Greenville Breakfast Rotary Club

Come and have breakfast with us and see what Rotary is all about. Join us at our meeting on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at the Kroc Center at 7:30 AM.

Congratulations, 2024-2025 Club President Mr. Joseph Gobbett.

Always a great day when we get to welcome a new Rotarian into our Club. Meet Rotarian Kyle Camp from the Blue Ridge Council, Scouting America.

District 7750 was well represented at the Annual CART meeting. Rotarians donated $2 million dollars this past year to support Alzheimer’s research. Five grants of were given to researchers for continuation of their work. Each research group presented a summary of their work and their objectives. Let’s keep at it until we find a solution for this horrible disease.

Wow!! What a fantastic Kentucky Derby Party. Thank you to the 120 folks that attended and helped our Rotary Club raise funds for our community service projects next year. We all had a fun, lots of prizes, good food, good friends, and watched on the big screen the closest race any of us can remember.

Thank you to our sponsors:
Churchill Downs-Portofino’s, TDBank
Secretariat-Bank of Travelers Rest, Street Financial Planning, Fox Rothschild, Blackstream International and Blackstream Property Management

Tomorrow is the day we have all been waiting for. Greenville Breakfast Rotary’s Kentucky Derby Party. Take a look at all the exciting raffle items you can win!! Plus great BBQ, fun and watching the most exciting 2 minutes in sports. Hope you are not going to miss it!!

Our Annual Kentucky Derby Fundraising Event is tomorrow. Check out some of the raffle items:




1 - Gift Certificate for Yoga Class ($90.00 value)

1 - Souvenier Kentucky Derby Glass

1 - $ 50.00 Gift Certificate to the Peace Center

1 - $ 75.00 Gift Certificate to Urban Nirvana

2 - $ 25.00 Gift Certificates to Yee-Haw

2 - $ 25.00 Gift Certificates to Fire Forge

2 - $ 50.00 Gift Certificates to Sassafras Southern Bistro

1 -$ 30.00 Gift Certificate to The Mason Jar

2 – $ 50.00 Gift Certificates to City Tavern

2 - Bottles of Pinot Noir from Oregon ($ 50.00 value)

1 - Bottle of Old Vine Zinfandel from California ($ 50.00 value)

1- Gift Certificate from Eagle Mountain Vineyard – Includes 2 wine tastings and 2
charcuterie boxes

1- 1.75 Liter Bottle of Jack Daniels

1 - Carolina Cream gift basket

1 – Bottle of Carolina Cream

1 – Bottle of Peach Cream

Donate to the Rotary Foundation before May 30th and get matching points from District Governor Renee.

Q. What is the most exciting 2 minutes in sports
A. Run for the Roses - Kentucky Derby

Q. Where can you have the most fun watching it
A. Greenville Breakfast Rotary Kentucky Derby Party

Q. Do you have your tickets yet?
A. What are you waiting for

Don’t forget your tickets to the Greenville Breakfast Kentucky Derby Party. Outstanding BBQ meal from Henry’s, raffles, games, Mint Juleps, horse race on the big screen(most exciting 2 minutes in sports). YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS!! Where else can you have this much food and fun for $35,

Get your tickets today, use the QR code below or see a Greenville Breakfast Rotarian. See you at Six and Twenty.

What a beautiful Saturday for our Annual Ham Smoke. Great fun, good food and wonderful fellowship with our Rotary friends. Thank you to DGRenee and Steve for joining us. We donated 14 smoked hams to Generations Group Home for their Easter party for the boys on Saturday afternoon.

Got your tickets yet? You don’t want to miss this. Good food and loads of fun for only $35.
Don’t forget your hat.

What’s In It For Me? One of the reasons for joining a Rotary club is the opportunity for personal growth and development. A Rotarian can take advantage of myriad of growth opportunities such as: online courses, Rotary Leadership Institute, club officer training, seminars at distric and international conferences. Check out the workshop sessions available at our Distict Conference, May 17-19 at the Hyatt in Greenville. Register now!!

Annual Kentucky Derby Party Fundraiser will be May 4. Get you tickets now to this exciting and fun event. All proceeds go to fund local service projects. Get tickets from any Greenville Breakfast Rotarian or use the QR code to purchase tickets. See you there and don’t forget to wear your fanciest hat.

Area 3 Rotary Club leaders at Pre-PETS. Great day of information sharing land fellowship

Happy Birthday Rotary

3 Magical Steps to growing your club

Great article.
From the article:
The secret to our club’s growth boiled down to pursuing three “magical” steps, which any club can follow:

Magic No.1
Focus on raising up leaders within your club who could serve as district governors. This will provide strong leadership within your club.
Magic No.2
Create a three- or five-year strategic plan. Continuity is the key.
Magic No.3
Create satellite clubs that will appeal to different interests within your community. Look for potential members who are business owners, CEOs, or people who share a profession or interest like singing. Starting a satellite club is easier than chartering an independent club from scratch, as they thrive on and grow with the support of the sponsor club. Someday, they may leave and become their own club, but that, too, is good.

Happy Valentines Day

Join us on Thursday, February 8th @ 7:30am at the Kroc Center. Our guest speaker is Carlos Garza, a representative from Six & Twenty Distillery.

The February District Newsletter is now on the district website. Be sure to check it out and read about all the good stuff happening around our district. Find it on Rotary7750.org.

On last Thursday the GBRC held its last meeting for the year. What a wonderful way to end the year inducting a new member. Our Past Club Present presents two banners to the club for our foundation giving.
Merry Christmas .

It’s Saturday in December at Sam’s in Greenville so Greenville Breakfast Rotarians are out ringing the bell to support the Salvation Army and spreading Christmas cheer. Thank you Rotarians for doing good in your community. Merry Christmas to all.

The day after thoughts…..good food, good friends, great fellowship. After speaking many Thursday mornings meetings, bell ringing, smoking turkeys and hams, recruiting new members, wishing old members well, planning for another year here we are…. What has become our annual Christmas gathering.

Sharon Landis, thank you for being an awesome host…. Fellow Rotarians thanks for the memories. Have a very merry Christmas and awesome new year.

Greenville Breakfast are a festive group of Rotarians. We are not only service minded but like to have some fun as well. Our Christmas social included wonderful fellowship, delicious food, and joyful singing of Christmas carols accompanied by our own wonderfully talented Rotarian Sharon on the piano. We were also treated to a lovely duet by Past District Governor Tom and Past President Valerie signing a beautiful rendition of Silent Night. The night ended with what has become a Greenville Breakfast tradition, the singing of The Twelve Days of Christmas. Thank you to Sharon Landis for once again hosting our Christmas Party in her lovely home.

Past President Annie Maertens accepts the banners in recognition of Greenville Breakfast contributions to the Rotary Foundation. Presenting the banners are Zone Director-elect Patrick Eakes and Past District Governor Joyce Morin. Congratulations and thank you Rotarians for support of our Foundation “Doing Good in the World” and right here in Greenville.

Happy Thanksgiving from the Rotary Club of Greenville Breakfast