Erin, TN Rotary Club

12/18/2025

Members of Erin Rotary packed 150 food boxes for Bethesda Community Missions food distribution to be held December 22nd. Erin Rotary appreciates everything Bethesda does to help those in need in Houston County. We want to give a special shout out to Southern Gage for donating 150 cardboard boxes to use for this project. Thank you Charles Thornburg and Bonita Hall for all your hard work keeping everything organized!

12/18/2025

A lot of people do not realize that every county that has an Imagination Library book program has a sponsor that is paying for those ‘free’ books. Fayette County Kentucky’s Imagination Library Program sponsor is having problems raising enough funds to support their program. Erin Rotary sponsors the Imagination Library Program in Houston County and is committed to providing free Imagination Library books to every child in Houston County from birth to 5 years old and is securely funded for many, many years in the future. Thank you to everyone who registers their children for this wonderful program! There is never a charge for families to participate in Imagination Library.

12/16/2025

Houston County Middle & High School Assistant Cross Country Coach Chad Mitchell updated Erin Rotarians on the success of the Houston County Cross Country Teams. Under the direction of Coach Stefanie Medders and Asst Coach Chad Mitchell boys & girls teams were established at each school for their first officially sanctioned year. Each team experienced individual and team successes, competing against teams from across Tennessee & Kentucky, and placing in several races. Several Houston County students qualified for State Finals. Congratulations to the Houston County Cross Country Teams!

12/16/2025

Houston County Middle School Principal Andrea Martin and Special Education Teacher Alicia Parker visited Erin Rotary to thank them for everything Erin Rotary has done for Houston County Middle School and their students. She stated Erin Rotary Park has been an wonderful addition for their physical education programs, allowing the P.E. teacher to incorporate pickle ball and other activities within the updated space. She thanked Erin Rotarians for their help with water purchased for bus riders during the extreme heat during the summer. She also thanked them for their donations to the Middle School Special Projects fund, and for donations to Thanksgiving food boxes, Christmas food boxes, and to their Christmas Angel Tree. She also thanked Erin Rotary for sponsoring the HCMS Student of the Quarter, honoring students who represent the Rotary 4-Way Test. Ms. Martin stated she knows if she recognizes a need she can call on Rotary and Rotary will do everything they can to help.

12/16/2025

Erin Rotarians welcomed new member Lydia Deason at the December 2nd Erin Rotary Satellite Club meeting. Lydia is a Houston County native and recently returned to Houston County after finishing her education. Lydia's first Rotary experience was as an Erin Rotary Youth Leadership Award recipient, and she credited RYLA with introducing her to Rotary and the amazing work Rotary does, not only locally, but around the world. Lydia is a graduate of Belmont University with a Doctorate in Pharmacy. She is married to Houston County native Will Lewis and she loves being active in the community.

12/16/2025

Christy Duke updated Erin Rotarians at their December 2nd meeting, on what is happening at Duke Farm. Located at 354 TN-149E, Cumberland City, TN. Duke Farm specializes in providing local fruits, vegetables, honey, eggs, milk, and handmade vendor items. Duke Farm also now has a Deli serving a variety of Deli Sandwiches. Christy is also offering different craft and food preparation classes when scheduling allows.

12/05/2025

Sean Brooks visited with Erin Rotarians and shared information about the amazing Robotics Team at Houston County High and Middle School. Mr. Brooks is the Engineering Technology Teacher at Houston County High School and he started the program 8 years ago at the High School with one team and the program has grown to multiple teams and expanded to the Middle School. Houston County now sponsors an annual Robotics competition which brings teams from all over Tennessee.

12/05/2025

Steve Springer, retired CPA with Stone, Rudolph & Henry updated Erin Rotary members of the changes affecting IRS tax preparation with the passing of the HR1-119 Congress Public Law No 119-21 (Big Beautiful Bill). Steve is a member of the Clarksville Rotary Club and enjoys sharing tax information and helping others understand the complex tax laws.

11/22/2025

Erin Rotary appreciates the efforts of Bethesda Community Mission to help people in need in our community. Erin Rotary members along with Houston County Rec Club members and other community volunteers helped unload, sort, and stack over 5,000 lbs of food at Bethesda on November 21st. The food was collected during the Tennessee Ridge Elementary School food drive.

11/07/2025

THANK YOU! Thank you to everyone who joined us tonight for our annual Dinner and Auction fundraiser. We served over 225 pork chops and thanks to your support we raised over $40,000.00! We can’t do what we do in our community without your support and Houston County really came through tonight! Thanks to our wonderful auctioneer team of Rotarians Eddie Allred and Darrell Ailshie who always make the evening entertaining!

11/01/2025

10/31/2025

Rodney Lowe gave Erin Rotarians a brief history of TVA at their October 21st Erin Rotary meeting. Rodney is a life long resident of Houston County, an Army veteran and retired after 32 years with TVA. He stated the first steam plant in Erin was located where Barry Shelden’s downtown shop is currently. It produced 200 kWh and supplied electricity for businesses and residents limited to the areas close to Erin City Center. TVA currently produces 1,300,000 kWh for comparison. Rodney shared the original purpose of TVA was to produce affordable electricity, reduce flooding, encourage industrial development, provide urban & rural development, and increase educational opportunities. He also explained the development of electrical coops, and how they benefit the local communities.