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Lawrence Central Rotary Club set to Unveil New Bike Racks at Van Go, Inc.

Van Go, Inc. is this year’s recipient of an artfully designed bike rack sponsored by the Lawrence Central Rotary Club. The ribbon cutting for the bike rack will be held Thursday, September 27 at 4 pm at Van Go, 715 New Jersey.

The rack, funded by LiveWell Lawrence, was designed by Rockhill and Associates and was envisioned to complement the building’s architecture. The racks include concrete bases with steel tops with to secure the bicycles. The design was fabricated over the summer and was installed in August.

The new rack will be highly used by the Van Go’s teens, which frequently use bikes for transportation to and from their work at Van Go. Biking gives the teens independence as well as helping to instill healthy living habits.

This is event is free and open to the public.

More information available at:

https://lawrencecentralrotary.org/

http://www.van-go.org

September 25, 2012
Lawrence Central Members Attend RI 5710’s All Zone Lunch

Several members from Lawrence Central welcomed our incoming Rotary President Ron Burton while joining the 300+ attendees of the Zone Institute (Zone is the level above the district and the Institute is a gathering of regional Rotarian leaders) from Mexico to Canada.

It was a great event to see a broader vision of worldwide Rotary and what Mr. Burton has planned for his term in office.

September 21, 2012
Interested in Rotary? We’ve got a program for you.

The members of Lawrence Central Rotary invite you to an hour of

fellowship and information about Rotary International.

We are proud of our local impact and international contribution.

Let us tell you about our club.

Please join us!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

5:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.

Program at 5:50 p.m.

The Eldridge Hotel

701 Massachusetts Street

RSVP to Kate Campbell,

ccampbell@sunflower.com

September 11, 2012
Letters – We Get Your Letters

Earlier this summer Rotarian Penny Dash who is past president and current secretary from the Cypress California Rotary Club was in town visiting friends and decided to stop in and visit Lawrence Central. She told us about her club and what they do and we did the traditional trading of rotary banners. There was one snafu – she didn't have any of hers. Well last week we were happy when we opened the mail bag and sure enough Penny had sent one long.

September 3, 2012
Lawrence Central Learns about the Merc’s School Garden Program

Nancy O'Connor is the Director of Education & Outreach at the Merc. She is also the author of the "Rolling Prairie Cookbook" – a celebration of fresh local produce. She came to Lawrence Central's 8/29 meeting to tell us about their School Garden Program.

Right now there are three gardens at West Junior High, Sunset Hill Elementary, and Hillcrest Elementary. The entire project is designed to help change the way our school children interact with food. With help from The Merc Coop, LiveWell Lawrence, the Elizabeth Shultze Environmental Fund, Self Assists Foundation, and countless business and community partners, they have established beautiful gardens on the grounds of three Lawrence Public Schools. Students at West Junior High are employed by The Merc to tend the Gardens over the summer as a job training and leadership development program. The produce is sold at a student-run farmers market and eaten in the schools' cafeterias. To learn more about the visit http://www.themerc.coop/gardens.cfm or email Nancy at cmef@themerc.coop

Lawrence Central also expressed our deep gratitude to Nancy and the staff at the Merc for coming out to our Community Bike Ride and providing healthy snacks.

August 29, 2012