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⭐️ Is it the TRUTH?
⭐️ Is it FAIR?
⭐️ Will it build BETTER FRIENDSHIP?
⭐️ Will it be BENEFICIAL to everyone?

10/12/2026

This week we were honored to host our distinguished guest, Mr Kevin Hughes, the Suffolk City Manager. Kevin has been serving the Suffolk community since 2005, and assumed the position of City Manager in March 2026.

We all know there’s a lot going on in Suffolk, and Kevin took time to give us an informative presentation about some of the changes happening in our city. It’s always beneficial to hear about what’s going on directly from our city’s leaders, and we’re grateful for Kevin joining us. Many thanks, Kevin!
https://www.suffolkva.us

As a reminder, here’s a rundown of the rest of October’s activities:

Oct 16: No meeting.

Oct 23: No Meeting at Cedar Point. We will have a breakfast meeting at Cockeyed Rooster in Smithfield at 7:45 am.

Oct 28: North Suffolk Oyster Roast. Get your tickets now!
https://www.northsuffolkrotary.com/oyster-roast

Oct 30: No meeting due to oyster roast.

09/23/2026

October in Suffolk means Oyster Season!

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 28th – the North Suffolk Rotary Club’s Annual Oyster Roast at the Rose Family Farm in Suffolk. Every year, our club welcomes the holiday season on the Rose Family Farm with all the roasted oysters and libation you can handle for a beautiful Autumn afternoon. Join us rain or shine from 3-6pm!

Find more information and get your tickets here: https://www.northsuffolkrotary.com/oyster-roast.

The event sells out quickly and we’re limited to 400 tickets only. You won’t want to miss it!

08/28/2026

Another month done and dusted!

At today’s meeting we closed the book on August by hosting Tage Counts from Volunteer Hampton Roads. Tage serves as President and CEO of VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads, where he leads the organization’s mission to strengthen Hampton Roads through volunteerism and civic engagement.

VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads connects businesses and community organizations with volunteers to create a more engaged and resilient region. Tage’s informative presentation made it clear to us why he’s perfectly suited to serve as a leader and collaborator across Hampton Roads.

Please click the links below for more information about VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads’ important mission.

https://www.volunteerhr.org/
https://www.facebook.com/volunteerhr

Many thanks, Tage, come back and join us any time!

PS. A special shoutout to Meadow and the team at Cedar Point Club for the awesome breakfast this morning! It was delicious!

08/25/2026

At last week's meeting we held our first Club Assembly meeting of the Rotary year, where we heard updates on Membership, Finance, and Service Projects. Ryan also gave a demonstration on how to use the Ignite App on our smartphones. It's a handy way to log our service hours, pay club dues, check the Rotary calendar, and do lots of other cool stuff!

On the horizon we have a busy month planned, so watch this space for more announcements and updates about the Suffolk First Citizen event on September 17th, as well as the Walk for Alzheimer's on September 26th.

As always, our website has a full calendar with links to all of our activities as we .

https://www.northsuffolkrotary.com/

08/15/2026

We'll be talking about this week’s meeting for a long time!

On August 14th, the North Suffolk Rotary Club had the honor of hosting the great folks from the Roc Solid Foundation who helped us hold a Ready Bag Packing Party. We had so much fun working for a great cause!

The Roc Solid Foundation is a national organization based out of Chesapeake, VA, with the mission to build hope for every child and family facing pediatric cancer. One of the ways they do this important work is to provide Ready Bags to the 16,000 kids and families in the U.S. who a diagnosed with pediatric cancer each year.

Very often they begin treatment so quickly there's no time to grab supplies from home. The Ready Bag contain toiletries and essential items such as phone chargers and cords, drink tumblers, a warm fleece, and a blank journal. It’s one of the ways Roc Solid helps build hope in a situation that often feels overwhelming and hopeless.

Our members worked together to put together 60 Ready Bags, each containing a handwritten note from one of our members offering words of comfort and encouragement to kids and their families.

We also had the pleasure of making a financial contribution to the Roc Solid Foundation on behalf of the North Suffolk Rotary Club.

Many thanks to Lauren, Roc Solid’s Community Events Coordinator, and her team for leading us through this important service project for our club.

If you couldn’t join us there’s still plenty of ways to help. On September 18th, you can join the Ready Bag Rally at the Norfolk Scope Arena, where you can help build 16,000 Ready Bags. Signup information is at the link below, where you’ll also see a “Dontate” button to contribute if you can’t make the rally.

https://www.facebook.com/rocsolidfoundation

https://rocsolidfoundation.org/

07/14/2026

Congratulations to our newest Paul Harris Fellow Recipients!

The North Suffolk Rotary Club is proud to recognize two outstanding Rotarians who have been named Paul Harris Fellows—one of the highest honors bestowed upon an individual through Rotary International. Our newest recipients are Margaret Little and Hannah Arnold, Realtor.

This prestigious recognition celebrates their unwavering commitment, generosity, and countless hours of service supporting our community.

Their dedication truly exemplifies Rotary’s pledge to “Create Lasting Impact.”

Please join us in celebrating these remarkable leaders whose service continues to strengthen our club and transform lives.

https://www.rotary.org/who-we-are/paul-harris-society

07/11/2026

We had a strong start to the 2026-2027 Rotary year! This year’s theme is Create Lasting Impact, and our first guest speaker truly embraces that idea.

This week we were honored to host Sarah Wray, Executive Director of Tidewater Youth Services. TYS helps provide at-risk youth with housing as well as provides rides to school, education programs, and cultural arts enrichment. TYS serves a wide area in Hampton Roads, and our club President Ryan Avril and his wife have been working with them for several years.

Ryan selected Tidewater Youth Services to receive the President’s Fund for this Rotary year, so expect to see more about TYS in the months ahead.

Many thanks to Ms Wray for sharing the TYS mission with us!

https://www.facebook.com/TYSFoundation
https://www.tysfoundation.org/

Ps. We had 34 members attend the meeting and have room for more. Join us next week!

07/01/2026

That’s a wrap! Last Friday’s meeting closed out another outstanding year for the North Suffolk Rotary Club!

For his final time as Club President, Cam Harper rang the meeting bell to start the meeting, and then took time to highlight all the amazing things the club and our members have achieved over the past year. And what a year it was! If you follow our page, you’ve seen what the last year has brought us. Amazing stuff!

Under Cam’s leadership we met our goals and made significant contributions to our club’s charities and supported activities. And true to form, Cam gave all the credit to our past presidents, committee chairs, and highly motivated members for our successful year.

Thank you, Cam, for a great year! Heartfelt appreciation goes to Cam’s wife Mary who was by his side every step of the way. Thank you, Mary, for your support to Cam and to our club!

Now, as we begin a new Rotary Year, we welcome Ryan Avril as our Club President. Ryan has great things in store for us in the year ahead, and we look forward to his leadership in the next year! Congratulations, Ryan!

Please note there will be no meeting this week (July 3rd) as we observe our 250th Independence Day. Stay cool and we’ll see you on July 10th!

05/11/2026

At last week’s meeting we had the honor of welcoming Ms Audra Bullock from Tidewater Friends of Foster Care. The Friends of Foster Care is a nonprofit dedicated to making life better for children in foster care. Founded in 2016 by foster parents Richard Litton and Audra Bullock, they serve over 2,500 foster and at-risk youth each year across Hampton Roads and Richmond, Virginia.

Funded entirely by private donations and grants, they work alongside local social services, businesses, and nonprofits to connect kids with the support they need to thrive.

Many thanks to Audra for a wonderful presentation on the great work of Tidewater Friends of Foster Care!
https://friendsoffostercare.org/our-mission/

05/04/2026

That’s April done and dusted! We kicked off May with a great meeting on a beautiful morning!

Last week we had the honor of learning about Mercy Chefs. Mercy Chefs is a faith-based, non-profit disaster and humanitarian relief organization. They exist to provide professionally prepared, restaurant-quality meals to victims, volunteers, and first responders in natural disasters and emergencies. They partner with existing like-minded organizations to further their mission by providing food service in underserved communities across the country and around the globe.

Mercy Chefs is headquartered in Portsmouth, VA in the Hampton Roads area, and our club has previously donated time helping prepare meals.

Many thanks to Mercy Chefs for joining us and teaching us about your important mission! Learn more at the link: https://mercychefs.com

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8056 Clubhouse Drive
Suffolk, VA
23433

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7:30am - 8:30am

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http://www.northsuffolkrotary.com/

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