What is Rotary? Rotary is a leadership organization. We’re made up of local business, professional and civic leaders. We meet regularly, get to know each other, and form friendships, and through that, we’re able to get things done in this community. There are over 33,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical [...]
Below are the top 19 reasons why you should join the Alexandria Central Rotary Club: Friendship / Fellowship / Community: In an increasingly complex world, Rotary provides one of the most basic human needs: the need for friendship and fellowship. It is one of two reasons why Rotary began in 1905. Business Development: The second [...]
A Rotary club is a group of local business individuals and professionals who form part of Rotary International, a community service organization founded in Chicago in 1905. Members of a Rotary club are called Rotarians. The purpose of a local Rotary club is to connect people who then work together to solve community problems, provide [...]
From June 4 to June 8, Alexandria small businesses can apply for $10,000 to $25,000 COVID-19 relief. The City of Alexandria AEDP and the City of Alexandria are partnering to launch the Alexandria Back to Business (ALX B2B) grant program on Thursday, June 4. The goal of this program is to accelerate the recovery and [...]
Meetings Resuming On Zoom Due to the circumstances of the COVID 19 virus, the Rotary Club of Alexandria Central is canceling our face to face Wednesday meetings, but for now they are continuing on Zoom. If you would like to join one of our meeting please complete the contact us form and let us know [...]
On Thursday August 15, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 the Rotary Club of Alexandria members assembled hundreds of school supplies for the Alexandria City Public Schools to include crayons, pencils, erasers and glue sticks to go into Backpacks for kindergarten and pre-teens at Braddock Place in Alexandria. Interested in becoming more involved with the Alexandria VA [...]
"Stoli” is a retired Air Force Colonel who amassed 3,000 hours in the F-16 to include 450 hours of combat time during his Air Force career while serving all around the world. Some of his most notable assignments were working on Capitol Hill and interacting with Representatives and Professional Staff Members as an Air Force [...]
Rotarians Florence King and Elisabeth Johnson of the Rotary Club of Alexandria Central volunteered at the Volunteer Alexandria Arts & Crafts Festival on Saturday July 27, 2019. Hundreds of Alexandrians as well as numerous visitors to the City gathered at the waterfront at 1 King Street to peruse and purchase from a myriad of vendors [...]
On February 27, 2019, the Rotary Club of Alexandria Central Club installed our newest member, Dr. Elisabeth Palmer-Johnson at our weekly meeting. Dr. Palmer-Johnson accepted her official Certificate of Membership from Club Secretary, Joan Renner. Dr. Palmer-Johnson was presented with her Rotary lapel pin by the club's membership chair George Valenzuela. Dr. Palmer-Johnson is an [...]
On January 16, 2019 the Rotary Club of Alexandria Central Club installed our newest members, Florence King and Ronal Butler at our weekly meeting. Florence and Ronal accepted their official Certificate of Membership from Club Secretary, Joan Renner. Florence was presented with her Rotary lapel pin by the District Governor Glenn Yarborough, Jr. and Ronal [...]
