ROBERTSDALE, Alabama — The Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting and open house on Thursday, Aug. 22 with the Central Baldwin Sunset Rotary Club at its new home, 22765 Alabama 59 S., Robertsdale.
Founded June 13, 2013, the Central Baldwin Sunset Rotary Club at upstairs at Ivey’s Restaurant before opening the “Rotary House” on Alabama 59. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. every Thursday followed by meetings at 6 p.m.
“We are super excited to have everyone join us for this official grand opening,” said 2019-20 Club President Ann Simpson, CFO for the City of Robertsdale. “Several of our Charter members are still with the club and we had a vision when we started of being able to meet in our own space. It took a lot of hard work by a lot of people to make this happen.”
The Rotary Club is part of Rotary International, which boasts more than 1.2 million members in more than 35,000 clubs worldwide and operates by the credo of “Service above self,” and under the motto of the 4-way test, “Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? And Will it be beneficial to all concerned?”
The Rotary Club averages about 30 members, according to its website, centralbaldwinsunsetrotary.com, and participates in several service projects, fund raisers and social events every quarter.
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