Events

Nikki Johnson, Research Associate, Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy​, Old Dominion University

Nikki's presentation will provide an economic update for Hampton Roads, highlighting the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, and discuss prospects for future growth.

Please join us on Tuesday, December 1, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for a Zoom watch party featuring a new documentary on PETA's work to help animals in our region. Through interviews and behind-the-scenes footage that follows our dedicated team of fieldworkers, the film tells the stories of neglected animals and highlights efforts to improve and save their lives or at least alleviate their suffering.

Breaking the Chain, which was produced by Anjelica Huston, is available on several streaming channels, including Prime Video, Apple TV, ITunes, Vudu, and others, but we are offering this special viewing for Rotary Club members and their families who would like to join us. The Virginian-Pilot recently published a piece on the film, which can be found here.

After the viewing, there will be a Q&A session with the senior vice president of PETA's Cruelty Investigations Department, Daphna Nachminovitch, who is featured in the film. 

The trailer is available here.

Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Time: 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. 

Place: A Zoom link will be sent to everyone who signs up within 48 hours of the watch party.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Rachel at RBellis@peta.org.

Thank you. We hope you can make it!

Unfortunately, we have had to CANCEL this year's holiday event due to COVID restrictions and the need to be safe rather than sorry!  Questions? Contact Pam Tubbs.

The Tacky Sweater 5k is this weekend and benefits melanoma awareness at EVMS. 

SHOW TIME 6:30am at Plum Point Park, Parking is in the Fort Norfolk Medical Plaza parking garage, 301 Riverview Avenue. THIS SATURDAY December 5^th.

SHOW TIME 6:30am at Plum Point Park, Parking is in the Fort Norfolk Medical Plaza parking garage, 301 Riverview Avenue. THIS SATURDAY December 5^th.

Brief description of the session:

 According to Mental Health America, nearly 390,000 people who have taken a Mental Health America screen since the start of the pandemic have screened at moderate-to-severe levels for anxiety and depression.  These numbers reflect the tip of a growing iceberg.  The presentation will describe the scope of mental health in the U.S. and how COVID-19, holidays and other circumstances in the country are impacting the mental well-being of people across all age groups.  There will be a brief discussion on how to recognize mental health struggles and what businesses, families and friends can do.  

 Speaker:

 Dr. Cynthia Romero serves as the Director of the M. Foscue Brock Institute for Community and Global Health at Eastern Virginia Medical School.  In that role, she is working to improve the health of all people in Hampton Roads through collaborative educational, clinical care and research activities.  Three priority areas of the Brock Institute are mental health/substance abuse, maternal/child health and health disparities.

On December 19 at 12:00 pm, 2020, Wreaths Across America will be at Albert G. Horton Jr. Veterans Cemetery to Remember and Honor our veterans through the laying of Remembrance wreaths on the graves of our country's fallen heroes and the act of saying the name of each and every veteran aloud.

Michael “Recycle” Benedetto is the President and Owner of TFC Recycling.  He first started working for the family business in high school and continued full time after graduating from American University in 1987.  

Michael has served as a board member of the Virginia Aquarium, the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and Virginia Beach Vision.  Michael currently serves on the Virginia Waste Management Board, the Chesapeake Alliance and is a member of the Neptune Fest. 

Perhaps most importantly, he is former member of the Virginia Beach Rotary Club and a current member of the Chesapeake Rotary Club.

TFC Recycling provides waste and recycling services to over 650,000 households and 4,000 commercial customers from Northeast NC to the Richmond region.  TFC Recycling employs over 400 people and collects, processes and sells over 12,000 tons per month of recyclables. 

Michael is married to former media personality LeAnne Rains and has 3 college age children.