Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club

05/30/2025

Proud to see Flatwater Tales promoted in the Rotarian magazine!

10/04/2024

Check out this article from Knoxville News:

Dolly Parton partners with Walmart for massive donation to help Helene flood victims

Dolly Parton has a long history of supporting “her people” in East Tennessee during critical times. Here’s how she’s helping with Helene flood relief.

08/31/2024

The Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club has received a $1000 grant from the Healing Starts Here initiative in Oak Ridge to do a Periodic Tables community conversation and dinner on the topic of homelessness in Oak Ridge with the nonprofit, Torch, which serves and advocates for people who are unhoused in Oak Ridge. The event will include trained Table Moderators to help guide positive, respectful discussions at small tables with diverse members of our community, including city leaders, educators, first responders, healthcare providers, and people who have experienced or are experiencing homelessness with the goal of building connections, bridges and relationships around a difficult subject.

https://www.facebook.com/OakRidgeTORCH?mibextid=LQQJ4dThe Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club has received a $1000 grant from the Healing Starts Here initiative in Oak Ridge to do a Periodic Tables community conversation and dinner on the topic of homelessness in Oak Ridge with the nonprofit, Torch, which serves and advocates for people who are unhoused in Oak Ridge. The event will include trained Table Moderators to help guide positive, respectful discussions at small tables with diverse members of our community, including city leaders, educators, first responders, healthcare providers, and people who have experienced or are experiencing homelessness with the goal of building connections, bridges and relationships around a difficult subject.

https://www.facebook.com/OakRidgeTORCH?mibextid=LQQJ4d

TORCH assists homeless families in Oak Ridge and Anderson County, Tennessee.

08/31/2024

The Peace and Social Justice Committee is busy planning its third season of the popular "Our American Roots" programs. With a $10,000 District Rotary grant, and an additional grant of $4840 from the Tennessee Arts Council, the four programs will focus on our East Tennessee cultural heritage and diversity through music, dance and more. The TAC grant will help fund our first program, singer songwriter, Amythist Kiah. We are very excited to be able to bring this well known talent to Oak Ridge. Stay tuned for more exciting programs coming up in early 2025!

https://www.facebook.com/share/HdveX4jg8nF5jgz7/?mibextid=LQQJ4dThe Peace and Social Justice Committee is busy planning its third season of the popular "Our American Roots" programs. With a $10,000 District Rotary grant, and an additional grant of $4840 from the Tennessee Arts Council, the four programs will focus on our East Tennessee cultural heritage and diversity through music, dance and more. The TAC grant will help fund our first program, singer songwriter, Amythist Kiah. We are very excited to be able to bring this well known talent to Oak Ridge. Stay tuned for more exciting programs coming up in early 2025!

https://www.facebook.com/share/HdveX4jg8nF5jgz7/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Singing songs from the hills of E TN 🌄

New album Still + Bright out now
Vinyl / Merch available below

https://linktr.ee/amythystkiah

06/29/2024

The passing of the gavel in 2024.

05/25/2024

A  word from our wonderful, current Club President, Dr. Tom Clary,

At this year's District Conference Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club once again was honored with multiple awards acknowledging all of our efforts and service to our community.

Please see attached awards for:

1) 2023-2024 Youth Event Sponsor Award
2) Rotary District 6780 William T Sergeant Polio Eradicator Award 2023-2024
3) Rotary District 6780 Star Award
4)Rotary District 6780 Globe Club Award
5) 2023-2024 District Governor Citation
6) 2023-2024 District Governor Citation with Distinction

In addition Tammy Saylor and Lydia Birk were recognized for successful completion of the District 6780 District Leadership Academy

Congratulations and thank you to all Oak Ridge Breakfast Club Rotarians for your service!

Tom

05/15/2024

Many congratulations to 2024 Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club Linda Brown Rotarian Of The Year Mike Morris, and 2024 Service Above Self Winner Jane Grossbeck.

MIKE MORRIS - "Mike exemplifies the Award criteria with his commitment and Service to our club and our community. He currently serves as the treasurer of the Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club Foundation, has been a leader in the Boys and Girl's Club Hair Salon project, was active in the Lunch for Literacy project and is an active participant in the Flatwater Tales project."

JANE GROSSBECK - Jane taught English in Oak Ridge Schools from 1968-1994 and has a long history of participation in non-profit organizations including:

1) Oak Ridge Education Association 1968-1994
2)Girls Inc Board of Directors 1997-present
3) Oak Ridge azalea Festival 1994
4) 1st United Methodiast Church-Service committees 1995-present
5) United Methodist Women- (President 2012-2016) 1995-present
6) Crown Monarch-auxillary of Girl's, Inc 1996-2023
7) Oak Ridge Arts Council - President mid 1980's
8)Friends of Oak Ridge Library Board 1999-2000
9) Methodist Medical Foundation 2004-2006
10) Contact Care Line Board 2010-2016
11) Mission trips to Central America 2012-2015
12 Free Medical Clinic Board 2013-2019
13 Oak Ridge Playhouse Fundraising Committee 2005-2006
14 Altrusa International 2014-present
15) Altrusa District 4 Foundation Board 2021-2023
16) Altrusa Oak Ridge Foundation Board 2023-present
17) Tabitha's Table 2023-present
18) AaDFAC Fundraising Committee 2023-present
19 Roane State Foundation Fundraising event planner 2024

05/02/2024

Who are these good looking men? Martin Grossbeck, Mike Morris, Wayne Houlberg and Fred Barry, and many others, transformed an old storage room at the Oak Ridge Boys and Girls Club into a Barber and Beauty Shop with the help of a matching grant from Distrct 6780 and generous donations from their Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club members and the community . The project goal is to provide a place at the Boys and Girls Club where youth can learn how to care for different hair types, families can come in and learn how to do hair cuts and haircare at home, and haircare professionals will have a place to donate their time and talent to train youth and give experience for those interested in careers in cosmetology.

You can see from the pictures that the transformation was only the first of many future fantastic makeovers that will be coming out of this project for years to come. Who's next?! 💈💇💅

04/18/2024

The Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club was very excited to welcome five new members at our April 3 meeting. As you can see in the pictures below, our Club is building its diversity by gender and age! Welcome to our new members, our Club is richer with you in it!

04/02/2024

Another interesting and informative event is coming up on Tuesday, April 9 at 6:00pm in Our American Roots Series. These evenings are brought to you by the Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club and ORICL, Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning, with a generous grant from Rotary District 6780. Hundreds of community members attend each event to learn and share thoughts on our cultural diversity and history.

Navigating Identities and Borders – The Evolution of Latino Immigration and U.S. Policy.
Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 5 p.m.
CNS New Hope Center, 602 Scarboro Rd.
Speaker: Arléne Amarante, Assistant Professor of Law, Lincoln Memorial University.

Future Presentation

From Peddlers to PhDs – The Jewish Experience in East Tennessee.
Thursday, May 16, 2024, 5 p.m.
CNS New Hope Center, 602 Scarboro Rd. Speaker: Wendy Besmann, Author of A Separate Circle: Jewish Life in Knoxville.

Doors open at 5 p.m. for a reception for the speaker.
Light food will be served.
Presentations start at 6 p.m.