Events

Join us for a Rotary Club of Virginia Beach Business Meeting.

Agenda to be announced. Please email Ross and/or Amber with any agenda items you would like included.

Ross - rloomis@gmail.com

Amber - amberdexter757@gmail.com

The Rotary Club of Virginia Beach and the Office of Gift Programs invites you to attend the E.E. Brickell Scholars Banquet. The cost for Rotary members is $50, to be billed after the event. Kindly register by May 10th. 

Please join us as we cheer on the runners at the 2023 Girls on the Run 5k at Virginia Wesleyan University in Virginia Beach. We will be manning one of their Cheer Stations so let's get excited! The race itself starts at 9am with volunteer positions beginning between 7-7:30am. Once you indicate your commitment to attend, more details will be provided to you.

District 7600 End Polio Now Norfolk Tides Baseball Game

SAVE THE DATE! The details of our participation with this District 7600 event are currently being finalized. Please check back for more details and to register.

Join us at First Landing State Park on Saturday, June 3rd, in a large scale Chesepeake Bay clean up event. I apologize for the late email! After June's events, we intend to advertise volunteer opportunities as far in advance as possible to maximize everyone's availablity. Family and friends are welcome, but we will need accurate numbers by Thursday, June 1st, so the volunteer coordinator can have our names on the list.

Clean the Bay Day has two purposes: One is to remove as much litter from our waterways and shorelines as possible. The other is to collect data on the type and amount of litter collected. That data is used by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to guide advocacy and legislation to protect our waterways.

In place of a regular club meeting, join us after dinner for drinks and games. Let's have some fun and get to know each other better at Roll With It, a board game cafe and bar. https://rollwithitbgcafe.com/ Each player will pay $5.99 for a Game Pass and enjoy beverages and/or food at own expense. Wine, local craft beers and bottomless non-alcoholic drinks are available.

Know someone interested in learning more about Rotary? Bring them along! (Please let us know so we have an accurate count)

Questions or comments? Email Amber Dexter at amberdexter757@gmail.com. 

Come volunteer at the Samaritan House's "Step Into the Light" black tie gala event on June 10th! This is a last minute addition to our schedule, so please don't feel obligated to make it if you have other plans already. 

Join us for dinner and a presentation by Gina Benefiel, the Executive Director of the Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation. Ms. Benefiel will speak about the unique rescue and EMS system we have in Virginia Beach. 

The Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation supports an independent and vital emergency medical care and transport system – one of the largest in the country that relies predominantly on well-trained, skilled and dedicated volunteers.

Some 1,000 men and women from every walk of life serve the community under the direction of the City of Virginia Beach EMS Department. There are ten squads altogether throughout the 255-square mile wide city, the 41st most populous in the nation with nearly 450,000 residents. Each squad is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that finances its operational needs through individual fundraising. As a result, pre-hospital emergency medical care in the City of Virginia Beach is free to all and contributes to over $23-million in annual cost savings to the taxpayers.

Join us at YNot Landstown Commons as we install our new club leaders! 

VB Rotary Club 2023-2024 Board to be installed as approved by member vote at the 6/22/23 club meeting:

Enjoy dinner, fellowship and a presentation by Mark Stevens and Nicole Pixler of StandUp for Kids. https://www.standupforkids.org/. 
 

Happy half hour begins at 6:00 and meeting, dinner and presentation to start at 6:30.

It's a Rotary field trip! Join us for a tour of the Virginia Beach Art Center in the VIBE District at the oceanfront. Our tour will be led by Executive Director Margaret Foltz and we will see their current exhibit, "Be Still".

Following the tour we will gather at Prosperity Kitchen for fellowship and dinner. 

Please note the 5:30 start time for the tour and plan accordingly. 

Virginia Beach Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is a community-based program that recruits, trains and supports citizen-volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the courtroom and our community. Volunteer advocates—empowered directly by the courts—offer judges the critical information they need to ensure that each child’s rights and needs are prioritized. For many abused children, a CASA volunteer is the most consistent adult presence in their lives.

The mission of Virginia Beach CASA is to support and promote court-appointed volunteer advocacy so that EVERY abused and neglected child can be safe, establish permanence and have the opportunity to thrive. 

Join us for this dinner meeting where we will hear from Tiffany Arguello, CASA's Director of Development and Compliance, and Olivia Rasquiza, their Program Manager. 

Special guest David Oakley, District Assistant Govenor, will also join us to induct new members into the club.

We're looking for a small group (3-4 people) to help Salvation Army distribute backpacks at the Kroc Center as part of their Write Stuff Back to School supply distribution program. We'd love to see you there!

Bring family, friends and member prospects to the beach for a barbeque on Labor Day! One of our members has offered to host this social gathering for an evening of games, food and fun at Chic's Beach!

The Club will provide the burgers and hotdogs and we ask that all members bring the rest for this potluck dinner. Once you have registered, you will be asked to sign up to bring side dishes, salads, condiments and/or desserts. 

Club leaders will monitor the weather forecast leading up to Labor Day and communicate any determinations to postpone the event to those that have registered.

Only those that have regsitered will receive the location address and parking directions so be sure to sign up to attend.

Come get your hands dirty volunteering at the Virginia Zoo with horticulture work! More details to follow on exact tasks. This event is for participants 18 years and older. Volunteers 14-18 years old can be included with prior coordination.

Join us for a club dinner meeting where we will learn about the Hilltop Family YMCA from their new Operations Manager, Nicole Tsetsilas. 

Apage Consulting is a non-profit organization that provides resources to families within communities impacted by children with special needs both locally and abroad. They provide quality behavioral analytical services through training, mentoring, public outreach and supervision to those around the world who would not normally have access to these services. 

Join us for dinner and a presentation to learn more about Agape Consulting.

Come join us in our biggest fundraiser of the year! A lively and well-loved event, Neptune Festival is a great combo of music, art, and beach sport fun. We'll be posted up on 24th St to sell beer and waters to festival goers. We need maximum participation from all members to fill our time slots. A minimum of 8 volunteers are required at a time throughout the weekend. Final shift of each day will be in charge of bringing the cash bank to be closed out for the day. 

Headliners at our location include Cowboy Mouth on Friday, Modern English on Saturday, and Skip Castro Band on Sunday! A variety of other groups will also perform.

Use the Google Form to sign up for as many slots as you are available for by September 15th so we can identify gaps: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvRq9tbVLhDngpj9VNbjt-3ER-KKTASOLNPcRhO0pJVEIehQ/viewform?usp=sf_link 

See you there!

Come out to dinner at YNot Landstown Commons for a special meeting with District Governor Rudy Garcia.

Join us for a presentation by the Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation. 

Since 1985, the Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation (VBCDC) has strived to achieve its mission of providing affordable housing and support services with a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation (vbcdc.org)

TIME ADJUSTMENT as of October 18th! Come join a variety of other volunteers at the Fall Fest, an educational and fun annual event at First Landing State Park including info booths, hay rides, craft stations, smores, pumpkin painting, and more! Volunteers will be divvied out to the stations day of. This event is always a huge community hit! 

Join the Rotary Club of Virginia Beach for a club dinner where we will award two Outstanding City Employees! 

Come help Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) "Catch the King Tide!" We'll be collecting essential flooding data to assist marine biologists in understanding our changing local waterways. Exact location and time are tentatvie, and being selected with the help of our VIMS contacts, to best match the tidal movements for that day.

Please register BOTH here and use the link below to register with VIMS: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7vvGgsEClN3G5VkcKrmQVdFAyPA4M4f16M3oU9-a2sxoAVw/viewform 

If you are able to attend a training session, please do! They are not required, but the more the merrier. The link for training session options and sign up is: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScihh_ORwNSwLhc81UTDvZkidG7Rlv3okym8zctqPzJd0-_dQ/viewform 

Our Interact members are invited to join, and guests are always welcome. Before the day of, please download the Sea Level Rise app if you are able, which we will be using the day of the event. More info to follow!

During our next dinner meeting we will learn more about Toby's Dream Foundation from Executive Director and Founder, Joan Steele. 

Founded in 2009, Toby’s Dream Foundation is dedicated to bringing joy to children with life-threatening illnesses by granting them a Dream of a lifetime. This charitable foundation is focused on serving children who are treated and referred from Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters and from Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. Most of these children live on the  Eastern Shore of Virginia and Greater Hampton Roads, which includes Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton, Williamsburg, Yorktown, Isle of Wight, and parts of Eastern North Carolina and more. However, Toby’s Dream Foundation will serve any child that is treated at CHKD or Portsmouth Naval Medical Center regardless of where they live.

Toby's Dream – Toby’s Dream Foundation ensures that children living with life-threatening illnesses in Greater Hampton Roads & the Eastern Shore of Virginia have the opportunity and resources to imagine and experience their most fantastic Dream. (tobysdream.org)