The 2014 Sour Mash Memorial

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Don’t miss the 43rd Annual Sour Mash Memorial on July 21, 2014 at the Parkersburg Country Club.

Presented by the Parkersburg and Wood County Rotary Club.

Click here for the Sour Mash Brochure.

Click Here for the Grant Application.

Elizabeth Returns from Spain

Elizabeth Martin and Rotary Club of Parkersburg President Dale Musgrave

Elizabeth spend nearly a year in Spain. She and President Dale Musgrave  are holding the many banners that she brought back from visiting numerous Rotary Clubs overseas.

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Rotary Blood Screening Schedule Sheet

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McClead addresses Parkersburg Rotary Club

 

   Program coordinator Linda McClead spoke Monday to the Parkersburg Rotary Club, giving an overview of the program, its offerings and its needs.

McClead addresses Parkersburg Rotary Club

 

– NewsandSentinel.com

 

Childress speaks to Rotary Club

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PARKERSBURG – A recently created organization is working to coordinate and initiate efforts to revitalize and grow the downtown Parkersburg community.

Cecil Childress, general manager of the Blennerhassett Hotel, spoke to Parkersburg Rotary Club Monday about the formation of Downtown PKB, a new organization aimed at helping to revitalize downtown Parkersburg through events, activities and improvements.

“It will have a focus on how do we sustain and revitalize and grow downtown (Parkersburg),” he said.

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Cecil Childress, general manager of the Blennerhassett Hotel, speaks Monday before the Parkersburg Rotary Club about the recently created Downtown PKB program and its efforts to revitalize the downtown area of Parkersburg.

The program will have four main areas of focus, organization, design, promotion and economic restructuring. Among the project ideas being considered are newsletters, websites, social media, signage, assessments and the development of a volunteer program.

Childress said the Downtown PKB program is in its early stages, getting various approvals at the state and federal level to operate as a nonprofit, setting up budgets and preparing bylaws. It is also starting to look ahead at events next year like the Downtown Farmers’ Market, the Point Park Music Series and the Taste of Parkersburg – which is moving from early fall to late spring in 2013.

The program is not just about entertainment events, it’s also about what improvements can be made to downtown and its infrastructure, Childress said.

“At the same time, we’re taking a look at creating an organizational structure that will address things like economic restructuring, addressing the parking kinds of issues, downtown design, working with WVU architectural students as we try to retrofit things into downtown and make them more effective,” he said.

As part of its efforts to revitalize downtown and the community in general, Childress said leaders need to talk to young people, find out what they want and want to do and make those things happen, from entertainment and activities to service opportunities.

Rotary District Gov. Greg Smith also gave the club an update about some local Hurricane Sandy relief efforts in which the club has been involved.

Following last week’s storm, Smith and other volunteers collected a total of 20 generators and fuel, which they transported to Canaan Valley and Davis in Tucker County after that area suffered heavy power outages due to the storm’s heavy snow and high winds.

Smith said the generators were put to immediate use to provide electricity at gas stations in those communities so fuel could be dispensed and at shelters for people without power. With many of that area’s outages being repaired, he plans to return later this week to pick up the generators so they can be returned to their local owners.

The Sour Mash Fundraiser was A Success

The Parkersburg Rotary Club is proud to announce that it was able to raise over $22,000 in our Sour Mash Golf tournament this year. This money will go to help several wonderful programs right here in the area, thanks to everyone who helped.

 

The 2012-2013 District Conference was A Success

The 2012-2013 District 7530 Conference was a huge success with
tons of great speakers and a great time had by all.

You can see Pictures here from all three days of the conference…

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