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The Rotary Club of Englewood brings home awards

The Rotary District 6960 Conference Flamingo Fiesta was held on Saturday, July 10th at the Charlotte Harbor Event Center. The Rotary Club of Englewood was awarded Platinum... Saturday, July 24, 2021 click to read more

Rotary/YMCA Party cools off and raises thousands

With the help of many local sponsors, the Rotary Club of Englewood held a Community Block Party at the YMCA on Saturday, July 17... Friday, July 23, 2021 click to read more

Lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary names Rotarian of the Year

George Fowler, second from the right, was awarded the Rotarian of the Year for the Lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary Club for the numerous programs he spearheaded during the last Rotary year... Wednesday, July 14, 2021 click to read more

The Lemon Bay Conservancy Awards Scholarship

The Lemon Bay Conservancy is proud to award its 2021 LBC Elsie Bracken Environmental Science Scholarship to Lemon Bay High School graduating senior Talon Bottenfield! Talon met the required award criteria of participating in local environmental projects, demonstrati... Thursday, July 1, 2021 click to read more

Lions Club award scholarships

In May, the Englewood Lions Club presented $1,000 scholarships to two graduating seniors of Lemon Bay High School: Alice Lewis and Nataliya Troshuk. The scholarship winners were selected by a committee of Lions Club members for their academic achievements, work ethic, and commitment to the community... Wednesday, June 30, 2021 click to read more

Lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary holds installation ceremony

On Thursday, June 10, the Lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary Club installed five new Rotarians into its organization. Pictured here, left to right, are Mike Ray, Dan Stickley, John Mead, Jim Scott, Terry Short, Jim Bruns – President of Lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary, Joe Chirillo, Bob Marquette, Casey Hanrahan, and Brian Baksa. The new members are Mike Ray, Dan Stickley, Jim Scott, Terry Short and Casey Hanrahan. The other Rotarians in the photo were the members who proposed the new Rotarians. In Rotary, one must be proposed into the club by an existing member. Wednesday, June 30, 2021 click to read more

Rotary Club of Englewood holds installation banquet

On June 19, the Rotary Club of Englewood held their 2021-22 officer installation banquet at Boca Royale. The new club officers and committee chairs are... Tuesday, June 29, 2021 click to read more

Project Phoenix Resell Shop gets a facelift

The Rotary Club of Rotonda and Project Phoenix volunteers spent the weekend of June 12-13 cleaning up the exterior of Project Phoenix’s resale shop. Rotarian Linda Stevens came up with the idea as a tribute to Bobby Sue Burton (founder of Project Phoenix)... Tuesday, June 29, 2021 click to read more

BPWEV award scholarships

The Business and Professional Women of Englewood and Venice (BPWEV) awarded four Adult Learner Scholarships this year... Tuesday, June 29, 2021 click to read more

Dem Club Closes Season With In-person Meeting

The Englewood Democratic Club held its final membership meeting of the season at Lemon Bay Park and Environmental Center. It was the first open meeting since Feb 26, 2020, and the members were so very glad to see one another, without a mask and smiling... Friday, June 11, 2021 click to read more

GFWC Rotonda West Woman's Club celebrates 47 years

On May 1, GFWC Rotonda West Woman’s Club celebrated the 47th Anniversary of its founding and Federation within the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC.) GFWC was formed 131 years ago and their message of “Love, Respect and Kindness for All”... Tuesday, June 1, 2021 click to read more

BPWEV holdBest Female Friend (BFF) Dinner

Over 60 happy women and one man attended the third Best Female Friend (BFF) Dinner organized by chairperson Irene Slattery and her committee for the Business and Professional Women of Englewood and Venice... Tuesday, June 1, 2021 click to read more

Lions Club's "Help the Hungry" raised $6,000 for charity

The Englewood Lions Club held a “Help the Hungry” fundraising raffle this spring in an effort to help fight hunger in the Englewood area. The generosity of the Englewood community allowed donations totaling $6,000 to three local organizations that are at the forefront in the fight against hunger... Friday, May 14, 2021 click to read more

Barb Myers: Founding Mother of the Englewood Shell Club

Back on January 23, 1996, when Barb Myers and Elsie Doyle invited fellow seashell enthusiasts to join them at the very first Englewood Shell Club meeting at the Englewood Charlotte Library (now the Tringali Center Library,) they thought maybe a few people would show up. To their surprise, 29 shell lovers attended that inaugural meeting... Sunday, May 2, 2021 click to read more

BPWEV welcomes new members

A warm applause by the members and guests of the Business and Professional Women of Englewood and Venice (BPWEV) welcomed the newly installed Board Members at the April 20th dinner meeting... Friday, April 30, 2021 click to read more

Veterans Memorial Gets Earth Day Clean-up

The Rotary Club of Englewood, in partnership with Babe’s Ace Hardware (Englewood,) held an Earth Day clean-up at the Englewood Veterans Memorial & Freedom Pavilion at the west end of Dearborn Street... Friday, April 30, 2021 click to read more