The Rotary Club of East Jordan is proud to celebrate a new year of cultural exchange, friendship, and learning through the Rotary International Youth Exchange program.
November 2025
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Monthly Lunch Meeting
Friends of the Jordan River Watershed BuildingDec. 02, 2025
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
The Rotary Club of East Jordan recently awarded $136,900 in postsecondary education scholarships to seven outstanding graduates of East Jordan High School. Supporting the youth of East Jordan has been a cornerstone of the club’s mission for decades, and this year’s awards represent one of the largest scholarship totals in the club’s history.
👔🍽️ Calling all dads and lads in East Jordan! Get ready to ditch the ties, grab your sneakers, and head over to the annual Father Son Banquet! It's your chance to bond over dinner, belly laughs, and maybe a bit of friendly competition. 🏆 Don't miss out on the feast and fun - it's the perfect way to spend some quality time together! 🎉 
We Are Back....The 14th Annual Rotary Show returns to the stage on April 28 and 29 at 7:00 pm.
After long overdue requests, we can finally make our payments for Dues, Dinners, & Donations through Clubrunner!
The Rotary Club of East Jordan met at the garage of Greg and Meg Kitson to carve lots of pumpkins for The Depot Teen Center's Halloween Fundraising Walk. 
Carol Timmer, Immediate Past President, receives her Paul Harris plus 2 recognition from our District Governor, Gary Chenoweth during an August 2021 meeting.
Each year, Rotary International sets lofty goals for clubs to attain within the Rotary year. They often require extra "work" and when achieved, are a sign of a healthy club. In 2018-19, the Rotary Club of East Jordan achieved a Rotary Citation with Silver Presidential Distinction.
Seven East Jordan High School graduates won 4-year Rotary Scholarships and one student received a one-year award in 2021. The winners were Nathaniel Newman, Steven Streasick, Josh Nise, Madelyn Reece, Shannon Schlueter, Lauren Smith, Emmah Wojan, and Sage Upton.
Club President Lois Aroian shared in the inauguration of the Browns Creek Pathway Trail in East Jordan on Monday, August 23. The new path extends the bike trail and was accomplished with the help of many organizations including the Rotary Club of East Jordan. Rotary assisted in the Eagle Scout project kiosk which provides information about the trail.
Spring cleaning at the East Jordan Rotary-sponsored cabin at Camp Daggett. Every year the Club sends a contingent of volunteers to spruce up the Rotary Cabin. Pictured (from left): Jack Poindexter, Bob Moran, President Renee Wiklanski, Tom Teske, and Fred Malpass.
The most powerful force in the promotion of international understanding and peace is exposure to different cultures. The world becomes a smaller, friendlier place when we learn that all people regardless of nationality desire the same basic things: a safe, comfortable environment that allows for a rich and satisfying life for our children and ourselves. Youth Exchange provides thousands of young people with the opportunity to meet people from other lands and to experience their cultures. This plants the seeds for a lifetime of international understanding. - See more at: http://www.ridistrict6290.org/
Rotary is Different Things to Different People:
- To a ten year old boy it is his Little League Baseball team.
- To community members and visitors it is a social gathering during East Jordan’s Sno Blast for the annual Chili Supper.
- To a high school student it is the opportunity to become a foreign exchange student for a year and discover another culture.
- To a ten year old boy it is his Little League Baseball team.
- To graduating high school seniors, it’s the scholarship that helps them attend the college or university of their choice.
- To a family in Central America it is the organization that provided them with a sand water filter that for the first time in their lives gave them potable water.
- To Charlevoix/Emmet county students in a physically and mentally impaired program, it is the annual Christmas luncheon where the same jolly Santa knows them by name and brings them each a special gift chosen just for them.
- To a local Boy Scout it is the opportunity to grow in body and mind with a positive set of core values.
- To the millions of children worldwide it is knowing that they will never have to run the risk of contracting polio because they received a vaccine.
- To a two mile stretch on M-66 it is knowing that twice a year a group will show up to clean-up the roadside.
- To a local school it is a support system for their programs by providing opportunities that young people might not otherwise be afforded.
- To a child in the Philippines living at the Lingap Center, it is a clean, safe home and an opportunity to attend school.
- To the organizations who present programs at our weekly meetings it is an opportunity to get their message out to a group of committed community citizens who are interested in learning about their mission, goals and objectives.
- To the thousands of campers who stayed in a cabin at Camp Daggett it is a set of memories they will treasure forever.
- To a dad and a son, it is an opportunity, once a year, to spend an evening together, with other dads and sons, at the annual Rotary Father-Son Banquet.
- To our members, it is an opportunity to work and serve together, in support of the common good
What is Rotary?
District 5670 in Tennessee made this video that explains who we are and where we came from.
Rotary’s History in Korea
Rotary’s History in KoreaThe first Rotary club in Korea was chartered in Seoul on 10 November 1927. Since then, Rotary members in Korea have maintained their commitment to fellowship, service, and leadership through difficult times —
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