Author Archives: First Coast Rotaract

The President’s Corner March 7, 2016 This week is World Rotaract Week.  Our club kicked-off celebrating this week by volunteering at Cathedral Arts Projects last week Wednesday.  We packed the art backpacks that are given to their Visual Arts students.  We then handed the packs out at their Visual  Arts Showcase on Sunday.  Thank you toContinue reading “Week of 03-07-16”

The President’s Corner February 29, 2016 Thank you to Adam Jorgensen from Pragmatic Works Consulting for being our speaker at our meeting last week! This week on Wednesday, March 2nd we are having a combo service/social/fundraising event!  We will be stuffing the art back packs with art supplies for Cathedral Arts Project Visual Arts Students to takeContinue reading “Week of 2-29-16”

The President’s Corner February 1, 2016 Happy February! We had a great meeting last Thursday!  Many thanks to Dr. Robin Rose, CEO of Girls, Inc. who spoke about Emotional Intelligence in the work place.  Also, thanks to two visiting Rotarians from West Jacksonville that gave a Rotary Minute on the District 6970 Alumni Association and their upcoming fundraiser.Continue reading “Week of 2-1-16”

The President’s Corner January 25, 2016 This past Saturday we braved the cold and a few flurries and helped build a house with HabiJax for our monthly service event!  Thanks to all of the members and guests that came out! Our next meeting will be this Thursday, January 28th at River City Brewing Company.  Our speaker willContinue reading “Week of 1-25-16”

The President’s Corner January 18, 2016 Greetings! Many thanks to Mary Pat Corrigan for being our speaker at our last meeting.  Also, thank you to River City Brewing Co for letting us kick off the new year at their venue for our new meeting location! We have service event this Saturday, January 23rd volunteering with HabiJax. Continue reading “Week of 1-18-16”

The President’s Corner January 11, 2016 Greetings!  We are finally back to a Rotaract Meeting week! We will be meeting at our new location for our meeting this Thursday, January 14th at River City Brewing Company.  We’ll meet downstairs in the bar area for the social hour beginning at 5:30pm and then move upstairs forContinue reading “Week of 1-11-16”

The President’s Corner January 4, 2016 Looking for a way to serve your community, genuine networking or professional development opportunities in 2016? You can look no further because we have all of this and more at First Coast Rotaract.  For members, we have some great events planned for January & we have a few specialContinue reading “Week of 01-04-16”

December 28, 2015 Greetings! I hope each and everyone of you had a great holiday! Here is the ‘fun’ picture from our Annual Holiday Party. Save the date for our next membership meeting on Thursday, January 14th at River City Brewing Company. River City Brewing Company is located in the South Bank of Downtown Jacksonville next to MOSH. 835Continue reading “Week of 12-28-15”

The President’s Corner December 21, 2015 Greetings fellow Rotaractors!  This week your Sergeant-at-Arms, Sabrina Rochelin, and myself, dropped off the signed thank you frame to High Tide Burrito.  We held our last meeting at High Tide Burrito this month as we will be in a new venue beginning for our January meeting.  We are so very grateful to High Tide Burrito forContinue reading “Week of 12-21-15”

The President’s Corner December 14, 2015 What a wonderful week we had here at First Coast Rotaract!  Last Thursday, we had our membership meeting.  Thank you to our guest speaker Natasha Hines from Florida Coastal School of Law.  She gave a presentation on ‘Perfecting your Elevator Speech.’  We even had a few members practice and give theirs.Continue reading “Week of 12-14-15”