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Bill Gay receives District 6970 Service Above Self-Award

William W. “Bill” Gay was selected for the Rotary Club of West Jacksonville District 6970 Rotary Service Above Self Award on 8/12/09. The award was presented by the District Governor, Dave Faraldo and President of the West Jacksonville Rotary Club, John Runion.

Blueberry fundraiser raises over $2,000!

On July 25th, the Rotary Club of West Jacksonville stepped up to the challenge of selling 14,000 pounds of blueberries with only 4 days of advance notice and publicity. At the club meeting on July 22nd, many members volunteered to spend part of their Saturday working the blueberry stands in San Marco and Avondale.
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Chaffee Trail EarlyAct

The first of it’s kind in Duval County, the Chaffee Trail Elementary EarlyAct Club was started in January of 2009. The club is led by 2008 Duval County Teacher of the Year, Lucretia Miller and sponsored by the Rotary Club of West Jacksonville. Also helping start the club and providing tremendous support is [...]

Miracle League Project featured on RI website homepage

The Centennial Project for the Rotary Club of West Jacksonville is currently featured on the home page of Rotary International. The culmination of several years work, the Miracle League baseball field is an ADA facility for the mentally and physically disabled. We continue to fund the local “Miracle League” in support of this [...]

Diabetes Education Center project in Arentina

Photos of our Argentine Rotarian partners (La Plata Sur) visiting the Diabetes Education Center which we support w/ matching grant 58561.
They send greetings to you from their president, Raul Vetere, as well as to our entire club:
Hola estimada Lorraine ,
Soy Alejandro Toporkov el director de la avenida internacional de este año miembro del [...]

Wounded Warrior Project

For their spring project, BSHS Interact Club sponsored a silver war to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project.

Interact Club Receives Presidential Citation

West Jacksonville is an active supporter of the Interact Club at Bishop Snyder HS Interact Club.