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Location Update

We will be meeting at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds in the conference center.

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Kyle Hurley

Welcome! The Rotary International theme for 2019-2020 is "Rotary Connects the World." That is what we do! We connect as Rotarians for fellowship, mentorship, and leadership; we connect with the community to provide services and resources to inspire good works and deeds; and we connect internationally to eradicate polio, provide clean water, promote peace, and support health and education. Together, we connect to be a part of something greater than ourselves.

In 2019, we celebrated 100 years of service! In our next century, our vision is to grow our club with diversity and opportunities to learn and serve. Each week, we gather for lunch for fellowship among a diverse group of individuals and professionals and have inspiring and educating speakers for programs.

If you have a heart for service and interested in learning more, contact us and join us for lunch. We hope to connect with you soon!

District 5770 and our Rotary Club Helps OU Grad to Study Abroad

A former Rotary Youth Exchange student, Carlee Wright, will be studying in Italy again thanks to her scholarship from the Rotary Foundation. The Norman Rotary Club is serving as her sponsoring home club and presented her flags to share while studying abroad as a Rotary Global Scholar. This fall, she plans to enter Johns Hopkins University in Bologna, Italy to pursue her Master of Arts in international affairs. The program is sponsored by Rotary District 5770, comprised of 31 Rotary clubs in southern and southwest Oklahoma. Congrats Carlee! You will be a great representative for Rotary and our country! Instead of the typical handshaking and high-fives, elbow bumps were the gesture of choice.

Passing the Gavel and Inductions

Kyle Hurley gets inducted as President by club member and past Rotary International President, Ron Burton. Our club is looking forward to having President Hurley!

Hurley presented outgoing president, Jill Hazeldine, with a gavel and plaque to commemorate and thank her for her leadership!

President Hazeldine gives highlights about the year with a slide show of all the accomplishments, service projects, events and fun we had starting in July 2019. In this pandemic, our club pulled together to donate to United Way, Food and Shelter Inc., and Norman Regional Foundation to help those impacted most by this crisis. Donated funds helped provide food, rent and pulse oximeters for COVID-19 patients who are recovering at home to monitor their blood oxygen levels. We also held a food drive for Pantry Partners, who provides food to Norman Public School students and their families. Great job Rotarians!

President Hazeldine recognizes board and committee members and commends them for their work during her presidential year. These ladies were gifted with a Rotary notebook with a "When Rotary Accepted Women" poem by our own club member, Robert L. Lynn, PhD. She also presented to other leaders a notebook and poems by Dr. Lynn, "One by One, Hour by Hour" and "Someone" which she feels captures the essence of their service to our club and community.