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Providing service to others, promoting integrity, and advancing world understanding, goodwill, and peace through a fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders in Ridgway, Pennsylvania and beyond!

07/22/2026

Kalen Fitch was welcomed as our guest speaker at the July 21 Ridgway Rotary Club meeting. Fitch serves as the President of the Board for the Ridgway Area School District Foundation, a non-profit created to aid the school district community with a variety of needs.

Fitch shared about the origins of the foundation, the board and committee members who has helped to jump start the foundation, and Project 360 that is aiming to support the improvement of the FSG Elementary School gymnasium to make it a full multi-purpose space for community and district use in the coming years. Pictured with Fitch is Rotarian Christene Tutton and Rotary President Jeannie Allenbaugh.

The foundation accepts donations by check mailed to:

📌 RASD Foundation
✍️ 62 School Dr, Ridgway, PA 15853

OR

Donations can be made via PayPal at the link

💴: https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/5595048

Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday, August 4. Our meetings take place at Ridgway Fox’s Pizza at 5:00 p.m. Guests are always welcome! 🫶

07/10/2026

At the most recent Ridgway Rotary Club meeting on Tuesday, July 7, our new officers were sworn in. Our leadership for the 2026-27 fiscal year includes:

President: Jeanie Allenbaugh👩‍⚖️
President Elect: Noel Peteosky 🔜
Treasurer: Bea Terbovich 💵
Secretary: Pat Brennan 📝
Sergeant at Arms: Gloria Udarbe 🫡

Thank you all for your pledge to help lead our club over the next year 👏

Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 21. Our meetings take place at Ridgway Fox’s Pizza at 5:00 p.m. Guests are always welcome! 🫶

07/08/2026

Last month, Rotarian Mindy Gassbarre presented about her career with MARY KAY as an independent salesperson. She’s been incredibly successful and has made connections from around the state and country through this venture.

She spoke specifically about how she got into the business more than 11 years ago, the various cosmetic lines, and also about the impact of the Mary Kay Ash Foundation. The businesses foundation began 30 years ago this year and has donated millions to various causes, including for cancer research and for victims of domestic violence.

Money has even been donated right here in the Elk County community over the years to Capsea, Inc. to support the amazing work they continue in Cameron and Elk Counties 🫶

Learn more about the Mary Kate Ash Foundation at the link below!👇

Pictured with Mindy is Rotary secretary, Pat Brennan. Stay tuned for our next post coming soon, which showcases our new and returning officers for the 2026-27 fiscal year! ⭐️

🔗: https://marykayashfoundation.org/

07/07/2026

Last month, members of our club met with members of Elk County Ecumenical and Glory Bound Music Festival for a check presentation.

We presented $400.00 to help with the upcoming Glory Bound Music Festival set for Saturday, July 25. The Elk County Ecumenical is a newly formed group with a mission to unite the people of Elk County, Pennsylvania and beyond to serve our communities to the glory of Jesus Christ. This year’s Glory Bound Festival will be held in and around the grounds of the Elk County Courthouse in Ridgway. It will feature American Ninja Warrior competitor Jared Greer and his Overcoming Obstacles Ministries. It is also a free admission event.

Overcoming Obstacles Ministries exists to help people overcome obstacles through faith in Jesus. They do this by bringing an obstacle course to churches, camps, events, and schools Jared is a four-time competitor on American Ninja Warrior and spent 12 years as a youth pastor.

Be sure to check it out for yourself on July 25 for a neat obstacle course as well great worship and music! 🎶✝️

📸: The Ridgway Record

🔗: https://visitpago.com/events/glory-bound-music-festival/

06/10/2026

Mel Correll was welcomed as the guest speaker at the June 2 Ridgway Rotary Club meeting.

Correll is one of the managers of House To Home Ridgway, which is a nonprofit thrift store located at the Tri-County Church (TCC) on Center Street.

House to Home partners with the church as a ministry to provide household items to people in need and is open Tuesday through Saturday. Volunteers and donations are needed as 33 percent increase in requests for furniture and related items has occurred over the past year.

Pictured with Mel is Rotarian Marlene Pierce. Our club meets at Ridgway Fox's Pizza at 5:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. New and prospective members are welcome to attend. We hope to see guests and potential new members at our next meeting on Tuesday, June 16.

05/23/2026

The Ridgway Rotary Club celebrated the nine Students of the Month for the 2025-26 school year at the May 19, 2026 meeting.

Certificates of Achievement and a monetary gift were presented to each student and lunch was served. The students included Josephyne Ge**er, Madeline MacAfee, Jayden Gardner, Raessa Gilmore, Kaden Hoffman, Sara Zameroski, Gavin Kilpeck, Rowena Pruett, and Francis Miller. Pictured with the students are Rotarians Christine Tutton, Gloria Udarbe, Gennaro Aiello, Mindy Gasbarre, and Alan Williams.

Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 2 at 5:00 p.m. at Ridgway Fox’s Pizza. Congratulations to these awesome students! 👏 🎓💴🍕

05/18/2026

Rotarian Mindy Gassbarre is pictured with Jeff Yeager, Ridgway’s Fire Chief, and Kevin Anstrom, Ridgway’s Fire Department President, during a recent check presentation.

The Ridgway Rotary Club awarded a check of $400.00 to this incredibly hard working and dedicated group of public safety volunteers. Thank you to the Ridgway Fire Department for all you do for our town and area at large! 👏 🚒

05/11/2026

Our May 5 meeting was great one! 💼

Jayden Gradner was introduced as the May Student of the Month. Gardner is a senior at Ridgway Area High School and the daughter of Jacob and Ashley Gardner. Her activities include volleyball, Prom Court, and working part-time. Her achievements include Offensive MVP for volleyball and four years of High Honor Roll. Her community service includes volunteering with Ridgway High School Volleyball Boosters, Special Olympics, and at the Church of Christ. Her future plans involve attending the Indiana University of Pennsylvania to major in nursing and eventually work in oncology. Pictured with Jayden are her parents Jacob and Ashley Gardner and Rotarian Gloria Udarbe.

Following Gardner, Kylee Mader, the Community and Economic Development Coordinator for the Borough of Johnsonburg and Ridgway, spoke to our club. Mader is also the coordinator for the Community Heart and Soul program and shared about this initiative.

The Community Heart and Soul program is
a nationally recognized program which fosters Community Economic Programs in Ridgway and Johnsonburg Boroughs through imagining, planning, connections and actions. This program also involves the Code Enforcement Officer and is currently working on public access to the Clarion River and development of Ridgway Mills property. Pictured with Mader are Rotarian’s Gloria Udarbe and Bea Terbovich.

The Ridgway Rotary Club meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 5:00pm at Ridgway Fox's Pizza. New and prospective members as well as guests are welcome to attend.

04/23/2026

Tuesday, April 21 was a packed and worthwhile meeting for the Ridgway Rotary Club.

We were pleased to welcome Rowena Pruett who was introduced as Student of the Month for April 2026. Rowena is the daughter of Josie and Richard Pruett and a senior at Ridgway Area High School.

Her activities include DECA, Zine Club, Concert and Marching Band, Cheerleading, Theater Club, Yearbook Club, Mock Trial, Globalization, CEC Junior Reporter Program, National Honor Society, and French Honor Society.

Her achievements include DECA District Champion, DECA State Finalist and International Qualifier, World of Eight billion International Video Contest Finalist, being a six-time Best Advocate Award winner in Mock Trial, Director’s Award, and PMEA Concert Bank Flute First-Chair at the district level.

Her community service includes painting street murals, painting faces at festivals, planting trees, cleaning local parks, assisting in FSG and middle school play productions, performing in muscical displays for the public, and she is currently developing plans for a community garden.

Her future plans include attending Bryn Mawr College majoring in sociology with a minor in journalism. Pictured with Pruett are Rotarian Mindy Gasbarre, her father Richard Pruett, her mother Josie Pruett, and Rotarian Gloria Udarbe.

In addition to Rowena being honored, Cameron Howard was the guest speaker at the meeting. Howard is the Arts and Learning Coordinator at the Elk County Council of the Arts (ECCOTA) and is assisting our Rotary Club and a Leadership Elk-Cameron group from the 2026-26 cohort in their efforts to plan and restore the vacant lot on Main Street/Vine Avenue downtown.

Cameron described the use of murals and paintings throughout Ridgway to brighten and highlight the history and events of this area and how murials could be part of the beautification of the lot project. Pictured with Cameron Howard are Rotarians George Joiner and Minday Gasbarre.

The Ridgway Rotary Club meets the first and third Tuesday of every month at Ridgway Fox's Pizza at 5:00 p.m.. Guests and new members are welcome to attend. Message us for more information about becoming a Rotarian or becoming a guest at an upcoming meeting!

04/20/2026

Great job, Sam! Congratulations! 👏 🛍️ 🛒

Thank you again Elk County Foods for the continued support to our community and club! 🫶

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144 N Broad St
Ridgway, PA
15853

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