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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
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 provides 2017 Scholarships to Extraordinary Students A total of $19,500 in scholarships were awarded on June 1, 2017 to Wooster High School seniors from Wooster Rotary affiliated scholarship funds. Pictured from left are Club President Brent Rice, Dusstyn Reynolds, Nicholas Ballard, Sarah Otto, Colton Morgan, Esther Hart, Kiwi Pittman, Emily Kemmerer, and Hannah Reikowski. David Patterson also made the William Patterson-Ohio Northern University scholarships to Sarah Otto and Avory Winans. Read more...	Wooster Rotary provides 2017 Scholarships to Extraordinary Students	Ferenc Relle, Jr.	2017-06-12 04:00:00Z
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
A Special Display of American Pride in Wooster & Smithville Help create a community of red, white and blue! Join others on your street to honor our country with a parade of flags in all our neighborhoods. Call 330-439-2029 or place your order through our flag website: https://app.helpingwithflags.com/WoosterRotary. Read more...	A Special Display of American Pride in Wooster & Smithville		2014-09-21 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