About Our Club - Public Relations Committee

We made the news!   Click here: Dr. Bill Bass will be the speaker for the annual literacy fundraiser (04/22/08)   Click here: Breakfast Rotary Club earns awards (05/01/2008)   Click here: Literacy events gives $15,000 in grants(4/08/08)   Click here for the highlight about our club's effort for World Rotary Day that appeared on the ROTARY INTERNATIONAL home page after Rotary's 103rd anniversary. We were the only U.S. club whose activities were noted ...   Click here to see the 24-page, full-color special section we produced to Share Rotary with our community.

We won! We won!

Robin Textor, governor for Rotary International's District 6780,
and Karen Bridgeman, Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club president,
hold several of the awards recently presented to
ORBRC for the 2007-2008 Rotary year.

They include the Lacy-Bomar Award of Excellence for Public Relations for the special section produced for World Rotary Day (first place); the Lacy-Bomar Award of Excellence for Electronic Bulletins (first place);

a second-place award for membership growth and development;

and a Governor's Club of Distinction citation for achievement of goals across the spectrum of club activities and programs.

ORBRC also earned its fourth consecutive Star Club Award for

support of The Rotary Foundation and earned the Bill Sergeant Award

for participation in the multi-district conference, which was held
April 18-20 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville with hundreds of Rotarians from across Tennessee and Kentucky.

District 6780 is made up of 65 clubs in the eastern half of Tennessee.

Click here for the story as it ran in The Oak Ridger on May 1, 2008.

There's more!

• RECENT NEWS CLIPPINGS  
• COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION and MEMBERSHIP LIST

RECENT NEWS CLIPPINGS

Breakfast Rotary Club earns awards - The Oak Ridger (5/1/08)

Bass, of 'Body Farm' fame, to promote literacy - The Oak Ridger (4/22/08)

Literacy event gives $15,000 in grants - The Oak Ridger (4/08/08)

Rotary Scholarships Available - The Oak Ridger   (3/17/2008)

24-page special section in The Oak Ridger highlights Oak Ridge's two Rotary clubs (2/20/2008)

Congressman Zach Wamp covered a wide range of issues when he spoke to ORBRC - The Oak Ridger  (11/29/2007)

COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION
 
PUBLIC RELATIONS - Develops a plan to provide the public with information about Rotary and promotes the club's service projects and activities.

Co-Chairs 2007-2008: Angi Agle, Jessica Wade
 
Club Bulletin

Club Web Site

Community PR

Committee Members (and spouses/partners):

 Lydia Birk (Michael)
 Karen Bridgeman (Ron)
 John Burleson (Linda)
 Dave Coffey (Pat)
 Rich Esposito (Janie)
 Jim Gary (Johnnie)
 Joe Lenhard (Crissy)
 Clark Meredith (Marie)
 Veronica O'Hearn (Jack)
 Ray Smith (Fanny)
 Ed Statzer (Judy)
 

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