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LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly virtual meeting Thursday, April 2,   2020. WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK Believe it or not, working from home and social distancing (stay six feet apart, work from home, don’t congregate in public with anyone who doesn’t live in your household, etc.) can offer a great opportunity to get in better shape or to prevent the “CV 19.” (That’s the 19 extra pounds you might put on while the gyms and parks are closed, NOT the COVID-19.)  Rotarian Sheila Kalas will demonstrate some ways to keep moving safely and dispel some [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly meeting Thursday, March 26th,  at 12:15 virtually. You can watch live on Periscope, www.periscope.tv/rotarylexky  or at your leisure on YouTube,www.youtube.com/user/rotarylexky.  Our own program from the   "LEE AND HAYLEY SHOW"    With the novel coronavirus ever present in our thoughts, we thought it would be nice to get a little relief from all the gloom and doom.  This week’s virtual meeting will include a special Q&A session from the studios of ABC36 with Lee Cruse and Hayley Harmon from the “Lee and Haley Show.” Lee and Hayley reportedly have more [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, March 5th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Carrie butler, General Manager, Lextran.   Have you ever stopped to wonder… what it would be like to live in Lexington if you didn’t own a car? How you would get to work without a car? What Lexington would be like if everybody took public transportation and nobody drove a car? Where your tax dollars go in support of Lextran and whether that is a good investment? The Rotary Club of Lexington’s speaker [...]

2020-21 Lexington Rotary Club Endowment Charitable Giving Application Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4yQUcZbyhlWjh0ftxLYvIfTxq_8U8uCXMkbAPbDjf2gbw0Q/viewform Mission Statement The Lexington Rotary Club Endowment, Inc. is the entity through which the Rotary Club of Lexington carries out its philanthropic activities without regard to race, creed, color, sex, nationality or age. It is established to receive and disburse funds in support of the vocational, community and international avenues of Rotary Service. The Endowment Fund in providing partial funding and implementation of these philanthropic activities will directly serve young people, aged and disadvantaged persons and other groups.Guidelines for Grant Applicants 1. This application is entirely on-line and ONLY through this [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 27th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Amy Samples, Directer of Culture, AppHarvest.   AppHarvest is combining agriculture with today's tech to grow the #FarmingNow movement in Appalachia. Appalachia is a region of hard work, tenacity and ingenuity. AppHarvest has a goal to promote a future of a sustainable change in the agriculture industry by reducing water consumption and pesticide use. Their high-tech greenhouses will reduce our impact on the planet. Kentucky native Amy Samples serves as Director of Culture [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 20th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speakers  were Dr. Rudolph Buchheit, Dean, University of Kentucky College of Engineering; Dr. Nelson Akafuah, Chair Engineering Technology Implementation Committee; Mr. Doug Klein, FYE Lecturer, College of Engineering Makerspace Director . We train students to solve monumental engineering challenges. We offer rigorous programs and enriching experiences that encourage collaboration and creativity. We provide an environment where students can cultivate curiosity through innovative research. We partner with industry through co-ops and internships to give students real-world [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will held its weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 13th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Ouita Michel. She   presented" A Kentucky Chef's Tale: The Quest for Kentucky's Cuisine." Since 2001, when Ouita Michel and her husband, Chris, opened their flagship Holly Hill Inn in Midway, Ky., she has made locally grown ingredients a priority in her world-class cuisine. Michel’s restaurants have purchased $3 million of Kentucky-grown meats, dairy and produce. She has been a James Beard Foundation Award nominee as Outstanding Restaurateur and Best Chef in the Southeast numerous times. Michel and her restaurants are regularly [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 6th, at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program's guest speaker is Ryan Quarles, Kentucky's Commissioner of Agriculture. The trade tariff war with China has negatively affected soybean growers. Former tobacco growers who rushed to convert to hemp production face a glut in the market. And animal rights activists and some nutritionists push to limit livestock production, arguing for the adoption plant-based diets using ingredients that can be effectively grown using commercial greenhouse supplies. It's not easy being a farmer these days or an [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington will hold its weekly meeting Thursday, January 30th,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker is Dr. Gregory O. Hall. In fall 2016, Dr. Hall joined the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky. He previously served as Head of the Department of Political Science and Director of the International Studies Program at Morehouse College. Dr. Hall has held appointments at institutions both in the United States and abroad, to include Hong Kong and Turkey. He has made numerous public appearances in various [...]

LEXINGTON, KY – The Rotary Club of Lexington held its weekly meeting Thursday, Jan. 23,  at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road. The program’s guest speaker was Stuart Foster, State Climatologist, Commonwealth of Kentucky. Stuart Foster is a professor of geography. He received his Ph. D. from The Ohio State University in 1988. As state climatologist for Kentucky since 2000, he focuses on the analysis and visualization of climatological data and the delivery of climate services. Dr. Foster served as president of the American Association of State Climatologists (AASC) from 2012-14 and currently chairs the AASC Mesonet Committee. He is [...]