We made the news!   Click here for coverage of our meeting with Tennessee Department of Transportation representatives about the West End traffic project (8/7/08).   Click here for the announcement of our Service Above Self and Rotarian of the Year award winners (6/30/08).   Click here for a feature on the "Jefferson Bass" presentation at the 15th Annual Fundraiser for Literacy (05/12/08).    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 award-winning 24-page, full-color special section we produced to Share Rotary with our community. Click here for a library of high-quality Rotary images and graphics.

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

Reopening Schools to Impact West-End Traffic - The Oak Ridger (8/7/08)

Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club honors annual award winners - The Oak Ridger (6/30/08)

Body Farm, Big Bopper and Bass - The Oak Ridger (5/12/08)

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 through the club website; the weekly bulletin, Breakfast Bytes; the weekly scroll before club meetings; and community press releases.

Chair 2008-2009: Courtney Henry

Angi Agle

BJ Baxter

Karen Bridgeman

Tami Carroll

Leigha Edwards

Rich Esposito

Jim Gary

Joe Lenhard

Dave McCoy

Roger Olson

Dan Quinn

Ray Smith

Theresa Venable

Jessica Wade

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