Rotary Club of Pittsburgh

Wonderful lunch today as we officially passed the gavel from George Robinson II to Charles Jenkins for the 2024-25 Rotary year! Charles led a discussion to hear ideas from Club members on how we can continue growing and giving to our community. We’re so grateful to George and presented him a plaque that we know will look great on his wall!

RCP! Have you bought your tickets for this great night at PNC Park?

Who's coming to lunch tomorrow? Don't miss this one as we'll officially pass the gavel to President Charles Jenkins and engage in a lively discussion about out Club!

RCP! Big lunch on Wednesday as we officially pass the gavel to our 2024-25 President Charles Jenkins! During lunch, Charles will lead a discussion on his vision for our Club, and he's eager to hear your ideas and comments! So make sure you register and come ready to talk about how we keep moving the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh forward!

You can find the link to register on our calendar! Lunch starts at noon, Wednesday, July 17!

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Every little bit helps! We cleaned a stretch of Forbes Avenue that RCP and our affiliated IMPACT Club adopted. A big thanks to our cleanup crew this morning!

Did you know that the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh and our affiliated IMPACT Club have adopted a stretch of highway in Oakland? Yup, we did! We're holding our first clean up on Saturday. Meet us at 9 am at the AJ Palumbo S&T Center, Carlow University, 3301 Forbes Ave. We will plan to spend two hours cleaning up litter. However, if you can only stay for one hour or even just 30 minutes, we'd still love to have you come out and join us! Saturday morning looks to be warm and delightfully steamy so bring water! We will have supplies, including plastic gloves and trash bags!

Join the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh this evening at Federal Galley on the North Shore within Nova Place at 5:30 pm. Come out and socialize with fellow Rotarians and make new friends and connections! Hope to see you there!

RCP members, please remember that members dues are due tomorrow! If you plan to pay in quarterly installments, you must make the first payment and let us know that. Everyone in the Club has received an individual invoice. If you haven't seen that, please check your spam filter!

The Rotary Club of Pittsburgh said “thank you” to outgoing President George Robinson II last night at a wonderful dinner at Emerald City. We were especially delighted to be joined by incoming Rotary International President Stephanie Urchick whose remarks inspired us to reaffirm our commitment to serving our communities and to each other. She reminded us that each Rotary Club is different and to reflect on how our Club can meet the needs of each of us - and future Rotarians.

We so appreciate Stephanie joining us last night. As George mentioned in his remarks, she also joined us a year ago as we celebrated former President Babs Sefiane. It’s truly an honor that Rotary International’s next President is from our region!

We also want to give a shout out to our fellow Rotarian Gary White for the delicious catering from Fogo de Chao!

Please join RCP this Saturday, June 22, for the world premiere of "One Girl At A Time: The Hekima Place Story!" Hekima Place is one of our club's nonprofit partners, and we're so excited for this wonderful evening! The premier will take place from 6 to 10 pm at CoHatch Waterfront, 149 West Bridge St., Homestead. RSVP by emailing Hekima Place Executive Director Laura Bright at [email protected]

Calling all Rotarians! Our President's Wine Dinner is Thursday, starting with cocktails at 6 pm! In addition to celebrating outgoing President George Robinson II and all that he's done for our club, and welcoming President-elect Charles Jenkins as he steps into his new role, we are also TOTES excited to announce a VERY SPECIAL GUEST: incoming Rotary International President Stephanie Urchick!!!!

This is going to be a great night celebrating our club, our leadership, and enjoying the fellowship of Rotarian brothers and sisters! Register below!

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RCP members! Please check your email for an important message about member dues. They're coming due!

Pittsburgh Rotarians! The time has come to fete outgoing RCP President George Robinson and to thank him for all of his tremendous and hard work over the last year. George has led the club with dignity and strength, and we so appreciate his commitment to driving RCP forward. We will also celebrate incoming President Charles Jenkins as he takes the helm and continues strengthening and advancing our Club!

So join us at 6 pm on Thursday, June 20 at Emerald City, 213 Smithfield St. Dinner will be buffet style and will be catered by Fogo de Chao.

You can register at the link below. Family and friends more than welcome for what will be a wonderful evening spent in fellowship with your fellow Rotarians!

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Great lunch today with Maria Palmer, the author of "On the Rocks," and her father, Joseph Costanzo, owner of the highly acclaimed Primadonna Restaurant in McKees Rocks. We also said goodbye to Yusei Nakai, a Rotary Youth Exchange student from Japan who’s been staying with Rotarian Duane Palmieri and his family. We wish Yusei safe travels and all the best!

Leave it better than you found it! Great turnout this morning from our RCP and IMPACT members along with family and friends for an Ohio River cleanup! We partnered with ORSANCO and Rotary Clubs down the Ohio River through Illinois on this important project! We collected 25 bags of trash, walked about 5 miles, and took more than 150,000 steps this morning! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported our club and community!

RCP members, you received an email around 10 am Monday, May 20, asking you to vote on the slate of Club Officers and Directors for the upcoming Rotary year. If you don't see that in your inbox, please check spam and mark the email as as "safe sender." You must reply by Monday, May 27 for your vote to count! You will "yes" or "no" for the entire slate -- there is no option to vote for or against individual candidates. To cast your vote, please reply to the email (it will automatically send to President-elect Charles Jenkins) and cc Club Secretary Ken Gress so votes can be properly tallied. Thank you!

Join us Saturday, June 1, for a joint Ohio River Clean Up with other Rotary Clubs and ORSANCO (The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission). This multistate clean up kicks off at 9 am at the Fred Rogers Statue on North Shore. We'll provide t-shirts (to highlight our Rotary pride) and trash clean up supplies. Be sure to wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty and closed-toe shoes to protect your feet!

Register here:

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We love our new member induction days! Please join us in welcoming Marco Polo Arroyo Arriola, Caroline Barrett Douglass, Michael Bride, Richard Endres, James Protin, and Amaya Pethe to the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh! We also welcomed Jeff Garner, president of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, who was our keynote speaker today!

Thank you to everyone who joined us today to celebrate the annual Pittsburgh Excellence in Ethics Awards. Congratulations to the winners: Reed Building Supply, Small Business Award; S&B USA, Medium Business Award; S&T Bank, Large Business Award; Light of Life Rescue Mission, Small Nonprofit Award; and Holy Family Institute, Large Nonprofit Award.

Thank you to our luncheon speakers: Dr. Chris W. Brussalis, President of Point Park University; Sabrina Saunders Mosby, President and CEO of Vibrant Pittsburgh; and Herky Po***ck, Executive Vice President and Northeast Director of the Retailer Services Group of CBRE.

We also extend a very gracious thank you to our event sponsors: UPMC Health Plan, Allegheny Conference on Community Development, the University of Pittsburgh, and The Pittsburgh Business Exchange.

Thank you to our Master of Ceremonies - WTAE Anchor and Sports Director Andrew Stockey. And this event would not be possible without our PEEA Chair Robin Zoufalik.

Great turn out and a great evening with RCP at Aldean’s Kitchen + Bar on North Shore!

Two great events this week with the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh!

First is our monthly social tomorrow (Tuesday, April 30) where we'll gather at the newest bar on North Shore, Jason Aldean's Kitchen + Bar at 393 North Shore Drive. We'll be there starting at 5:30 pm. Swing by to say hello, hang with your fellow Rotarians or learn more about us if you're interested in joining!

On Wednesday, May 1, we'll host our annual Pittsburgh Excellence in Ethics Awards, held at the Omni William Penn Hotel from 11 am to 2 pm. You can still buy tickets here:

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Do yinz have your tickets for PEEA? Don't miss out ... join us Wednesday as we fete ethical companies (yup -- there are still many, many, good and ethical people in business so let's show them our appreciation!).

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One week and a day away from the Pittsburgh Excellence in Ethics Awards! Are you registered? Are your colleagues registered? Come out and support businesses and individuals who are working hard to do the right thing -- to do the ethical thing. Let's celebrate those who uphold ethics in business. Buy your tickets here!

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Did you know that 1 in 26 people will develop epilepsy in their lifeime? And that there's an estimated 35,000 in the Pittsburgh region who have seizure that are not being completely controlled? Peggy Beem Jelley, CEO of the Epilepsy Association of Western and Central PA, spoke at our lunch meeting yesterday and shared fascinating information about this condition and various ways that people can manage it. Two of her most important pieces of information: if someone is experiencing a seizure, roll them onto their side to keep their airway clear and never, ever put something into the person's mouth.

RCP had a wonderful team of volunteers and walkers at this morning’s MS Society Walk at the Point. Even with some re-routing due to flooding, it was a great morning!

A wonderful Sunday at the District 7305 Rotary Foundation luncheon! RCP was well represented with two tables - and both tables won desserts in the dessert auction (Table 8 may have been outbid Table 7, but who’s counting? LOL) We enjoyed a super yummy chocolate chip cheesecake and a decadent coconut cream cake. And the auction raised $46K for the Foundation!

Thank you, Laura Bright, for speaking at our lunch meeting today about Hekima Place! Laura, an RCP member, is the nonprofit’s executive director, and she talked about its invaluable mission to provide a home, an education, and the foundation for a successful life to girls in Kenya.

Join us Wednesday, April 3, for our regular lunch meeting where we'll hear from Laura Bright, the executive director of Hekima Place, a nonprofit organization that provides a home, a supportive and nurturing environment, an education, and a family to girls who have been orphaned in Kenya. The children who are brought into this caring embrace are among the most vulnerable in the world, may of them having been orphaned due to the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS. Hekima Place is a shining light in a dark world, and gives these children a home where they can learn what they need to thrive in life.

Our meeting begins at noon at the Omni Wiliam Penn Hotel. Register for the lunch meeting at the link below.

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Lots happening at our lunch today! S&T Bank CEO Chris McComish spoke about his bank’s presence in our community and provided a hopeful forecast for next year’s financial position overall. We also inducted new members! Please join us in welcoming our new members Cole Lennon, Paul Hebblethwaite, Lannette McWilliams, and Ruth Moore!