2020-2021 President, Dale Mack
Santa Fun Run
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The Santa Fun Run for 2016 will be December 10 at the Waterfront Park in historic downtown Clermont. This year will include both a 10k run and a 5k run. Plenty of kid stuff to boot including a visit from Santa Claus.
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Road Cleanup Project
Every three months Rotarians, their spouses, children, and members of the Interact Clubs at Lake Minneola High School, South Lake High School, and East Ridge High School meet on a Saturday morning on Hartwood Marsh Road to clean up trash on a two mile stretch of the road. We are responsible for the section from Publix to the subdivision just past the Imagine Charter School. At the end of the cleanup at least 15-20 bags of litter are piled up for pickup by the county.
The high school students earn individual community service hours towards their school’s requirement. Rotary takes pride in its effort to keep that stretch of one of South Lake County’s roads trash free and clean.
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Golf Tournament
The South Lake Rotary 12th Annual Golf Classic will be held May 22, 2017. This 9:00 A M shotgun start will be played at Bella Collina Golf Course in Montverde. It is a charity benefit event for the South Lake Unit of the Boy’s and Girl’s Club.
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Prospective sponsors and players should contact Sam Worrell at intruder@gmail.com or 352-243-4035 for registration forms and additional information.
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Dictionaries For Third Graders
The Club began distributing dictionaries to South Lake County third graders in 1996. Since then more than 9,300 students have received “A Student’s Dictionary “. It contains much more than words. It has civic lessons, The United States Constitution, biographies of all US Presidents, information on states and countries, the solar system and much more. A favorite of the students is the longest word in the English language (1,909 letters).
Club members present a book to each student in the classroom and discuss how to use the dictionary and the four way test which is inside the front cover. For many students it is their first dictionary and in many cases the first resource book in English. It is a true joy to see how happy the children are to receive the gift. The Project is conducted in October.