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Please join the Rotary Club of Dexter for a celebration of our 20th Anniversary and President's Dinner on Friday, June 22, from 6:00 to 8:30pm at the Portage Yacht Club.
$25 per person includes dinner and soft drinks. Cash bar available throughout the evening. RSVP by June 15 at http://evite.me/Q9HtzXVq6 |
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Nearly three years ago, Rotary Club member Gloria Leininger proposed a weekly fresh produce program to Dexter Faith in Action, in order to promote healthier living during the “off garden” months. Gloria knew that fresh produce can get expensive during these months, making produce less available to our neighbors in need. “This is just one more way we can advocate for our local community to promote healthy eating.” –says Gloria. The Club has heartily supported this program with four – five Rotarians weekly delivering $75.00-$90.00 of various produces items to the FIA pantry. The Dexter Country Market has been gracious and very helpful in selling the Rotary club various produce items that are on sale weekly, ensuring economical buys and a nice rotation of fresh produce be delivered. The program extends from October to May and is supported by many members of the Dexter Rotary club who pledge a monthly donation towards its budget. Representatives of FIA have expressed their appreciation for this service many times and are so happy to have many organizations helping their pantry stay fully stocked for our FIA families. To learn more about the Dexter Rotary Club, visit www.rotarydexter.org or www.facebook.com/dexter.rotary.club
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Meet Tank, the dog helping out at Dexter's Mill Creek Middle School |
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Dexter Rotary Club and Faith in Action partner for local youth for Back-to-School Backpacks.
To ensure that all students begin the new school year with the supplies they need, the Dexter Rotary Club purchased 4 backpacks for local students in need and filled them with essential supplies such as paper, binders, highlighters, and calculators. This has been a long-standing project of the club. Students are identified by area churches, Dexter Community Schools, and local nonprofit organizations and their names shared with Faith in Action. In turn, Nancy Paul with Faith in Action reached out to local organizations for help to provide these students with backpacks and school supplies. Dexter Rotary Club members stepped up to provide backpacks for 4 students and will continue this program for years to come! **To learn more about Faith in Action, visit www.faithinaction1.org. **If you’d like to learn more about the Dexter Rotary Club or get involved in our service projects, please visit our Facebook page, email deter.rotary@gmail.com or join us at our weekly breakfast meetings at Terry B’s on Thursday mornings at 7:15a.m
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Actually we've been on Facebook for awhile but now we have a campaign going to increase the number of people who "Like" us. For those of you not familiar with the Facebook jargon, "Liking" a page is something you do so you will see posts and events from that page in your own personal newsfeed.
Just a short time ago, maybe in June 2012, we only had 11 people who "Liked" us. That was a sad situation. But, after a concerted effort to get more people to visit our Facebook page, we are now up to 40. And, once we get all our Dexter Rotary Club members who are also Facebook members to "Like" our Facebook page, we could have millions (well, it doesn't hurt to dream). So, join us on Facebook (Dexter Rotary Facebook Page) - and "LIKE" us while you're at it. .JPG) |
