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The Lakeland Rotary Club was founded in 1918, the sixth club in Florida. For the past 105 years, this club has served this community and others throughout the world in need; growing to its current membership of over 180 members, one of the largest in the state. The Lakeland Rotary Club has a proud tradition and a continuing commitment to “Service above Self”.
Rotary is the oldest service organization in the world; an institution begun in 1905 by Paul Harris and three other businessmen in Chicago. Today, Rotarians number 1.2 million members in 34,000 clubs in more than 200 countries.
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Speaker: Rotary Honduras Mission Trip Team
Topic: Recap of Recent Trip to La Paz
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Speaker: Dr. William Allen, FSC Associate Professor of Digital Media
Topic: Interactive Gaming
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Speaker: Rotarian and LPD Assistant Chief of Police Hans Lehman
Topic: Law Enforcement, Public Safety, and Cameras
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Newsletter
The Lakeland Rotary Club Bulletin 03-31-2026Weekly Meeting, July 29, 2025
President Larry called the meeting to order. Shawn McDonough led the Invocation, Pledge, Four-way Test and Patriotic Song and so opened the meeting. Bill Lippy introduced the meeting guests and visiting Rotarians, and Stephanie Colon collected Happy Dollars.
Announcements & Upcoming Events
Visiting Rotarians Dani Borow from The Lakeland Tigertown Rotary Club and Brian Dockery of the Rotary Club of Lakeland South announced a joint fundraiser at the Florida Children's Museum on Friday, September 12th. The event, called "Get Lucky with Rotary" will be a fun-filled casino night with food, drink, games of chance and Bingo. All are invited and encourage to attend. Click here for tickets.
