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Linda Brown readies the crew for the annual clean up of the Melton Lake shoreline. Umpteenth Annual Trash Bash at Melton Lake Mar 27, 2010 ORBRC members, Robertsville Middle School Youth Act-ers, and family members gathered March 27, 2010, under the leadership of Linda Brown to clean the local riverbank.  View 
Tom Lakers, aka Second Best Chinese Cook, offers a Dim Sum-ptuous meal for 20, raising over $1000 for our club Auction 2010 Mar 10, 2010 Our Live and Silent Auction Fundraiser, put on this year by the Fellowship Committee  View 
  Adopt a Street Service - November 2009 Nov 23, 2009 Photos from the most recent Adopt-a-Street trash pick-up, courtesy of Pat Powell, our PR Committee chair.  View 
Nancy Donsbach, incoming ORBRC president, Tom Lakers, Willow Ridge owner and our host, and club member John Wheeler enjoy fall fellowship. Fall Gathering at Willow Ridge Garden Center Oct 8, 2009 About 25 Breakfast Rotarians and spouses met at Willow Ridge Garden Center for the 2nd annual fall gathering. We met in the beautiful setting Tom Lakers provided, among the flowering plants, fire pits, fountains, and bromeliads. We brought finger food and wine to share, and the conversations flowed for several hours. The 'Party Crew' organizes several events each year to give ORBRC members and guests an opportunity to socialize and become better acquainted with others in a relaxed, festive atmosphere.  View 
Installing our 2009-10 President, Charles Crowe Transition Meeting July 1 2009 Jul 1, 2009 Annual transition meeting  View 
Emily Jernigan and Dave McCoy report for clean up duty Graduation Celebration 2009 Jun 5, 2009 More than 20 ORBRC members and their spouses showed up at about 5 a.m. to help award a 2004 Chevy S Blazer to Claire Freeman at Graduation Celebration for the class of 2009. Cleanup support followed, with the Breakfast Brigade providing people power.  View 
Sommelier Lou Rabinowitz and event co-coordinator Pat Postma open a few wines. Spring Fun(ction) at Moondollars Cafe Apr 23, 2009 About 60 Rotarians, family members and guests met for fellowship, fun and food at Moondollars Cafe in Historic Jackson Square in Oak Ridge  View 
Riverfront Trash Bash Mar 2009 Mar 31, 2009 Umpteenth annual cleanup of the riverfront with RMS YouthAct  View 
ORBRC members (L-R) Emily Jernigan, Todd Butz and Linda Brown enjoy dinner and conversation with author Robert Hicks. They placed winning bids on the dinner, donated by Burchfield's restaurant in Oak Ridge. Charlie Jernigan, Walter and Roger Brown, and Karen Wilkins-Butz rounded out the group. Literacy Lunch Mar 19, 2009 ORBRC and Altrusa team up to sponsor this annual literacy event. The funds raised support literacy programs and projects in Anderson County. Our speaker this year is Robert Hicks, New York Times best-selling author of Widow of the South.  View 
Ray Smith of Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club, greets Bill Sergeant and RI General Secretary Ed Futa. Sergeant/End Polio Benefit Feb 21, 2009 THE Oak Ridge Rotary Club honored "Mr. Rotary" Bill Sergeant for his contributions to Rotary's effort to end polio with a fundraiser for the End Polio Now campaign. The event was held Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at Pollard Auditorium at Oak Ridge Associated Universities.  View 
Robertsville Middle School YouthAct Officers from left to right: Lloyd Adler-Lombardi (Treasurer), Madison Dittner (Vice President), AJ Toth (President), and Clark Ward (Secretary) RMS YouthAct Jan 18, 2009 Photos from the Robertsville Middle School YouthAct Club: First Year Officers First Service Projects: Planting in the RMS Memorial Garden RMS Memorial Garden Dedication Ceremony, 2008 Christmas Parade with ORBRC; transition of officers; delivering check to Dr. Fred Garmon from People for Care and Learning  View 
Christmas Angels 2009 Dec 24, 2008 Our club adopted 82 children from 30 local families this year, providing a jollier celebration than would have taken place for these youngsters. Project Manager Linda Brown wrote a nice piece for our Dec. 24 newsletter. Check it out by checking out the newsletter archive (see the menu at left).  View 
Tracy Larabee, CPA, mans the drill - it's a first! - while (L-R) Henry Perry, Kathy McMillan, Roger Olson, and Lynn Cardwell take the measure of the Rotary wheels as the float project gets rolling. Christmas Float & Parade 2008 Dec 13, 2008 Our second-ever float in the city's Christmas parade won the "Good Neighbor Award," and volunteers distributed more than 2000 "gently used" books to the children of our community. It was 26 degrees Dec. 6, the day the float was constructed, and not much warmer on Dec. 13 for the parade itself. Breakfast Rotarians constructed the float in Dan Quinn's driveway. YouthAct members from Robertsville Middle School collected and sorted children's books they handed out at the parade.  View 
Bradbury and Crowe (apparently, labeling dictionaries is thirsty work!). Our Dictionary Project Dec 8, 2008 Our club is coordinating a Dictionary Project effort for Anderson, Morgan, and Scott county third-graders for the third year!  View 
Janet Beeler, one of our YouthAct Club advisors, and Tracy Larabee worked four games on Friday -- and Janet worked another four on Saturday! Fifth Annual Rotary Hoops Classic Nov 29, 2008 Thanksgiving Weekend is an amazing time for a basketball tournament -- and Rotarians are nothing if not amazing! Thanks to Gene Caldwell for leading this Breakfast Brigade effort!  View 
Quite an ensemble: Judi Gray, Brenda and Tom Thornburgh, and Louise Mixon (really). Halloween 2008 Oct 30, 2008 We had a howling good time when we gathered at Willow Ridge Garden Center for food and fun and fellowship the day before Halloween.  View 
The portable dental chair being used in a remote local school. Nicaragua -- DDSing Oct 27, 2008 Jerry Young took ORBRC with him on a medical mission trip to Nicaragua ...  View 
Sarah on the vertical wall RYLA 2008 Oct 4, 2008 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards for District 6780 take place at Camp Nakanawa near Crossville. Here's a peek at the day. ORBRC organized a bus for kids and sponsors from six area clubs. JoAnn Garrett, Cathy Toth, and Tracy Larabee led our group.  View 
Charter President Dave Mason and District Governor Carol LaRue, just before the meeting began. Oak Ridge Sunset Rotary Club Charter Night Sep 22, 2008 Charter President Dave Mason and District Governor Carol LaRue were all smiles as Rotarians from across District 6780 joined the nearly 30 members of the newest club in East Tennessee for their charter night Sept. 22. A dozen Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotarians were on hand for the celebration.  View 
Special thanks to Ray Smith, Jim Gary, and Karen Bridgeman for help assembling these photos. If you would rather submit a photo for our use here, please limit it to a head-and-shoulders shot for which the file size is no larger than 200KB (and 72 dpi). You can email it to orbrc@comcast.net. Thanks! CLUB MEMBERS Sep 16, 2008 We've created an album of head shots of our club members -- one you can "thumb through." If you would rather submit a photo for our use here, please limit it to a head-and-shoulders shot for which the file size is no larger than 200KB (and 72 dpi). You can email it to orbrc@comcast.net. Thanks! Those without photos are at the mercy of the photo album managers ...  View 
Flying in the time trial! First Annual Fall Velo Classic Bike Race Sep 7, 2008 Oak Ridge Breakfast Brigade supported the Fall Velo Classic bike race in its inaugural year. Special thanks to ORBRC Rotarian Lou Rabinowitz -- the project organizer -- whose efforts brought nearly 200 racers and their families and supporters together for the event Sept. 5-7 in our city.  View 
Michael W. Russell, P.E. Weekly Speakers Aug 6, 2008 A collection point for photos from weekly speakers for use in other applications.  View 
Opening Ceremony festivities featured John Gunning with a history of the Olympics (important later in the trivia contest), and District Governor Carol LaRue holding the Olympic Go for the Gold -- Tri-Club SummerFellowship Event Jul 31, 2008 Thanks to the outstanding efforts of an Olympic Dream Team of volunteers from the Oak Ridge Breakfast, Oak Ridge Sunset, and (the daddy of them all) THE Ridge Rotary Club, more than 100 of us gathered for fun and food and challenges of an Olympian nature. SEE LOTS MORE PHOTOS: Click Here  View 
Diantha Pare (left) and Emily Jernigan after the presentation of the Service Above Self award. Annual Meeting and Transition 2007-2008 Jun 25, 2008 We honored two individuals for outstanding service and a number of our members for their considerable work during the 2008-2009 at our club's annual meeting June 25, 2008.  View 
LA CONVENTION 2008 (one) Jun 24, 2008 Karen Bridgeman attended the 99th annual Rotary International Convention in LA in mid-June -- come on along for a look at the fun.  View 
Pat Parr and Jerry Young move the casino's poker chips back into storage for another year. Graduation Celebration 2008 May 30, 2008 Sixteen Rotarians and three spouses pitched in to help with Oak Ridge Graduation Celebration in the wee hours of Friday, May 30. We helped give away a car and thousands of dollars in electronics, cash, and other prizes. We also helped about 268 kids (~83% of the graduating class) make great memories of a wonderful milestone in their young lives.  View 
AJ and Jo Year End Awards May 25, 2008 It's that time -- winding up the 2007-2008 Rotary year.  View 
Janet Beeler (left) and Norma James are the Robertsville Middle School teachers who will serve as advisors for the RMS YouthAct Club YouthAct-ing Up! May 20, 2008 ORBRC is helping start a YouthAct Club at Robertsville Middle School, an effort that began in the 2007-2008 Rotary year.  View 
Dan Robbins (left) and John Iacovino at Mary Lou Whitten's -- our first stop on the Progressive Dinner Tour on Saturday, May 17, 2008. Progressive Dinner May 17, 2008 Mary Lou Whitten, Pat Postma, and Judi Gray hosted our first progressive dinner and a good time was had by all.  View 
Jefferson, Bass Literacy Fundraiser 2008 - Jefferson Bass May 11, 2008 Our 15th annual fundraiser for local literacy efforts featured "Jefferson Bass," authors Jon Jefferson and Dr. Bill Bass of the University of Tennessee's "Body Farm."  View 
Robin Textor, a charter member of Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club, chaired the four-district conference. Here, he presides at the President's Banquet, where Rotary International President Wilf Wilkinson was the featured speaker. District Conference 2008 Apr 20, 2008 We celebrated District Governor Robin Textor's year as District Governor and supported his conference in big numbers -- 27 club members and 12 family members/guests joined the fun at the Music City Sheraton in Nashville April 18-20, 2008. We picked up some awards for our year, too!  View 
What a crew! Umpteenth Annual Trash Bash - Melton Lake Apr 9, 2008 More than two dozen Rotarians, family members, and friends joined forces for ORBRC's annual cleanup of the shoreline at Melton Hill Lake -- just in time for the start of regatta season in Oak Ridge. Since the TVA drawdown happens regardless of the weather, they get extra credit for spending Saturday morning under dark clouds! Emily Jernigan added 4/9/08  View 
Men of Tomorrow mentors young people in our area. ORBRC provided $500 for support of this effort at our meeting on March 26, 2008. From left: Rotarian Freda Hopper, Alex Hopper, Raquel Reviria, Trejon Spratling, Meghan Hopper, Rotarian Charles Crowe, and Rotary District 6780 Governor Robin Textor. Club Awards to Other Organizations 2007-2008 Apr 4, 2008 Throughout the year, ORBRC has made awards to support the work of other organizations. Some of those presentations are captured here.  View 
KMA Director David Butler and Judi Gray. Mystery Dinner 2008 Mar 21, 2008 Thanks to Judi Gray, Mike Morris, Jim Cape, and Emily Jernigan for a wonderful evening at the Knoxville Museum of Art and the Sunsphere! (And, thanks to Jo Iacovino for help with the photography duties!)  View 
Glennis Treece, principal (left), and Patricia Cofer, teacher at Walnut Hill Elementary School in Harriman used $1500 to buy books that celebrate cultural diversity for kindergarteners. Literacy Fund-Raiser Award Winners honored Mar 12, 2008 We honored the nine programs selected for awards given with funds raised in the 2007 Literacy Luncheon at our club meeting on March 12. Fourteen applications totaling more than $30,000 were received; more than $15,000 was awarded for programs that serve children, adults, and families stuggling with literacy issues in Anderson and Roane counties.  View 
Look what *I* got! (And a voice in the background, Dictionary Project 2007 Mar 12, 2008 The three Rotary clubs in Anderson County are participating in The Dictionary Project, a nationwide effort to put an age-appropriate dictionary in the hands of every third-grade student. The project has been led since 2006 by ORBRC with Jim Bradbury, The Literacy Guy, in charge. In March 2008, an anonymous donor funded dictionaries for Morgan County third-graders and we delivered!  View 
Andy signed lots of books while he was here, including those signed by this year's speakers that our club will donate to area schools. Andy visits Oak Ridge Feb 22, 2008 Andy Shoup, author and illustrator of the children's book "Andy & Elmer's Apple Dumpling Adventure" that illustrates Rotary's Four-Way Test, visited Oak Ridge Feb. 22 and 23 to help us celebrate World Rotary Day and Rotary International's 103rd birthday.  View 
Christmas Angel Gift Delivery Dec 22, 2007 Nearly 30 Rotarians and their family members delivered Christmas gifts to about 100 children chosen by the Family Resource Center.  View 
Devrin Kuipers watches as Santa talks with his kids. 2007 Holiday Christmas Social Dec 18, 2007 We were invited to join members of THE Oak Ridge Rotary Club to share some holiday cheer, and 42 members, spouses, and significant others from ORBRC did just that. (Thanks to Pat Postma and Emily Jernigan, the food was great!)  View 
Paul Harris Fellows Dec 5, 2007 New Paul Harris Fellows are shown here  View 
On their way (finally!) Wrangling the blimp (from left): Head wrangler Roger Olson, Gene Caldwell's daughter Amanda, Linda Brown, and Gene Caldwell. 2007 Christmas Parade - ORBRC's first-ever entry Dec 1, 2007 For the first time, ORBRC was part of the City's Christmas parade. The Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event has "Christmas in Toyland" theme, and our float presented that as "Christmas in Bookland," highlighting our efforts with reading. Dan Quinn is led this project.  View 
District 6780 Golf Tournament Oct 15, 2007 Photos from our sponsorship of the District 6780 Golf Tournament, held Oct. 15, 2007, at Oak Ridge County Club. The Governor's Cup (four Rotarians per team) was won by Farragut Rotary Club, with Hamilton Place and Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club in second and third place, respectively, after a three-way tie was broken. The Bomar flight (at least two Rotarians per team) was won by the Livingston Rotary Club with the Morristown and Knoxville Breakfast Rotary clubs in second and third place, respectively.  View 
RYLA 2007 Sep 29, 2007 ORBRC sponsored seven students to the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Sept. 29, and the club coordinated transportation for our kids and those sponsored by Clinton Rotary Club, South Campbell County Rotary Club, and The (Other) Oak Ridge Rotary Club. President-Elect Randy Shults, who chairs the Youth Services Committee, and committee members Karen Harris, Karen Downer, and Jo Ann Garrett served as chaperones. Our Distict Governor, Robin Textor, joined them, too.  View 
ORBRC often hosts Meeting photos for Liz Sep 22, 2007 Our Cultural Scholar Liz Grabenstein has asked for some meeting photos -- her host club in Granada, Spain, is having trouble imagining a club that is so large or meets so early! (Liz, be sure to look at the album just before this one -- our "annual" membership meeting silliness.)  View 
Retired cardiologist Fred Barry is looking for new blood for Rotary. Get Your "ASK" in Gear Aug 22, 2007 The membership committee marshalled its forces (and its nerve) to give the club a humorous look at the best -- and worst -- ways to ask a potential member to learn about Rotary.  View 
DG Robin Textor and Dave Coffey listen to Bill Sergeant during a break in the Foundation presentations. Bill, who joined Oak Ridge Rotary Club in 1947, recently retired as chair of the International PolioPlus Committee. He has also served as RI Vice President, RI director, and Foundation trustee. Foundation Seminar Aug 18, 2007 Robin Textor, Dave Coffey, Dub Shults, Jim Rushton, and Karen Bridgeman attended the District 6780 Foundation Seminar August 18 to learn more about the programs of the Rotary Foundation.  View 
Rotary Rookie Cathy Toth was pouring for three. Cheers! Fellowship Night Aug 9, 2007 More than 50 Rotarians and guests gathered at The Homeland Cafe August 9 for wine tasting and fellowship. Members were invited to bring a "brag bottle" to share. Prizes given for best wine, best attendance for the make-up, trivia drawing among spouses/guests, and a Paul Harris 711 Club drawing. Thanks to Pat Postma and Emily Jernigan and the Fellowship committee for a hot time (the only thing that might have improved the evening was a little more air conditioning).  View 
District Governor (and our own) Robin Textor, his wife Charlotte, and two granddaughters brought Tennessee orange into the red, white, and blue celebration. July 4 Fellowship Jul 4, 2007 The Fellowship Committee started the year off with a bang -- a Fourth of July picnic in red, white, and blue (and orange).  View 
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