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The Rotary Club of Lexington is proud to support an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, October 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Mane on Main. Blood donations are always needed, and this is a wonderful opportunity for Rotarians to come together, give back and make a meaningful difference in our community. We encourage members to sign up, roll up their sleeves and support this important cause. Help demonstrate the power of Service Above Self by donating blood, spreading the word and encouraging a fellow Rotarian to participate!

It’s often interesting to learn how people ultimately find their chosen professions. For new member Lucy Hendricks, it happened quite by accident. After leaving college at age 19, Lucy’s mother offered to pay for her to attend personal training school. Lucy said she had “zero interest” in attending but thought it might help her get in shape and become less introverted. Halfway through the program, she attended a lecture in Louisville where one of the speakers discussed intelligent training and building muscle for people dealing with pain. That area of practice appealed to Lucy, and she set out to learn more ...

Now that Kim Wade’s three children are adults, she has more time to devote to community service through Rotary. Kim was introduced to service at an early age because her father was active in the Lions Club. She was a member of the Michigan All-State Lions Club Band and traveled to international conventions, visiting mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Hawaii, and other destinations. Kim has enjoyed volunteering as a Girl Scout leader, softball mom, basketball coach, and even a soccer coach—despite knowing nothing about the sport! Now that her children are grown and she serves in a managerial position with Spectrum ...

Rotary has been part of the Easterseals story since its beginning. In 1919, Ohio Rotarian Edgar Allen founded the National Society for Crippled Children and enlisted his Rotary club to help build a network of programs that eventually became Easterseals. In Kentucky, the Conference of Kentucky Rotarians formed the Crippled Children’s Society in 1923. The organization later became the Kentucky Easter Seals Society. The Rotary Club of Lexington helped bring that vision to life. In 1949, three Lexington Rotarians helped make the construction of Cardinal Hill Convalescent Home possible. The facility opened in 1950 during the polio epidemic. Rotarian Dr. David ...

A pollinator garden uses plants—often native species—to provide food and habitat for endangered pollinators, which, in turn, help produce one of every three bites of food we eat. Rain gardens slow the flow of stormwater, absorb standing water to help prevent mosquitoes, and filter many of the unhealthy elements found in stormwater runoff. Our garden at the back of Kenawood Park accomplishes all of these goals. We started this project almost six years ago to address Rotary’s seventh area of focus—protecting the environment—and to get Rotarians outside and working together during the COVID-19 lockdown. Today, our garden contains more than 350 ...