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2026 Parade of Flags A Wooster Rotary Parade of Flags subscription makes a great gift! This holiday, when you purchase a 2026 flag subscription (May-November) for a neighbor, co-worker, friend or family member, you are not only honoring them - you’re also supporting our community. Proceeds from the flag program are reinvested in our community through veterans’ services, civic projects and college scholarships for local students. A flag subscription is a gift that keeps giving! Simply go to https://app.helpingwithflags.com/WoosterRotary, click +Sign up at the top of the page, then fill out the subscriber form with the recipient’s name and address. In doing so, you will multiply the power of your gift-giving this season and your generosity will be felt by many! The 2026 Wooster Rotary Parade of Flags kicks-off on Memorial Day weekend. Celebrate our country and our community by subscribing or renewing today! Join your friends, neighbors and local businesses to show your patriotic pride and support community organizations. Click the link below to order your flag subscription. You’ll receive a flag on seven holidays in 2026: Memorial Day, Flag Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Patriot Day, and Veterans Day. https://app.helpingwithflags.com/WoosterRotary We are grateful for your support of this program and our community! Read more...	2026 Parade of Flags		2023-12-20 05:00:00Z
Wooster Arts & Music Festival - Fun for All The 16th annual Wooster Arts & Music Festival will be held on Saturday, September 14th in historic downtown Wooster from 12:00pm to 8:00pm. The all-day event will include many genres of live music on different stages throughout the day. There will be a variety of fine arts and craft vendors, local beer and wine, quality food, and free children’s arts activities. Visit beautiful downtown Wooster to shop, dance, craft and enjoy great food from one of the food trucks on the square or one of our many outstanding restaurants. Read more...	Wooster Arts & Music Festival - Fun for All		2020-09-19 04:00:00Z
Wooster Rotary provides 2020 Scholarships to Extraordinary Students Including this year, the Wooster Rotary Club has made 191 scholarship awards for nearly $346,000. Due to the COVID19 pandemic, the traditional senior awards assembly was replaced with a pre-recorded video that first aired on Thursday June 4 and awardees were also recognized at the Rotary weekly Zoom meeting on June 8, 2020. This year, Wooster Rotary Club awarded $18,000 worth of scholarships to 10 Wooster High School seniors as listed below. Congratulations!!! Read more...	Wooster Rotary provides 2020 Scholarships to Extraordinary Students	Ferenc Relle, Jr.	2020-06-29 04:00:00Z
History of the Rotary Bell In 1922 U.S. Rotarians organized an attendance contest; the challenge was that the losing clubs would join in giving the winning club a prize. The Rotary Club of New York City was declared the winner and to them was awarded a bell from a popular patrol boat, which was placed on wood that came from HMS Victory, Admiral Nelson’s vessel at the battle of Trafalgar. Read more...	History of the Rotary Bell	Kimberly Sayers	2020-03-30 04:00:00Z
2019 Veterans Day Meeting Wooster Rotary honored our members, our family members (i.e. spouses, children) and community members who are veterans at our November 11th meeting. Major General (Ret) Tod J. Carmony was the day's speaker. He noted the impact that a nation of WWII veterans had on the generation after them, as parents and as community leaders, and how many of those veterans shaped his own passion to serve. MG Carmony is a Wooster native who served 39 years in the US Army; in addition to numerous deployments around the world, he also deployed to Mississippi as part of the Katrina Relief mission in 2005. Read more...	2019 Veterans Day Meeting		2019-11-13 05:00:00Z
Wooster Rotary Social June 20th Posted on Jun 14, 2016 Join us for a new kind of Wooster Rotary social on Monday, June 20, 2016, between 5PM and 7PM at Muddy's in downtown Wooster. This casual event is a combined introduction for anyone interested in joining the Wooster Rotary Club and a welcome/orientation for our newer members. Read more...	Wooster Rotary Social June 20th	Kim Sayers	2016-06-14 04:00:00Z
Wooster Rotary Presents Nine Scholarships for 2016 Scholarships were presented by Rotary Club of Wooster President Cathy McConnell at the Wooster High School annual awards assembly on June 2, 2016. Read more...	Wooster Rotary Presents Nine Scholarships for 2016	Ferenc Relle, Jr.	2016-06-02 04:00:00Z
Wooster Rotary Honors Member Service The Wooster Rotary Club started a new tradition. At the Monday, January 30th meeting 137 members were honored for over 2700 years of service. Read more...	Wooster Rotary Honors Member Service		2013-11-01 00:00:00Z