotary Club of Hampton Roads