Category Archives: Events

The President’s Corner December 7, 2015 It’s finally chilly here in northeast Florida.  We have a big week this week at First Coast Rotaract.  We have our only monthly Membership Meeting this week on Thursday, December 10th at High Tide Burrito, and we have our social, the Annual Holiday Party on Saturday, December 12th.  As always, guests areContinue reading “Week of 12-07-15”

The President’s Corner November 30, 2015 Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! December is right around the corner (tomorrow!).  We will only have one meeting this month so be sure not to miss it! Our next meeting will be Thursday, December 10th.  Be on the lookout for a possible venue location change for that meeting. OurContinue reading “Week of 11-30-15”

The President’s Corner November 23, 2015 Happy early Thanksgiving!   As Rotaractors, we have much to be thankful for: being among a group of young professionals with many life-long friendships made & the opportunity to give through service to our club and community. We will not be having our meeting on this 4th Thursday because it’s Thanksgiving!  We will see youContinue reading “Week of 11-23-15”

The President’s Corner November 16, 2015 What a great Rotaract week & weekend.  We had a great meeting with Vivan Senior speaking on resumes at our Thursday membership meeting & we enjoyed our Club Social at Catty Shack Ranch on Saturday night. Our next event will be our service event on Saturday, November 21st!  HopeContinue reading “Week of 11-16-15”

The President’s Corner November 9, 2015 Happy Monday!  The Launch Party last week Thursday with South Jax Lunch & Satellite Club was a great success.  It was a nice time of fellowship & the gofundme page for the the South Jax’s Speech Contest got well underway. This week we will be back at our usual meeting place, HighContinue reading “Week of 11-09-15”

The President’s Corner Hope everyone had a great Florida-Georgia weekend and enjoyed that extra hour of daylight savings! This isn’t a meeting week but we have the Launch Party with the Rotary Lunch Club and Satellite Club on Thursday, November 5th at River City Brewing Company.  Please see the details below. Our next meeting will be on Thursday,Continue reading “Week of 10/02/2015”

The President’s Corner Happy 5th Week of the Month!  Usually that means we have an additional week before we convene, however we have an extra Rotary related event before our next meeting!  Save the date for the first Thursday of November.  On Thursday, November 5th our sponsoring Rotary club (Rotary Club of South Jacksonville) has invitedContinue reading “Week 10/26/15”

The President’s Corner Many thanks to Dr. Wayne Wood for being our speaker at our last meeting. He shared with us his passion and history of downtown Jacksonville,  the creation of organizations like RAP, RAM and the Friends of Hemming Park, and to get involved by volunteering or showing up to special events to support our community. DinnerContinue reading “Week of 10-12-15”

Ah, fall is in the air!  The humidity has subsided and the fall and holiday season is on the horizon.  To kick off our October meetings, our first speaker this month will be Dr.Wayne Wood.  Jacksonville Magazine named him one of the “50 Most Influential People in Northeast Florida” and Folio Weekly named him called him “The Most InterestingContinue reading “Week of 10/04/15”

The President’s Corner Happy Monday!  We had a fun-filled Rotaract weekend.  Our weekend began early on Thursday with out membership meeting.  Many thanks to Mr. Tom Peterson,  Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President of Sales Management Operations at Black Knight Financial Services, for being our guest speaker.  He spoke to us about the advantages of having a mentor, tips forContinue reading “Week of 9/28/15”