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May 2025
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E. E. Brickell Scholarship Banquet
Doubletree by Hilton Virginia BeachMay 22, 2025 6:00 PM
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Come enjoy dinner with us! Our club is the right size to welcome you personally and at the right time of day to accommodate your busy work schedule. We are the only dinner club in Virginia Beach, making it optimal for after-work, wind-down cocktails, comfortable fellowship with local professionals, and a tasty, hot meal. We regularly host off-site events to learn more about our community and serve local and global needs. We would love to meet you! Email VirginiaBeachRotary@gmail.com.
District Governor Joy Kline recently visited our club to discuss priorities for this Rotary
year and helped us induct a new club member. We're looking forward to a great year!
Members of the Virginia Beach Rotary Club were excited to pair with LR Now and organize reusable bags for public use. The club spent their morning organizing and cleaning multiple reusable bags that will be distributed to members of the local community.
A few of our Rotarians helped set up for Samaritan House's Step Into the Light annual fundraising gala, raising funds to aid victims of domestic abuse and human trafficking in the Hampton Roads area. The event was absolutely wonderful, so keep an eye out for the opportunity to attend next year! The Rotary Club of Virginia Beach provided a grant to Samaritan House this past year and we look forward to continuing to support their mission.
The Rotary Club of Virginia Beach participated in First Landing's "Clean the Bay Day" on June 3rd, enjoying the beautiful weather while picking up trash around the beach, campgrounds, and parking areas. The club collected 15 lbs of trash, consisting of hundreds of pieces of microplastic, bottle caps, cigarette butts, cans, bottles, and more.
Our club consistently supports environmental projects to keep Virginia Beach, and the world, happy and healthy!
Filling up baskets for the homeless and JCOC (Judeo-Christian Outreach Center)
The Virginia Beach Rotary Club does Landscaping work at the Crisis Intervention Home.
Dan Edwards, Past President and Treasurer of the Virginia Beach Rotary Club, spoke to our Club via Zoom meeting on January 7, 2020, and gave everyone (including some fine new member prospects) an overview of The Brickell Scholarship program, as follows:
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Last Saturday, November 2nd, we had the honor and pleasure to collect donations for our local Food Bank at the Food Lion grocery on General Booth and Dam Neck Road. It was very successful and we thank all the folks that participated. Seen here is our crew: Patti Phillips, Renee Flinchum, Eva Poole, Jim Flinchum and Ernest Gaie. Not pictured is Barbara Bradley.
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Past District Governor John Padgett conducted the Installation of Officers as follows:
- President – Eva Poole
- Presidents – Elect – Linda Griffin and Wayne McCoy
- Treasurer – Dan Edwards
- Secretary – Mike Summers
- Immediate Past President – Hearst Vann
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President Hearst Vann, Past President Mike Summers, Past President Barbara Bradley, Ross Loomis and his father all gathered recently at the Virginia Zoo to contribute our efforts to the building of a Nature Play area for visitors to the Zoo. 
Rotarian Patti Phillips gave a brief history of The Dr. Jimmy Williams Service Award which has been awarded by the club since 1980. She then introduced Emily Labows and her family. Rotarian Patti then introduced two guests, Ron Williams, City of Virginia Beach Deputy City Manager, and Linwood Branch, former member of the Virginia Beach City Council, who provided kind remarks about Emily and cites the many projects and cultural art events that Emily has been involved in with the City. Rotarian Patti Phillips, Rotarian Dot Wood and President Hearst Vann then presented a personalized crystal statue to the honoree. Following a standing ovation, Emily then provided a brief acceptance speech, thanking the Rotary Club for the award and honor and especially thanked everyone who attended in her honor and cited various persons who had helped her through the years in her job.
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Keano Rich of Ocean Lakes High School was honored on May 16, 2019, as the recipient of the Brickell Scholarship. Andrea Pember, First Colonial High School, was announced as winner of the Richard A. Schlimgen Student Leadership Memorial Scholarship by Dr. Aaron Spence, Superintendent, Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Recognition of the 2019 Jim Spore Community Service Winner was presented to Will Butler, Kellam High School by James K. Spore, Retired City Manager of Virginia Beach
Click here for more photos of the event: https://vbrotary.com/photoalbums/2019-brickell-scholarship/
Curtis Brown, Jr., of Green Run High School was honored on May 18, 2018, as the recipient of the Brickell Scholarship. Abby Ramsay of Bayside High School was announced as winner of the Richard A. Schlimgen Student Leadership Memorial Scholarship. Robert Tillman, IV, of Tallwood High School was announced as winner of the Jim Spore Community Service Scholarship.
Click here for more photos of the event: photoalbums/may-2018-brickell-scholarship-banquet
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Many thanks to this year's Corks for Cures sponsors for helping to make our 2019 event a great success! Read more to see who these admirable advocates are...
The Rotary Clubs of Norfolk, Norfolk-Sunrise, Virginia Beach and the Rotary Club of Hampton Roads applied for and received a grant from District 7600 to create a Nature Play area at the Norfolk Zoo, as well as act as ongoing helpers with horticulture education programs.
In the photo below, the participants from left to right are: Angela Benard, Director of Development of the Virginia Zoo; Hearst Vann of the Virginia Beach Rotary Club; Lorna Cochrane, of the Rotary Club of Norfolk; Michelle Lewis, Education Manager of the Virginia Zoo; Lori Lampert, Operations Manager of the Virginia Zoo; Pamela Tubbs, Rotary Club of Norfolk; Greg Bockheim, Executive Director of the Virginia Zoo. — at The Virginia Zoo.
This is our 9th Annual Corks for Cures event. Great food will be served by The Catering Place and Wine by Mermaid Winery. Funds earned will help Rotary International eliminate Polio from Planet Earth once and for all, as well as several Local well-deserving charities. Come have some fun with us! The art gallery will be open to our guests from 7-8 p.m. There will be a jazz group headed by Jimmy Masters playing throughout the evening and a Silent Auction. Sponsorships are welcome!
We mourn the loss of our fellow Rotarian and Past President, Bob Scott, on August 1, 2018.
Stay tuned for upcoming meetings and events beyond the end of June, 2018.
Check out the fun we had visiting the new Mermaid Winery location on Shore Drive!
Our 2017 Grantees have been announced!
Each year our club raises money through various events and fundraisers to allow us to reinvest in our nonprofit community through our grantmaking program. Grantees will be awarded checks at our November 30 meeting. This year, $1,000 has been awarded to each of the following programs (click on the name to learn more about each):
- Circle A Home for Horses Youth Equine Mentorship
- Honor Foundation Military Transitioning
- Khedive Shrine Center Transportation for Children
- Meals on Wheels Virginia Beach
- Shelter Box
- Symphonicity
- Tidewater Council Boy Scouts Camp Pipsico
- Together We Can Foundation
- Virginia Beach Library Teen Art Lock-In
- Virginia Beach Parks & Rec Foundation After-School Swim Program
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