Programs: No meeting last week. Join us for an online meeting this week – Thursday at 12:15. We will get an update on our Foundation and Polio Plus goals. We will also have a short video titled "Drop to Zero", produced by Rotary. You will have to connect with the computer link below to view the video. Join from...
We had a good meeting last week using Ring Central. Approximately 35 members were able to join us, some with on video and computer audio and others called in via phone. We plan to hold another meeting this Thursday with the possibility of a program. Look for an email from President Steve with directions for...
President Steve will be experimenting with an online meeting tomorrow. It will begin at 12:15 and the agenda will be abbreviated – about 30 minutes. Get your Golden Moments, bloody marys and lunches ready. You should have received an email from him with instructions on how to join. You can either do it through your...
Meetings continue to be canceled. We will be following the guidance of Governor Justice on the timing of returning to our meeting schedule. Fer, our exchange student, successfully arranged to return to her home in Bolivia in the midst of this global health crisis. See her note to us: Hi everyone, I just want to let you know...
Meetings have been canceled until April 2 due to the novel coronavirus. This will be evaluated again early next week. A note from our Club President: "We are glad everyone has endured the pandemic thus far and hope that the good health of our members and their families continues. Please continue to be vigilant and adhere...
As a result of global warnings and the declared National Emergency related to COVID-19, the Rotary Club of Martinsburg is suspending meetings for two weeks. On Sunday you should have received an email from District Governor Swan Stull recommending we consider canceling our meetings. “I am recommending that clubs not meet in person for two...
Programs: Last week – Dr. Rich Cassucio spoke in costume as Dr. Benjamin Rush, little-known Founding Father who instigated the Boston Tea Party after being radicalized by the passage of the Stamp Act that imposed huge taxes on written material coming from abroad. He cast the deciding vote for independence from England, he believed in education...
Programs: Last week – Mark Baldwin, Martinsburg City Manager This Week: Dr. Rich Cassucio, George Washington and Colonial American Medicine March 12 Tony Martirano, Studio123 and the Arts in Berkeley County March 19 Chief Maury Richards, Martinsburg Police Department March 26 Donna Van Metre, James Rumsey Technical Institute April 2 Kaitlyn Smith, Good Times Show Choir April 9 Tony Zelenka, CEO, Berkeley...
Programs: Last week – David Welch is the Inaugural Director of The Bonnie and Bill Stubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communications at Shepherd University. It was created with a $1 million gift from the Stubblefields. The three pillars of the institute are Listen, Learn, Engage. A couple goals are to get people talking about politics and...
Programs: Last week – Charlotte Norris shared with us the story of the Green Hill Historic African-American Cemetery on E. Burke Street. It is known to be the final resting place of at least 100 people, with some burials as early as 1850. There is a group of individuals actively working to care for the site. This...