Rotary Club of Slidell

Rotary Club of Slidell’s 2024-2025 Installation & Awards Luncheon!

Congratulations to the newly installed Board members and award winners 🙌

A great family event for food, fun and music with our very own Karen Waldrup from The Voice!

We hope to see you there!

Attending a meeting of the Rotary Club Of Metairie to receive our share of tickets for the Big Game Raffle! Tickets are only $20 apiece and chances to win more than 50 fabulous prizes!! Grand prize is worth $1,500!! Proceeds benefit participating Rotary clubs and allow us to support local charities!!

Contact Linda K. Larkin, Dede Morel Ricard, Barbara Edwards Doyle, Ken Breaux, Bill Newton or any other Slidell club member to make your purchase via Venmo!

We are honored to receive this recognition!
You can read more about this program by going to their website: https://www.shelterboxusa.org/rotary/

https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/179077/Overview/
REMEMBER the Fallen. . . HONOR those who Serve. . . TEACH our children the value of Freedom. We have only 52 wreaths to go towards this December's Wreaths Across America event.

With every two wreaths purchased, we are able to donate one back to the local Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery! Won't you help us achieve our goal?

Check-out the Wreaths Across America Page that I Support! Wreaths Across America ("WAA") coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies every December to "Remember, Honor, and Teach" about the sacrifices made by our veterans and their families. Please check out this page to learn how you can help by sponsoring Veterans Remembrance Wreaths or by joining us on Decembe...

We were happy to help out at Keep Slidell Beautiful’s Recycle Day today!

Thanks to Sandy Thibodeaux Badinger, CEO of Slidell Memorial Hospital/Ochsner for sharing so much information about the partnership of the two hospitals and how it benefits our community! Our group was very interested and many questions were asked and answered.

We'll be installing our new President and Board on Friday, June 21 at Pinewood Country Club and also presenting awards for Rotarian of the Year and the Bill Lowry Service Above Self Award, given to a non-Rotarian who has had a big impact in the community for several years.

RSVP if you plan to attend!! Cost for members is included in your dues!

Join us for this informal Social - bring your own food, drink and chairs - and let’s enjoy some beautiful music together! 🎼 🎶 🎵

April Higgins of the North Shore Safety Coalition gave us valuable information today about safe driving and updates on driving laws, such as the Move Over law requiring motorists to move out of the right lane when passing a vehicle stopped on the shoulder, when possible.

She also shared the law that anyone under 13 cannot ride in the front seat, due to air bags being designed for adults and could cause injury to children. April also told us it is now the law for ALL passengers to wear seat belts, not just those in the front seat, regardless of vehicle type!

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St. Tammany native Karen Waldrup had an incredible performance in tonight’s The Voice Finals.

Join me in voting for her until 7 a.m. tomorrow: http://voice.vote.nbc.com! We’re hoping she’s crowned tomorrow, but she will always be our Champion no matter what!

Thank you to Chris Sperling with HUGS4Kids for sharing the story that inspired this non-profit and how it continues to spread love, hope and positivity to pediatric patients through an annual fashion show.

This year’s fashion show has a candy theme titled “Walking the Sweet Life” and will take place on Friday, June 28th at the Slidell Auditorium.

Presenting our club’s donations of toiletries and snacks to the Slidell Ladies for Liberty and checks from our members.

Donald Bryan - winner of our Rotary Club of Slidell trivia quiz!

Today we heard from Denise Joseph, Program Coordinator for the Slidell Boys and Girls Club, about the club’s need for volunteers to participate in their summer Reading and Literacy program.

To become a volunteer, complete an application and a background check. Click this link

Volunteer Overview : Volunteer : Get Involved : Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Louisiana An investment in the Boys & Girls Clubs changes lives. You can give time, donate money, and even help us spread the word — whatever works. It all makes a difference.

Our club was VERY pleased to welcome Anniela Carracedo and her father Henry who is visiting from Venezuela (where he is also a member of Rotary!). President Dede Morel Ricard (right) presented him with our club’s exchange banner to bring back to his club. Also pictured are Slidell Rotarians Ron Davis and Donald Bryan.

Our club will be volunteering with United Way of Southeast Louisianaand Rain Carbon to help clean up the field at Slidell Youth Football Association from the recent Slidell tornadoes. Meet at 3000 Rama Dr. Slidell, LA from 9 am til noon.

Come out and give back so our youth have safe places to practice and play!

Volunteer Appreciation night at the Slidell Boys and Girls Club! Rotary Club of Slidell President Dede Ricard volunteered weekly to read to the younger elementary children for an hour and received a thank-you speech and gift from one of the regular participants!

So excited that our club was selected as the winner of the President’s 4x4 contest (President plus 3 club members attend the 4 District events) and District Governor Vicky Gutierrez’s personal check for $250!!!


Couldn’t have happened without participation from my club members!! Definitely a highlight of my year as President! 😍

Food Fest at Rotary District 6840 “Just Add Water” Conference!
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A great representation at the Rotary District 6840 Conference “Just Add Water” from our club.

Our own Donald Bryan was recognized for his 26 years in Rotary.

Rotary Club of Slidell also awarded a $500 community college scholarship to Slidell High senior Jacob Spring. Presented by Scholarship chair Kurt Bozant

Rotary Club of Slidell is proud to award $1000 college scholarships to these Slidell High seniors: Brenna Mackie and Alexander Pope. Presented by Scholarship chair Kurt Bozant

Heard from Inner Wheel USA Foundation Board member Gay DiGiovanni at today’s meeting about the history of Inner Wheel and the Foundation’s main project - supporting the Hanger Clinic - providing prosthetic limbs for children! Our club presented her with a check in support of this mission. 😍

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Epworth Project
The 2 Rotary clubs assisted the Epworth Project in clearing debris from the recent Slidell/Alton tornadoes and moving it to the street for pick up!

Though we only advertised the event from 9 - noon, Mark, Jim and Cindy stayed until the job was completed at 5 pm!!

Tornado relief volunteer opportunity -- if you're able and willing to help move storm debris to the street for our affected neighbors, come to the Epworth Project at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 360 Robert Blvd. (their building is to the left of the church sanctuary, which has a red door) on MONDAY, APRIL 22 at 9 AM to receive our assignment of where to go to help!

All volunteers are welcome!!

Happy birthday to the founder of Rotary International!

From today’s Slidell Independent: long-time Rotary Club of Slidell member Terry King has published a book detailing his experience uncovering corruption and how Rotary’s Four-Way Test of the things we think, say and do factored in.