Wilmington East Rotary Club
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About US

Committees

Club Projects - Then and Now

Past Presidents since 2009

Foundation-Jerry Flake


Membership-Jeff Whiting


Programs-Fred Gillette


Rotary Wheel-Dan Parks; Fred Gillette, John Nartowicz


Ukrainian Refugees-Special Project

Dan Parks and Donna Flake and Club



Past Presidents since 2009

Club Projects - Then and Now

Past Presidents since 2009


Jerry Flake          2009

Fred Gillette        2010

James Long        2011

Justin Wolfe        2012

Hank Estep         2013

Charles Prickitt    2014

Dr. John Mearns  2015

Dr. Mark Morgan  2016

Steven Beacham  2017

Jeffrey Whiting     2018

Darrel Kerr            2019

Ron Copley           2020

Marvin Vick            2021

Dan Parks              2022

Scott Rebein           2023

Club Projects - Then and Now

Club Projects - Then and Now

Club Projects - Then and Now

Coming Soon


Red Cross Blood Drive-January 26, Independence Mall, JC Penny Wing, 10am-4pm.

History of Our Club

 

The  Wilmington East Rotary Club was granted a charter by Rotary  International as the East Wilmington Rotary Club on April 8, 1963. This  charter was the culmination of months of hard work to form a second  Rotary Club in Wilmington. The first organizational meeting was held on  March 11, 1963. The Club officially changed its name on May 4, 1976 to  the Wilmington East Rotary Club. A special ceremony was held to present the charter on April 21, 1963. The  event was highlighted by having Past President of Rotary International,  A. Z. Baker present the charter to Club President, Claude O’Shields.  Rotary District Governor Weston C. Reed was also in attendance.
 

Some early events the Club was responsible for included bringing Paul  Harvey, nationally syndicated radio host, to Wilmington for an address  in 1965 and sponsoring a Rotary Interact Club in Athens Greece. In 1985,  the Club took a leading role in forming a third Rotary Club in  Wilmington. That Club was chartered on May 28, 1986 as the Wilmington  Cape Fear Rotary Club.
 

During the fall of 1987, the Club sponsored a fourth Rotary Club in  Wilmington. The Wilmington West Rotary Club received its charter on June  15, 1988. It was that year that the Club won both the District  Governor’s and Rotary Presidents Awards for Outstanding Achievement.
 

In 1993, the Club began a scholarship at the Cape Fear Community College  (CFCC) in memory of former member William A. Clark. Since then, two  additional scholarships have been established in the names of former  members at CFCC and one scholarship has been established at UNCW. In  addition, in 2000, the Club established a fund at the Cape Fear  Community Foundation with funds realized from the sale of a donated,  Rotarian-owned building.  In 2010, this fund was  transferred to the North Carolina Community Foundation and is now  referred to as the Wilmington East Rotary Endowment Fund. Proceeds  from the scholarship funds and the Club Endowment has allowed the  Wilmington East Rotary to direct several thousand dollars per year to  students and worthy non-profits in the Wilmington area and  internationally.
 

The Club continues to be active in the “four Avenues of Rotary Service”  expressed as Club Service, Vocational Service, Community Service and  International Service. That Service is manifested through a  number of fundraising and service initiatives, to include but not  limited to, Market St clean-up in support of the North Carolina  Department of Transportation, our various college scholarship programs,  our twice annual support of NOURISH NC, packing meals for needy elementary school students,  the Salvation Army’s Christmas kettle fundraising efforts and our current efforts to support Ukrainian refugee families that have made it to Wilmington. All of the  above, and more, to include support of the Rotary Foundation and its  many programs including Polio Plus, are supported by our various  fundraisers  e.g. art auctions, golf tournaments etc.
 

The Wilmington East Rotary celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2013. 

Board of Directors

Wilmington East Rotary Officers and Directors    2022-2023


President-Scott Rebein


Past-President-Dan Parks


President-Elect-Jeff Whiting


Sgt-at- Arms-Bill Collins


Treasurer-Darrel Kerr


Secretary- Fred Gillette


Directors- Jeff Whiting, Ron Copley, Jerry Flake




Club Email: werotary@gmail.com
Wilmington East Rotary Club. PO Box 373, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480.


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