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Welcome! We are glad that you have stopped by! Sunrise Rotary is an active club of about 80 members who take pride in their community. Through our service projects and fellowship, we are committed to making a difference.

While you are visiting with us, look around the rest of the website and discover how we come together to create positive, lasting change, here and around the world. If you think you would like to find out more, be sure to visit our club's very active Facebook page. Perhaps you may wish to visit with us at our weekly breakfast meetings. We look forward to meeting with you!

Note: During the COVID public health emergency, we are meeting online each week. Please consult our Newsletter link above for current Zoom connection information.

We're Back At the Hilton Starting July 8th!

We're Back at the Hilton Starting Thursday, July 8th!

After more than 15 months away, we can't wait to return to our home at the Gainesville Hilton. Join us for a hot breakfast to include eggs, meat, fruit, and a beverage. We'll be meeting in our same room as usual with a live speaker. Remember, starting in July there will be no Zoom option to attend meetings so you'll have to set your alarm a little earlier. We look forward to welcoming everyone back!

Thank you for the group effort this weekend in the butterfly garden

Posted by Rory Causseaux

The Ronald McDonald House butterfly garden got a facelift on Saturday! Sunrise Rotarians showed up to plant jasmine, trim, weed, and clean the gardens. And wow! What a difference a dedicated group of cooperative hands can make on a rainy Saturday morning.

Many thanks goes out to Bobbie Robinson for getting her landscape contractor friend, Glen Crosby, to assist in a big way. Glen and his crew weeded the garden area, prepared the planting area and delivered 700 jasmine plants thanks to a donation by Rodes Ground Cover Nursery out of Williston, who donated the plants.

The pictured Rotarians and Bobbie are super stars. They responded to a call to assist and showed up ready to work. We knocked out the effort in less than 2 hours! You can see more photos of the fun time on our Facebook page, so take a look there now!

Scenes from the 2021 Lois and Jim Hensel Firefighters Appreciation Awards event

On hand to represent the Jim and Lois Hensel family, and present the awards to the firefighters, were Connor Austin and Ryan Austin, Jim and Lois Hensel's grandsons. They traveled from Orlando specially for the event.

Throughout the morning and early afternoon, on-duty fire rescue personnel took a lunch break and dined on Four Rivers barbecue. Plenty of Sunrise Rotarians were on hand to socialize with the first responders and thank them for their heroic efforts.

It's always impressive to see these big red machines close up and marvel at their powerful utility. You can see more pix of Saturday's firefighters appreciation picnic on our Facebook page.

Sunrise Rotary Facebook page

Please continue to share your good news with President Dave

Posted by David Coker

Please use the following email address: sunriserotarysgn@gmail.com to share good news about our group with me!

Our Club is Recognized by the District! Congrats to Us!

Through this COVID pandemic, our club has endeavored to carry on with business as usual, and for that, District 6970 Governor Mike Darrah has recognized us with a District COVID award for staying connected with the world. Who knew that we'd all become so comfortable so quickly with video conferencing technology! Rotarians will find a way, it's clear. Thanks to all the members for being such good sports, especially at 7 am. Give yourself a pat on the back!

Wishing You a Wonderful Day (this is really good!)

Posted by Mike Spranger

From Mike Spranger: "Music can help our mental state in these very trying times. It does for me. Hope this can help balance some things out. Despite the unrest, we are slowly making a difference to make this a more wonderful world. "Watch the video at this link. (You'll be really glad you did!)