The Marquette West Rotary Takes a Trip to Upper Peninsula Health Plan
Marquette, MI – October 18, 2017 – Approximately 20 Rotarians visited the new Upper Peninsula Health Plan building for lunch today. Located on West Washington, this $10 million building serves 50,000 residents in the Upper Peninsula. UPHP, a health maintenance organization, works to innovative health plan management while caring for their members guiding clients to […]
Rotarians Fundraise for End Polio Now Campaign with Pints for Polio Event
Marquette, MI – October 13, 2017 – Rotarians are standing up to End Polio Now on Friday, October 20th. Join club members in the End Polio Now campaign by participating in Pints for Polio. Rotarians are working with local Marquette County bars and restaurants to raise funds for polio research and those battling the disease. […]
Rotarians Talk About Polio Awareness Events and Visit TriMedia in Marquette
Marquette, MI – October 4, 2017 – Rotarians work heavily within local communities but also strive to improve the quality of life for people throughout the world. This month the organization focuses on a deadly disease: polio. Since 1985, Rotary has contributed more than $1.7 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than 2.5 […]
Range Bank VP Kelly Jandron Presents The Evergreen Award Luncheon at the Marquette West Rotary
Marquette, MI – September 13, 2017 – Today the Marquette West Rotary welcomed Kelly Jandron, VP and Regional Branch Administrator at Range Bank of Marquette. As a fellow business professional, Kelly joined today’s meeting to share news of the upcoming Evergreen Award Luncheon. Hosted at the Northern Michigan University Great Lakes Room on Monday, October […]
The Marquette West Rotary Completes HarborFest 2017
Marquette, MI – August 26, 2017 – Well, we waited all year for HarborFest and it was not a disappointment! The performanc es have were top notch with Friday night’s headliner, Bumpus, being everything that was advertised and Led Zeppelin Tribute Band, Kashmir bringing it home this evening. The local bands kept things moving both […]
Jennifer Hill Presents “Our Changing Energy System” at the Marquette West Rotary
Marquette, MI – August 17, 2017 – Yesterday the Marquette West Rotary was joined by Jennifer Hill to talk on a subject that effects all Upper Peninsula residents. With 20 years of experience and having worked on numerous cross section projects, Hill presented “Our Changing Energy System”. “Calumet, Michigan pays the most for electric rates […]
Andrea Kleinpaste Speaks on the Young Authors Conference at Marquette West Rotary
Marquette, MI – August 2, 2017 – Today we welcomed Andrea Kleinpaste to our weekly rotary meeting. Andrea’s face is one many in the audience remember from her family’s involvement in past Seafood Fests! Today Andrea Kleinpaste joined us to talk about the Marquette Alger Young Authors Conference. Kleinpaste opened by talking about her experiences […]
MCHD Health Educator Sarah Derwin Stops In to Cover Ways to Help Promote Youth Suicide Prevention
Marquette, MI – July 26, 2017 – The Marquette West Rotary was honored to have Health Educator, Sarah Derwin at today’s weekly rotary meeting. Working in Marquette County Health Department’s Youth Suicide Prevention Department, Sarah Derwin joined us to speak on a tragic, sobering topic in our society. Ms. Derwin opened stating that many of […]
Rotary Youth Exchange Orientation- August 18th- August 20th, 2017
The RYE Orientation is in *desperate* need of host families for the students.There will be 25 students and at this point we have only secured housing for one group of boys and one group of girls. All of the students are hosted by one of the clubs in Rotary District 6220. The students come from […]
Marquette West Rotary Presents $1,000 scholarship to MSHS Graduate Brendan Lochner
Marquette, MI – June 23, 2017 – The Marquette West Rotary had a special guest during this week’s meeting. Rotarians honored a student with outstanding work with the French language. On behalf of the Marquette West Rotary, Bruce gave student, Brendan Lochner a $1,000 scholarship for his journey to Michigan State University. Congrats to Brendan […]