Get your tickets now for the best spring party in the 757 --  the TowneBank Suds & Buds 2025 Party. This annual event will be on Thursday, May 22, from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Norfolk Botanical Garden while roses are at their peak. Proceeds will benefit the Garden, the many charities supported by the Rotary Club of Norfolk and All District Reads literacy program -- this year's special partner. Tickets will include garden admission, food, two adult beverags, souvenir glass and live music by Lewis McGehee. Early bird tickets are $65 until April 4. After that they are $75, rising to $85 the week of the event. Invite your adult friends, family and colleagues to join you at this fun event. Reserve your tickets by clicking here.

The Norfolk Academy Interact Club recently donated $500 to the Judeo-Christian Outreach Center in Virginia Beach. The Rotary Club of Norfolk sponsors the Interact Club, which raised funds for the non-profit helping people recover from homelessness and other life challenges. Pictured with Interact students on the right are Rotary club President Barbara Lipskis and Interact sponsor Rob Sult.

Rotary Club of Norfolk President Barbara Lipskis talks about the joys of being a Rotarian to a potential member at a recent Discover Rotary event at Elation Brewing.

One on One Reading at Ingleside Elementary School 

Wednesday, January 15th, a group of 10 Norfolk Rotarians met Dr. Joy at Ingleside Elementary School to sit down with 2nd grade students who were hand picked by the Reading Specialist at the school, Melissa Mills.  The assignment was to sit down with your student and read one of Dr. Joy's books, "Back to Zero: Because Some Days are Not So Easy". The book had some creative ideas for returning to Zero (or normal) after becoming uneasy or anxious about something.  There were also discussion questions to review with the child, and in the end, the children each got to take the book home along with a gift bag that Dr. Joy provided. 

 

A group of Rotarians and family members met on Saturday, Feb. 9th 2025 to sort, stuff and box bags that will be placed in disadvantaged children's backpacks in southeastern Virginia.  That morning, 600 bags were loaded, sealed, boxed and palletized.