Shucking and Cooking – Virtual on Oct 17 – Mark your Calendars!
The Rotary Club of Lexington Park is planning an online auction in late 2020. Soon, we will be seeking donated items to sell or auction. Might you consider donating a tax deductible item to our forthcoming Auction. Donation details will follow in mid October.
Preserving the Tradition
For 54 years, the Rotary Club of Lexington Park has sponsored the popular National Oyster Festival in St. Mary’s County. As a caring organization, the Club has an abundance of concern for the well-being of Festival goers and volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, the Club reluctantly concluded that the Oyster Festival cannot and should not be held as a major community event in 2020.
Rather, than hosting large public gatherings on October 17 and 18 this year, the Club will host small, controlled localized events. These events will serve to preserve the U.S. Oyster Cookoff and the U.S. Oyster Shucking Contest. The intent is to continue to honor these long-held traditions. In the best case, If local restrictions on gatherings are safely relaxed, these events will be planned to scale-up as much as is practical.
Otherwise, current planning calls for live streaming or pre-recording these events. This will perhaps involve a wider scope of national cookers and shuckers to create a national virtual celebration of the Oyster in October 2020.
As these plans mature in the coming months, announcements will be posted to https://usoysterfest.com and the Oyster Festival Facebook page.
As is the case for many an event this year, the Rotary Club of Lexington Park is saddened by the loss of your contributions to the many participating charitable organizations. King Oyster assures us all, however, that the U.S. Oyster Festival will fully be back and better than ever in October 2021!
Opening Opportunity – WE ARE ROTARY: The Rotary Club of Lexington Park was one of two Rotary District 7620 Clubs to sweep three Gold Awards in the recent 2019-2020 Virtual District Conference. The Club was also recognized for excellence in giving to the Rotary International Foundation and being among the 9 clubs to agree to sponsor Youth Conference.
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Connecting the World – I AM ROTARY: Congratulations to Trish Powell, who became the 2020-2021 President of the Rotary Club of Lexington Park on July 1, 2019.
Be the Inspiration – WE ARE ROTARY – Learn more about Feed St. Mary’s
MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS
2020
Book Packaging Event at fairgrounds
March 29, 2019 (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Christmas in April
April 25, 2020 (Converted to small projects over time)
Youth Conference
April 25, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Rotary-4-Vets 5-10K Trot
May 23, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Running of the Balls
August 8, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
2020 Golf Tournament
Sept 3, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19)54th Annual U.S. National Oyster Festival in St. Mary’s County
Oct 17-18, 2020 (Going to alternative approaches to avoid crowding in 2020)
Interfaith Health Alliance – Youth Mentoring
An Ongoing Initiative
Welcome to Our Rotary Club!
meets virtually via Zoom every other week
(see the Meetings and Events listing to the right for details)
Or make up at: http://www.rotaryeclubone.orgBoard of Directors 2020-2021:
PO Box 202, Lexington Park 20653
| Officers | Directors | ||
| President: | Trish Powell | Club Administration: | Sandra Galen |
| President Elect: | Dr. Ben Latigo | Vocational: | Wanda Smith |
| Vice President: | Tari Moore | Charity: | Julie Randall |
| Secretary: | Bill Moody | Foundation | George Hurlburt |
| Treasurer: | Diedra Guy | Fundraising: | Rose Frederick |
| Past President & Queen Oyster: |
Dr. Regina Faden | Membership: | Mike Guy |
Videos
When You Start with Rotary from Rotary International on Vimeo.
Connecting the World – WE ARE ROTARY: The fourth object of Rotary is “The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service”. The Rotary Club of Lexington Park celebrates this by participating in Rotary’s 4 Way Test Speech Contest, where local high school students compete in oratorial skills illustrating Roary’s 4 Way Test.
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