Events

(Club dinner meetings are most 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 6.30pm at Harvest Moon restaurant in Falls Church.)

Thursday, September 20

5:30pm – Special Board Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant with District Governor and AG

6:30pm – Club Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant; Program: Official Visit of District Governor Glenn Yarborough, District 7610 to Rotary Club of Falls Church

UPCOMING Meetings and Activities:

Thursday, October 4

6:30pm – Club Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant; Program: TBA

Thursday, October 18

6:30pm – Club Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant; Program: TBA

7:45pm – Board Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant

(Club dinner meetings are most 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 6.30pm at Harvest Moon restaurant in Falls Church.)

Thursday, October 4

Program: “Meet our Youth Exchange Student Pedro Andrade da Costa from Brazil” (co-sponsored by our club) and Mykelle Laws, District 7610 Youth Exchange Chair

Thursday, October 18

6:30pm – Club Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant; Program: “Risks and Rewards of Self-Driving Vehicles” with Dr. Wen Hu, Senior Research Transportation Engineer at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)

7:45pm – Board Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant

Thursday, November 1

6:30pm – Club Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant; Program: New York Times Best-Selling Author, Motivational Speaker, and Rotarian Andra Watkins.  She was profiled in the January 2017 issue of the Rotarian magazine.

Thursday, November 15

6:30pm – Club Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant; Program: “Rotary-Peace Corps Partnership Overview and Updates” with Ted Adams from Peace Corps headquarters

7:45pm – Board Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant

Thursday, December 6

6:30pm – Club Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant:  2^nd Qtr Club Assembly with a focus on our Annual Election and the District Peacebuilder Initiative/What it Means to be a Peacebuilder Club

Thursday, December 13

7:00pm – Board Meeting (location to be confirmed; not on the night of our holiday party)

Thursday, December 20

6:30pm – Holiday Party at Harvest Moon Restaurant or other location TBA

Thursday, January 3

6:30pm – “Surviving Dreamland – Escape from Terror” book presentation by Bill Penoyar, former Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development

Club Meetings are held the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of the month at Harvest Moon and Board Meetings are after our club meeting on the 3^rdThursday (unless otherwise listed).

Club and District 7610 Events:

Sept. 28-30 – RYLA, Prince William Forest Park

Oct. 24 – World Polio Day

Oct. 27, 9:00am – District 7610 Peacebuilding Conference, Riverside Center, 95 Riverside Center Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA (register atwww.rotary7610.org); $50 (before Oct. 23)

Nov. 1 – Application deadline for Global Grants Scholarships to District Chair

Nov. 3, 9:00-11:00am (FREE) – RESCHEDULED District 7610 Northern Virginia Regional Membership/Public Image Summit, Mason District Governmental Center, 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA (register at www.rotary7610.org)

(Club dinner meetings are most 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 6.30pm at Harvest Moon restaurant in Falls Church.)

Thursday, October 18

Program: “Risks and Rewards of Self-Driving Vehicles” with Dr. Wen Hu, Senior Research Transportation Engineer at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)

7:45pm – Board Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant

Thursday, November 1

6:30pm – Club Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant; Program: New York Times Best-Selling Author, Motivational Speaker, and Rotarian Andra Watkins.  She was profiled in the January 2017 issue of the Rotarian magazine.

Thursday, November 15

6:30pm – Club Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant; Program: “Rotary-Peace Corps Partnership Overview and Updates” with Ted Adams from Peace Corps headquarters

7:45pm – Board Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant

Thursday, December 6

6:30pm – Club Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant:  2^nd Qtr Club Assembly with a focus on our Annual Election and the District Peacebuilder Initiative/What it Means to be a Peacebuilder Club

Thursday, December 13

7:00pm – Board Meeting (location to be confirmed; not on the night of our holiday party)

Thursday, December 20

6:30pm – Holiday Party at Harvest Moon Restaurant or other location TBA

Thursday, January 3

6:30pm – “Surviving Dreamland – Escape from Terror” book presentation by Bill Penoyar, former Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development

Club Meetings are held the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of the month at Harvest Moon and Board Meetings are after our club meeting on the 3^rdThursday (unless otherwise listed).

Club and District 7610 Events:

Sept. 28-30 – RYLA, Prince William Forest Park

Oct. 24 – World Polio Day

Oct. 27, 9:00am – District 7610 Peacebuilding Conference, Riverside Center, 95 Riverside Center Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA (register atwww.rotary7610.org); $50 (before Oct. 23)

Nov. 1 – Application deadline for Global Grants Scholarships to District Chair

Nov. 3, 9:00-11:00am (FREE) – RESCHEDULED District 7610 Northern Virginia Regional Membership/Public Image Summit, Mason District Governmental Center, 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA (register at www.rotary7610.org)

Our speaker is best-selling author and distinguished Rotarian Andra Watkins. She was profiled in the January 2017 issue of the Rotarian magazine.

Her book "Not Without My Father: One Woman's 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace" is available at Amazon. She is the first living person to walk the 444-mile Natchez Trace as the pioneers did prior to the rise of steam power in the 1820’s. From March 1, 2014 to April 3, 2014, she walked fifteen miles a day. Six days a week. One rest day per week. She spent each night in the modern-day equivalent of stands, places much like Grinder’s Stand, where Meriwether Lewis died from two gunshot wounds on October 11, 1809. The book is her memoir about the dysfunctional family adventure.

Andra lives in Charleston, South Carolina with her husband, Michael T Maher. A non-practicing CPA, she has a degree in accounting from Francis Marion University. Andra is a highly decorated Rotarian. She is a past club president, past district communications chair, founding chair of Rotary Friendship Exchange, two-time Rotarian of the Year, multiple Paul Harris Fellow, and recipient of her district’s Distinguished Service Award.

"Natchez Trace: Tracks in Time" is a collection of photographs from her 444-mile walk was published in March 2015. Hard to Die, the follow-up novel to To Live Forever, is an inventive new take on the uncharted fate of Theodosia Burr Alston, the fiery daughter of Alexander Hamilton’s murderer Aaron Burr. This speculative fiction time-warp combines elements of history, the paranormal, and suspense to breathe fresh air into Theodosia’s forgotten life and story. Hard to Die was published in November 2016.

UPCOMING MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES:

Thursday, November 15

6:30pm – Club Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant; Program: “Rotary-Peace Corps Partnership Overview and Updates” with Ted Adams from Peace Corps headquarters

7:45pm – Board Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant

Program: “Rotary-Peace Corps Partnership Overview and Updates” with Ted Adams from Peace Corps headquarters

7:45pm – Board Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant

Thursday, December 6

6:30pm – Club Meeting at Harvest Moon Restaurant:  2^nd Qtr Club Assembly with a focus on our Annual Election and the District Peacebuilder Initiative/What it Means to be a Peacebuilder Club

Thursday, December 13

7:00pm – Board Meeting (location to be confirmed; not on the night of our holiday party)

Thursday, December 20

6:30pm – Holiday Party at Harvest Moon Restaurant or other location TBA

Thursday, January 3

6:30pm – “Surviving Dreamland – Escape from Terror” book presentation by Bill Penoyar, former Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development

Club Meetings are held the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of the month at Harvest Moon and Board Meetings are after our club meeting on the 3^rdThursday (unless otherwise listed).

2^nd Qtr Club Assembly with a focus on our Annual Election and the District Peacebuilder Initiative/What it Means to be a Peacebuilder Club

Upcoming meetings and activities:

Thursday, December 13

7:00pm – Board Meeting (location to be confirmed; not on the night of our holiday party)

Thursday, December 20

6:30pm – Holiday Party at Harvest Moon Restaurant or other location TBA

Thursday, January 3

6:30pm – “Surviving Dreamland – Escape from Terror” book presentation by Bill Penoyar, former Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development

Club Meetings are held the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of the month at Harvest Moon and Board Meetings are after our club meeting on the 3^rdThursday (unless otherwise listed).

Thursday, December 13

7:00pm – Board Meeting (location to be confirmed). This is NOT a club meeting dinner.

Thursday, December 20

6:30pm – Holiday Party at Harvest Moon Restaurant or other location TBA

Thursday, January 3

6:30pm – “Surviving Dreamland – Escape from Terror” book presentation by Bill Penoyar, former Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development

Club Meetings are held the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of the month at Harvest Moon and Board Meetings are after our club meeting on the 3^rdThursday (unless otherwise listed).

6:00 - 6:30pm – Cocktails

6:30-8:00pm – Holiday Party at Harvest Moon Restaurant! 

Bring a nice gift to exchange (max. $10 value) and wear your ugliest sweater for the ugly sweater contest!  Please also bring non-perishable food items and warm-weather gear such as gloves, scarfs, hats, and socks to donate to the Veterans Pantry.

There will be a special dinner, musical entertainment and fun!  Bring your spouse!  Bring a guest!

And be sure to RSVP to PP Carlota at  lotusbud254@gmail.com by December 14.

Club Meetings are held the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of the month at Harvest Moon and Board Meetings are after our club meeting on the 3^rdThursday (unless otherwise listed).

Happy New Year! 1st Club meeting of 2019 ...

“Surviving Dreamland – Escape from Terror” book presentation by Bill Penoyar, former Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development

Club Meetings are held the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of the month at Harvest Moon and Board Meetings are after our club meeting on the 3^rdThursday (unless otherwise listed).

Meet our club’s Rotary Global Grant Scholarship candidate Katherine Pardo, who has been selected by the District 7610 Scholarship Committee. She will study and conduct research at the University of Cambridge in 2019-2020.

7:45pm – Club Board Meeting.

Club Meetings are held the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of the month at Harvest Moon and Board Meetings are after our club meeting on the 3^rdThursday (unless otherwise listed).

Program: Crystal F. Jean, Executive Director of the Falls Church-McLean Children’s Center, celebrating its 50^th anniversary year.

Club Meetings are held the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of the month at Harvest Moon and Board Meetings are after our club meeting on the 3^rdThursday (unless otherwise listed).

Woody Sadler, Past District 7570 Governor (2012-13) and President of Rotary’s Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust (CART), will speak about CART, which provides funds for cutting edge research to cure Alzheimer’s.  As of May 2018, CART had awarded $7.2 million dollars to recognized U.S. research institutions.

Club Board Meeting at 7.45 pm.

Special St. Patrick’s Day Themed Dinner Party and Cancun Raffle Drawing!

Raffle Info -- Get your tickets now!

Win a 6-Night Stay at the The Westin Lagunamar Ocean Resort Villas & Spa in Cancun, Mexico! 🍹 ⛱ 🇲🇽

Rotary Club of Falls Church VA is hosting a fundraiser Raffle!

Tickets are just $20 & only 300 will sold ... pretty great odds, right?!

Download Raffle Flyer (pdf) >

Drawing held March 7, 2019 at our club's early St. Patrick's Day dinner. Need not be present to win!

Purchase your winning tickets from any FC Club member, via cash or check payable to Falls Church Rotary Club. Send us an email to fallschurchrotary@gmail.com to reserve yours -- and we can make arrangement to get your payment.

== Grand Prize ==
6-night hotel accommodations at The Westin Lagunamar Ocean Resort Villas and Spa in Cancun, Mexico. Property accommodates up to 4 people, including children. May be used any time in calendar year 2019, subject to availability of reservations and excluding holiday blackout periods. (Airfare and other amenities not included.)

== 2nd Prize ==
$100 American Express gift card.