Please join the Midland Rotary Club and neighbors to help beautify Grove Park in Midtown! Please bring gloves and rakes; trash bags will be provided and refreshments will be served!
For more information, visit "Midland Noon Rotary Club" on Facebook!
SAVE THE DATE! Midland Blooms will be back again for 2024 with planting day on Saturday, May 18!
Carlos Uribe, who chairs the Committee for our club, will have more information as we approach planting day. Sign up to reserve your planting spot HERE!
More about Midland Blooms: The Midland Business Alliance has coordinated the program since its inception in 1989 with the assistance of a volunteer committee comprised of community members and business representatives, as well as City staff members. The program typically brings over 500 community residents and businesses together for a one-day volunteer service project planting flowers on Midland’s Eastman Avenue corridor providing community ownership residents can be proud of as well as community beautification. This year, a mix of purple petunias will be planted along the two mile stretch down Eastman Ave. from Dilloway Drive to Buttles. This is a modification from the traditional planting area due to road construction.
Please join us at our meeting on June 27, 2024 as we close out our Rotary year and outgoing President Angela Cole passes the gavel to incoming President, Christian Velasquez!
Rotary District 6310 is inviting all mid-Michigan Rotary clubs to join them for an amazing night of Loons Baseball under the Northern Lights Pavilion. Admission is $27.00/person - guests and family members are welcome!
Your ticket includes admission to the game at the NLP, a buffet and soft drinks. Register here: https://offer.fevo.com/lansing-lugnuts-df5t4o8-2009dd0?fevoUri=lansing-lugnuts-df5t4o8-2009dd0%2F
For ticket questions, please contact Joe Volk at 989-837-6165.
If you are interested in participating in our clean-up event, please email Robbie Waclawski (Robbie.Waclawski@somi.org) we need eight to ten volunteers total and children are welcome, as long as they are supervised.
Details are listed below:
Saturday, April 20
Meet at 10:00am in Home Depot parking lot, north end (to the left when facing the store-front)
The group will be cleaning Elisenal Drive, which is between Joe Mann Blvd. and Commerce Drive.
Trash bags, yard waste bags, gloves, and trash pickers will be provided and available for your use
Please note that there will be hold harmless agreements for volunteers to sign and the committee highly recommends wearing rubber boots, or something to keep your feet dry - and to dress for the weather as this stretch of road is mostly open field, so there is no protection from the wind.
Thank you for being willing to "Create Hope In The World" along with us!
Join our District 6310 Annual Conference on April 19th and 20th, 2024 at the Doubletree Hotel in Bay City, Michigan!
We hope that you’ll consider joining Rotary friends from across our District for fellowship, fun, and food in the beautiful city on the Bay!
To welcome you to the conference on Friday night you’ll enjoy the opportunity to compete for project grants “Shark Tank” style while enjoying soothing tunes and great company!
After breakfast on Saturday, we will conduct our annual District Business Meeting at which time Rotarians that have passed away during the past year will be honored. Next, you'll have the opportunity to attend 2 of 3 breakout sessions that are sure to expand your knowledge of Rotary, mental health, and our environment.
On Saturday afternoon we’ll invite you to explore downtown Bay City for an exciting scavenger hunt and prize giveaway – or just visit many of our local businesses.
Saturday evening's final banquet will bring us our Keynote speaker, Phil Eich, Founder of Storyville, Director of Marketing and Placemaking for Hey, Bay City! and storyteller for Riverfront Saginaw and City of Saginaw Government. Phil will inspire us all to use our stories to promote Rotary and create opportunities to gain new members through the impact of storytelling.
Don’t delay and make your reservations for the conference and hotel accommodations today!!!
Link for more details: https://rotary6310.myeventscenter.com/event/2024-District-6310-Annual-Conference-88244?redir=1
Enjoy all you can eat pancakes as well as sausage, applesauce, butter/syrup, milk, and coffee!
Ticket prices: $5.00/Adult and $3.00/Children (12 or under). Please check with any Midland (Noon) Rotarian for tickets; They will also be available for purchase at the door.
Takeout meals will also be available!
(If we have inclement weather, the event will move to Thursday, March 7)
Please join the Midland Rotary Club and neighbors to help beautify Grove Park in Midtown! Please bring gloves and rakes; trash bags will be provided and refreshments will be served! Families and children are welcome!
In the event of inclement weather, we will reserve November 11 as the back-up date.
For more information, visit "Midland Noon Rotary Club" on Facebook!
Under the leadership of our Supporting the Environment committee, the Rotary Club of Midland has adopted Elisenal Street (off Joe Mann Blvd). We will be holding a cleanup for anyone interested in helping out. All materials will be provided and supervised children are welcome to attend.
Please plan to meet at the Home Depot parking lot and contact Robbie Waclawski, Sam McKenzie, or Speed Malecki for more information.
Enjoy Halloween a little early on the 26th with activities including face painting, pumpkin decorating and soliciting sweets at different candy stations!
Trunk or Treat is coming up at Grove Park on Thursday, October 26, from 5:30-7:30pm and Rotary will be serving hot dogs and chips generously provided by our friends at Live Oak. Be sure to visit our table along the promenade as we’ll be participating in the “trick-or-treat" festivities as well. We can’t wait to see everyone!
Join Rotary and the Grand Traverse Pie Company (Midland location only) in helping to eradicate Polio. Grand Traverse Pie Company will donate proceeds from their pie sales on World Polio Day, October 24, to help The Rotary Foundation eliminate Polio throughout the world.
Each Slice - $1 donated
Each Mini Pie - $2 donated
Each Whole Pie - $3 donated
You may also choose to purchase a pie to donate to a local nonprofit such as Open Door, Hidden Harvest, or Shelterhouse and can be delivered by local Rotarians.
Join us to learn how we can make Midland a more peaceful community!
Music
Games
Crafts
Books
Facepainting
Storytelling
This event is sponsored by the Nonviolent Peaceforce, Rotary Club of Midland with support from Creative 360, Grace A. Dow Memorial Library, Public Arts Midland, and the Cultural Awareness Coalition.
This year’s walk begins at 9 a.m. on Monday, September 4. Attendees should assemble by the old Farmer’s Market location at the end of Ashman Street, by the Tridge.
The Tridge Walk will feature music from ‘Something Neutral’ (playing from 8:30am - 10:30am), refreshments, special guest speakers, and family-friendly activities. During the walk, participants will traverse the Tridge from Downtown Midland to Chippewassee Park.
For more information, contact Event Coordinator, Amanda Oster at amanda.oster14@gmail.com.
Rotary District 6310 is inviting all mid-Michigan Rotary clubs to join them for an amazing night of Loons Baseball under the Northern Lights Pavilion on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 7:05pm!
Rotary District 6310 is inviting all mid-Michigan Rotary clubs to join them for an amazing night of Loons Baseball under the Northern Lights Pavilion. Each registration includes buffet and soft drinks.
Register here: https://fevogm.com/michiganrotary
Visit the Rotary tent and enjoy burgers, beer, wine, and hard seltzers! You can find us near the Bob Johns River Days Stage with burgers being served on Friday night ONLY! Craft beer, wine, and seltzers will be available on both evenings!
All proceeds from the event benefit the local community with a special focus on youth projects.
Find out more of what’s happening at River Days by visiting their page: http://www.riverdaysmidland.com/schedule
Please join us at our meeting on June 29, 2023 as we close out our Rotary year and outgoing President Jon Lauderbach passes the gavel to incoming President, Angela Cole!
Come meet your neighbors and join us for a community conversation to further build an inclusive community where everyone belongs and thrives. The conversation will be facilitated by the Cultural Awareness Coalition and Youth Inclusivity Committee. Kids are welcome and encouraged to attend.
This event is open to all ages, offering two sessions (of the same content) with activities tailored to 5 and above. Hot dogs and water will be served and a food truck will be available!
Event Details:
Thursday, June 8 | Grove Park in Midland
First Session: 3:00pm - 4:30pm (Welcome tent opens at 2:45pm)
Second Session: 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Please join the Midland Rotary Club and neighbors to help beautify Grove Park in Midtown! Please bring gloves and rakes; trash bags will be provided and refreshments will be served! Families and children are welcome!
Join the Rotary Club of Midland’s Supporting the Environment Committee for a project that will make a difference!
On April 29, please plan to take action with the “Supporting the Environment” committee at our Adopt-A-Street clean-up of Elisenal Drive. We will meet at 10:00am on the Home Depot parking lot, on the North end (to the left, when facing the store front).
Please visit Rotary’s booth at the Earth Day Action Expo! At this FREE event, members from our club and the Supporting the Environment Committee will be on-hand to discuss our club’s projects, community and global impact, and provide more information on Rotary and how to join/get involved!
The Earth Action Expo is brough to you by: Midland Section of ACS, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland Recyclers, Dow High, and MSU St. Andrews. The following is a line-up of activities:
◦ Ecology Activities
◦ Food Trucks
◦ Give-aways
◦ Hands-on science
◦ Arts & Crafts
◦ 40+ Exhibitors
◦ And MUCH MORE!
Activities are for all ages, and this event is FREE and open to EVERYONE to celebrate Earth Day!
Our event has been rescheduled! Please join us for All You Can Eat Pancakes! 🥞
Includes: Pancakes, Sausage, Applesauce, Butter and Syrup, Milk and Coffee. Takeout will be available.
Ticket Prices:
$5.00/Adult
$3.00/Children (12 or under)
*Tickets are available through Midland Noon Rotary members and will be available to purchase at the door
All previously purchased or distributed tickets for the original date of 2/23/23 will be honored at the door!
The Keynote Speaker at the District Conference will be Nicole Lynn Lewis, author of the book “Pregnant Girl ”and founder of non profit Generation Hope.
Registration is $125/person and you can register here. Registration includes breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday March 25 along with breakout sessions, and keynote speaker presentation.
More details are below and on the registration page:
Rotarians, we would like to invite you to attend our annual District Conference at Dow Diamond in beautiful Midland, on March 25, 2023. We hope that you’ll consider joining Rotary friends from across our District for fellowship, fun, and food in Midland in the center of our district.
Our conference is a one day event but a very full day. We begin at 8:15 with our annual District Business Meeting and breakfast. After breakfast we will have our first full group session with speaker/children's author Sue Battel. We will then choose between two breakout sessions. You will have your choice of either learning about Rotary Youth Exchange by Jan Lampman our District Youth Exchange Chair or learn about Financial Literacy by High School Teacher, Ryan Walker.
We will break for lunch at 12 noon when we will have our flag presentation and introduction of Youth Exchange Students. There will be the presentation of the Brobst Scholarship, Rotary Heroes bio's will be read and certificates will be presented. Also the winner of the $500 Maternal and Infant Health project will be announced.
Following lunch there will be another full group session by Laura Swanson of Creative Embers speaking on Sex Trafficking. The second breakout sessions will follow and you will have a choice between learning about Interact with Dee Brock talking about how you can start a club in your school or Jameca Patrick Singleton, Director of Children, Families and Education of MiHIA.
We will then have a time to get up and get some exercise by taking a tour of Dow Diamond including behind the scenes areas we usually can't see.
Our chance to remember those Rotarian's who died during the past year will be at 5:15 p.m. with our Yellow Rose Ceremony and candle lighting. Saturday evening's dinner will bring our Keynote Speaker, Nicole Lynn Lewis author of Pregnant Girl and founder of the non profit Generation Hope. You will not want to miss her story of teenage pregnancy, finishing high school and then college and how she helps other young parents do the same.
Don’t delay and make your reservations for the conference and hotel accommodations today!!!
With the uncertainty about the upcoming weather storm we have made the difficult decision to POSTPONE the pancake supper this Thursday, February 23. Our committee is looking to a potential future date. STAY TUNED!!
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ALL YOU CAN EAT PANCAKES
Includes: Pancakes, Sausage, Applesauce, Butter & Syrup, Milk, and Coffee
H. H. Dow High School Cafeteria
Thursday, February 23, 2023
4:00 to 7:30pm
Takeout is available!
Tickets are $5.00/adult and $3.00/child (12 and under). Reach out to your fellow Rotarian from the Noon club for tickets or they are available at the door. We can’t wait to serve you!
In lieu of a meeting on 12-29-22, we are offering an optional service opportunity to membership. Please sign up during one of the shifts below to assist with stacking/organizing shelves, cashiering, helping in the back room, etc.. Children are welcome to participate, but must be accompanied by an adult. We need about 6-7 people per shift. Please plan to arrive a little early before your shift begins for a brief training/update on what to expect. Thank YOU!
Link to sign up is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1neaRK6ROVPTQBu9ia-ZMafD1bw2qQwjkFhKH0q0Zmgg/edit?usp=sharing
Come to Grove Park to “Trunk-or-Treat” and enjoy some food and fun! More details to come!
Stay tuned for more information on how the Rotary Club of Midland is celebrating World Polio Day and raising funds (and how you can help!) to eradicate polio worldwide. #wearethisclose #endpolionow #worldpolioday #purplepinky
Please join the Midland Rotary Club and neighbors to help beautify Grove Park in Midtown! Please bring gloves and rakes; trash bags will be provided and refreshments will be served! Families and children are welcome!
For more information, visit "Midland Noon Rotary Club" on Facebook!
Please join the Midland Morning and Midland Noon Rotary clubs at our 24th Midland Rotary Golf Cup! Held at the Currie Golf Courses in Midland, this will be a traditional 4-Ball Scramble. Registration is at 8:00am - 9:00am with a “shotgun” start at 9:00am. Immediately following we will have awards and a taco bar from 2:00pm - 3:00pm. Proceeds benefit Morning and Noon Rotary clubs of Midland Youth Exchange Programs.
The public is welcome and we’d love for you to join us!
Midland will kick off Neighboring Week with The Midland Celebration of Peace. In partnership with Creative 360, Nonviolent Peaceforce Midland Chapter, and the Rotary Club of Midland, we welcome everyone to this free, block party-style event!
This celebration is a great way to celebrate not only the UN International Day of Peace but also to learn more about Midland as an International City of Peace! We hope to see you there!
The Rotary Club of Midland and the Midland Morning Club are partnering to sell burgers*, beer, wine, and seltzers with proceeds benefitting community projects. Come on out to the Rotary tent at Riverdays and enjoy a meal and family fun!
*Burgers only available on Friday, August 5th
Register now! The Rotary Club of Midland and District 6310 are teaming up to cheer on our Great Lakes Loons! We are inviting all mid-Michigan Rotary clubs to join them for an amazing night of Loons Baseball in the special Rotary section. It is also the Hometown Hero's night at the ballpark.
The game begins at 7:05 p.m. and admission is $12.50 per person. To register go to: https://fevo.me/3MZ7nnS. Our ticket contact is Joe Volk at 989-837-6365.
We look forward to seeing many Rotarians at the ballpark! #playball #greatlakesloonsbaseball #rotaryclubfun
Register Here: https://www.drinkliveoak.com/product/longer-table-event/475
A Shared Meal, Music, Coffee & Conversations... This Longer Table Event is an opportunity to come together with fellow neighbors, community members, non-profits and advocates for improving both the wellbeing and accessibility to parks and recreation for everyone. The Midland County's vision statement is “together, forward, bold an exceptional place where everyone thrives.” Erin Patrice of The Breaking Bread Village will lead us in a conversations about neighboring and how to ensure we are building communities where everyone thrives. Iris Mehler, of 2 Moms No Fluff and a committee member of The Access to Recreation group will be sharing her personal stories of she & her daughter’s lived experiences navigating life as a quadriplegic and providing valuable insights on how we can do even better in meeting the needs of the persons with disabilities community. Midland Noon Rotary members along with Midland Parks and Rec, The Midland Area Community Foundation & Memorial Presbyterian have worked together to raise funds for Phase One of the Grove Park revitalization plan. Our beautiful Grove Park is so much more welcoming and safe with all of the improvements including an enclosed play are, new basketball courts and a lit Promenade. It will be on this lit Promenade that community members are invited to share a meal together to connect, learn from one another and learn about more ways they can be involved in caring for, contributing to and stewarding the gift of Grove Park. Phase Two of the Revitalization will include a fully accessible restroom facility. With grants & donations from community members, these restrooms will go beyond the minimal ADA requirements and provide a Changing Places facility. A few years ago, a resident at the master planning session said, “This neighborhood is where young families live when they first come to town and where they learn to love Midland. We at Live Oak, affectionately call the Midtown area, the heArt of Midland. With its vibrant murals, walkability and approachable community, Midtown and Grove Park showcase the power of a group of citizens coming together with dreams and visions to make things better for everyone. “When you have more than you need, build a longer table, not a higher fence” is the quote that has inspired us at Live Oak and this shared meal benefitting The Grove Park Revitalization Fund, is just another way we can do that. So will you join us? Join us in breaking bread together, listening, learning and growing in ways we can love our neighbors in practical and tangible ways.
Cost: $50
Imagine Rotary, is our 2022-23 Rotary Theme. At our regular club meeting on Thursday June 30th we bid adieu to Dallas Rau, congratulating her on her unique Rotary year and welcoming Jon Lauderbach as our next Club President.
Join us as we celebrate the life of our fellow Rotarian and Friend, Harry Grether. Ceremony will begin at 3pm at Dow Gardens with cookout and s’mores to follow at Midland Country Club.
