Apr 6, 2023 | Club Meeting
RCK Member Lynne Fugate, former Knox County School System Board of Education member and current Knoxville City Council member, introduced the Teacher of the Year Award program. Lynne emphasized that from her years of experience and perspective, we are blessed to have...
Mar 29, 2023 | Club Meeting
Our speaker, Josh Smith, was introduced by past president Sandy Martin. Master Service Companies was started by him in Kentucky, moved here in 2008, and sold 3 years ago. First company to win two Pinnacle Awards first as a small and then a medium-sized company. Josh...
Mar 23, 2023 | Club Meeting
RCK Member Russ Jensen introduced City of Knoxville Chief of Police, Paul Noel. Chief Noel assumed command in Knoxville in June of 2022 after having served in several capacities with the New Orleans Police Department for 25 years. He was most recently a Deputy...
Mar 16, 2023 | Club Meeting
RCK Past-President Townes Osborn introduced our guest speaker, Cyndy Waters, founder of The Orbit Village Project in Nairobi, Kenya. Ms. Waters began her comments by acknowledging her connections with Rotary, including her father’s membership in the Sevierville Rotary...
Mar 13, 2023 | Announcement
RCK President Bill McGrath accompanied Rachel Ford and Liz Gregor from the Youth Leadership Committee to Webb Middle School on Tuesday, March 7 to help present a check for $500. Interact students recently held a bake sale fundraiser for the Sleep In Heavenly Peace...
Feb 28, 2023 | Club Meeting
Today we had the pleasure of having Dr. Russ Wigginton from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis speak to the club. His view from his office is over Room 360 of the Lorraine Hotel, where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. The site gets 300,000 visitors a...
Feb 21, 2023 | Club Meeting
Tennessee Men’s Basketball Coach Rick Barnes jumped up to the podium today reeling off interesting stories about his thirty-six plus years in coaching and delivered current insights into his players and the lives of young men. He said he was just here today to tell us...
Feb 9, 2023 | Announcement, Rotary Club of Knoxville Foundation, The Rotary Foundation
As Rotarians, you have the ability to set up recurring giving with The Rotary Foundation through the Rotary Direct Service. There are four ways to do this – online, by mail, by phone or by fax – with only a minimum contribution of $10! This could be $10...
Feb 7, 2023 | Club Meeting
RCK Member Joe McDonald introduced Jen Comiskey, Training Director and Juvenile Court Program Director for the Community Mediation Center. Ms. Comiskey is a graduate of Hendrix College in Arkansas and the University of Tennessee College of Law. She went to law school...
Jan 31, 2023 | Club Meeting
Coach Weekly started by saying her husband has retired and has an advisory position with the softball team. That retirement made her the sole head coach. They worked as coaches of the softball team for 20 years at the University of Tennessee. She recognized Greg Fain...
