Rotary International's District 6840, comprised of 64 clubs in southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi, held its 2025 Annual Conference at Hollywood Casino in Bay St. Louis on June 5-8. See the photos of all of our fun below!
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The Rotary Club of Slidell held its first Magic of Reading event on Saturday, March 8, 2025 from 11-2 in the John Wesley Center of Aldersgate United Methodist Church. It featured special celebrity story readers: Mayor Bill Borchart, Police Chief Randy Fandal, Fire Chief Chris Kaufman and others. Magician Mike entertained the children with his magic shows, and there were performances by the Slidell Synch Lawn Chair Brigade and the Crabby Daddies.
We had participation from twelve club members plus 14 other volunteers from the Salmen High Interact Club, Leadership Northshore, Delta Sigma Theta, and Inner Wheel. We had 10 agencies/entities participate in providing resources to parents and fun for kids, which included the Boys and Girls Club of Slidell, Louisiana Family Engagement, Safe Harbor and the Clerk of Court, Slidell Little Theater, Rainbow Childcare, Infinity Science Center, St. Tammany Children's Museum, and Fire District No. 1 and their robot. We had 4 activity centers, 2 featuring arts/crafts and 2 hosted by club members with interactive storytelling. Members of the Slidell Inner Wheel Club hosted a table where kids could create and decorate their own bookmarks and a local artist helped the kids create their own work of art. Several club members hosted our Rotary tent with information about Rotary in general and our club in particular.
We had more pizza, salad and chips than could be eaten (the jambalaya was a huge hit and we ran out of that) thanks to generous donations from Pizza Platoon, Olive Garden, NOLA Southern Grill and AWG. Representatives from the St. Tammany Parish library were also on hand to give out bags, issue bracelets to keep kids and parents together, give out books and allow families to obtain library cards if they didn't already have them.
The Rotary Club of Slidell partnered with the three other Northshore Rotary Clubs (Northlake-Mandeville, Covington, and Slidell North Shore) to participate in the St. Tammany Chamber's Explore Northshore: Business and Community Expo held at the Harbor Center on Thursday, October 17, 2024! See photos of the fun below.
Rotary Club of Slidell Launches Annual Beautiful Holiday Evergreen Fundraiser for Local Scholarships!
The Boys & Girls Club of Slidell asked for assistance in providing snacks for their kids during the month of August until their grant kicked in during September. The Rotary Club of Slidell volunteered to provide the needed snacks and drinks for the week of August 26 as their Grab N' Give project. The Club supplemented donations received from members and 600 snacks and 600 beverages were delivered to the club on Friday, August 23, 2024 by our Club President, Kenny Breaux and were gratefully received by Director Monica Scott and her staff!
Members of the Rotary Club of Slidell and the Rotary Club of Slidell North Shore volunteered at Rainbow Childcare on several days in July.
The first Rotary District 6840 Family Fun Day, held at McLeod Park in Kiln, MS on Saturday, August 24, 2024 truly lived up to its promise of FUN! Each territory was encouraged to wear their team shirts and a rainbow of hues were represented, including YELLOW from members of the Lake Territory’s Slidell, Slidell Northshore, and Northlake-Mandeville clubs.
The Rotary Club of Slidell is proud to join the St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce as a member and participated in the Fan-Up Tailgate Party and Pep Rally on Thursday, August 15. The event was a ton of fun for all with numerous games and, of course, many Saints superfans in attendance!
It was great teaming up with the Rotary Club of Slidell Northshore for a food drive. The drive, which benefitted the Northshore Food Bank and was held at Sam’s Club, collected three pallets and over 2,750 pounds of food for families of St Tammany Parish.
Thanks to our club members' generosity and donations from Epworth Project and Bush United Methodist Church, we were able to donate these supplies to Director Monica Scott for the start of the 2023-24 school year.
The Rotary Club of Slidell hosted a group of alumni from the Friends Forever International organization on Friday, March 22, 2024 at Pinewood Country Club.
Five alumni of the program attended the luncheon -- 1 from Israel, 2 from Northern Ireland, and 2 from the Republic of Ireland -- along with their two staff leaders from FFI. A total of 24 Rotarians were on hand to welcome our guests and show them Southern hospitality. The Rotary Club of Slidell has hosted FFI for a luncheon on their annual visits since 2016!
The entire group: (left to right) Friends Forever International staff Matt Arsenault and Monica Rodgers, Rotary Club of Metairie sponsor Karen Babin, Mayan from Israel, Oisin from the Republic of Ireland, Luca from Northern Ireland, Lisa from the Northern Ireland, Molly from the Republic of Ireland and Rotary Club of Slidell host President Dede Ricard.
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