Club events
6 June | Rotary Club of Defiance, Ohio
Corvette Raffle
For the 35th year, the club is raffling off a Chevrolet Corvette. A maximum of 1,200 tickets are sold for $125 each, with the drawing held at a Chevy dealership. First prize is a 2025 black Corvette or $50,000 in cash. Second prize is $1,500, third is $1,000, and seven other ticket holders win $500 each. The club has raised about $1.4 million through the raffle over the past two decades to support local projects and nonprofits.
6-7 June | Rotary clubs of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge-Breakfast, and Oak Ridge Sunset, Tennessee
Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival
A trio of professional storytellers — the Rev. Robert Jones, Bil Lepp, and Anne Shimojima — will inspire and entertain audiences at this annual cultural fest, a service project of the three clubs of Oak Ridge. Each storyteller presents a different show each day, from Jones’ “The History of America Through Music” to Lepp’s humorous tales of growing up in West Virginia and Shimojima’s account of her Japanese American family’s incarceration during World War II. The first two shows on Friday are free.
7 June | Rotary Club of Wake Forest, North Carolina
Cars and Carnivores Street Festival
This annual street festival in downtown Wake Forest features a steak cook-off alongside a show of classic and modern cars and trucks. The cook-off awards cash prizes for top grillers of ribeye steaks, with a first prize of $1,000. This year, for the first time, there will also be a dessert competition. Vehicles on display will be awarded Best of Show and People’s Choice trophies. Proceeds help provide medical debt relief for cancer patients at local hospitals.
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7 June | Rotary Club of Los Olivos, California
Jazz and Olive Festival
Attendees will spend a Saturday afternoon in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, tasting wine from many local wineries, listening to world-class jazz musicians, and sampling different olive-themed dishes prepared by local chefs. All funds generated from the event support club projects.
13 June | Rotary Club of Bettendorf, Iowa
Lobsterfest
The club's major fundraiser is a casual lobster-themed event featuring a steak and lobster tail dinner, live and silent auctions, raffles, and a Fund-A-Cause for a local nonprofit. All proceeds go back into the community through the club's Charities Committee grant process and in support of club service projects. In its 18th year, 500 guests will enjoy great fun and fellowship at the event, which has raised over $650,000.
13-14 June | Rotary Club of Fredericksburg, Texas
Fourth Annual Craft Beer Festival
The festival begins with a craft beer competition, with winners announced on Friday at the Competition Awards Ceremony, which includes dinner and a tour of the Altstadt Brewery. It continues Saturday with dozens of Texas craft beers available for sampling. There will also be several Texas food concessionaires on-site serving up their delicacies. 2025's beneficiary is Frontera Healthcare, which provides quality, accessible care to all, regardless of ability to pay, as well as established Rotary local and international projects.
14 June | Rotary Club of Lake Oswego, Oregon
Lobster Feed and Charity Auction
For this fundraiser, which the club organizes with the Lakewood Center for the Arts, hundreds of people work together to offer up dinners of fresh lobster flown directly from Maine and served with corn, clams, and other traditional sides. Steak and vegetarian meals are also available. The event has raised more than $4.2 million over the past 40 years to support local and international projects, nonprofits, and scholarships.
14 June | Rotary Club of Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Taste of Kutztown
This 15th annual wine and beer tasting event held at picturesque Kutztown Park draws 1,600 attendees to enjoy regional wineries, craft breweries and distilleries, food and craft vendors, and live music. Artisanal crafts and live roving musicians add to the festive atmosphere. More than 100 volunteers and 10 months of planning leads to raising $40,000 annually to benefit local projects.
15 June | Rotary Club of Batavia, New York
Father’s Day Fly-In Breakfast
This Father’s Day celebration is held in a hangar at the Genesee County Airport, where pilots from across western New York fly in for all-you-can-eat eggs, pancakes, and sausage. For the hundreds of people who arrive each year by car instead, the breakfast offers an opportunity to meet the aviators and get an up-close view of their planes. Proceeds benefit local projects and scholarships.
20 June
Global Malaria Eradication Conference
The Global Malaria Eradication Conference will be held in Calgary the day prior to the 2025 Rotary International Convention. Rotarians worldwide will come together to discuss, learn, and unite around Rotary’s efforts to eradicate malaria. Speakers include Past RI President Jennifer Jones and Gates Foundation Director of Malaria Phillip Welkhoff. The conference is organized and sponsored by three organizations: Malaria Partners International, Rotarians Against Malaria Global, and Australian Rotarians Against Malaria.
21-22 June | Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise, Ontario
Invasion of the Dragons
At this event, two dozen teams will race dragon boats, canoelike vessels that can hold up to 20 paddlers each, across Shadow Lake in Waterford. No experience is necessary; all competitors practice on Saturday afternoon before a full day of races on Sunday. Spectators set up lawn chairs to watch the action and enjoy food from on-site vendors. Proceeds go toward a local nonprofit that supports people with cancer.
27 June | Rotary Club of Clackamas, Oregon
Clackamas Rotary Golf Classic
In its 33rd year, this golf tournament is the club’s largest annual fundraising effort, with the proceeds benefiting four local nonprofits. Held at the beautiful Stone Creek Golf Club, the event typically attracts a capacity field of 144 golfers, and includes 18 holes with a shotgun start, a putting contest, and a box lunch. Following play, golfers and non-playing attendees will enjoy dinner, a raffle, and an awards ceremony.
1-5 July | Rotary Club of Brazil, Indiana
4th of July Celebration
The town of Brazil welcomes visitors to its 90th annual Independence Day celebration, an event that has been organized by the club since nearly the beginning. The five-day festival benefits local nonprofits and includes carnival rides, food and drink booths, and a fireworks show on July Fourth. There will also be musical performances, from a school marching band to a group covering the hits of Indiana native John Mellencamp. Entrants in a raffle have the chance to win $10,000.
2 July | Rotary Club of Cedarburg-Grafton, Wisconsin
Music Festival Drum & Bugle Corps Show
For more than two decades, this outdoor music festival north of Milwaukee has showcased the colorful pageantry and precision marching skills of drum and bugle corps and brought in more than $1 million to support local nonprofits and scholarships. This year’s event, held at the Cedarburg High School athletic field, will include six corps from across the U.S. that were finalists in the 2024 Drum Corps International World Championships.
July 5-6, 18-19, August 1-2, 15-16 and 29-30 | Rotary Club of Mad River Valley, Vermont
Open Garden Days
The Von Trapp Greenhouse will welcome visitors to view its large display garden for 10 days this summer. Rotary members, family, and friends staff the entry tent and greet visitors. The owners of the greenhouse, Sally and Tobi Von Trapp, will be on hand to answer questions throughout the day. Since its start in 2022, the event has raised over $25,000 in support of local projects and nonprofits.
12 July | Rotary Club of Burton-Middlefield, Ohio
Maple Splash Raffle and Festival
This free, one-day community event features bands, hot air balloon rides, 50/50 raffles and hundreds of raffle baskets. Local nonprofits are invited to set up a tent and attendees are given a passport to visit the displays, with the completed passport good for an entry in a separate drawing. In just a few years, the Maple Splash Raffle has allowed the club to donate more than half a million dollars across 35 local nonprofits.
16-20 July | Rotary Club of Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Elk Grove Rotary Fest
With carnival rides, food from local restaurants, and plenty of live music, this summer festival has been a community favorite since 1986. This year’s schedule features a performance by rock band O.A.R. followed by a drone light show on Thursday, as well as a fireworks display on Saturday. Proceeds benefit local and international projects and nonprofits.
20 July | Rotary Club of Forest Grove, Oregon
Concours d’Elegance
More than 300 vehicles are put on display, and some are awarded trophies, at this long-running annual classic car show on the tree-lined Pacific University campus. In addition to admiring the antique autos, attendees will enjoy live music, food, a beer garden, and a wine pavilion. On the day before the show, the car owners are invited to a vineyard tour through the Willamette Valley and a social dinner. Proceeds benefit local projects and scholarships.
26 July | Rotary Club of West Shore, Ohio
Summerfest 5K
The club, which serves Cleveland’s West Park area and western suburbs of Fairview Park and North Olmsted, organizes this 5K race as part of the annual Fairview Park Summerfest. The course starts at Fairview High School and runs along Bain Park. Awards are given to the top three male and female runners overall and in various age groups. Proceeds benefit local and international projects and scholarships.
29 July | Rotary Club of New Bern, North Carolina
Pigskin Preview
In the eastern North Carolina counties of Craven and Pamlico, the high school football season kicks off with an event in which coaches and student athletes from the area speak to fans ahead of the first day of practice. The preview, similar to a media day in college and pro sports, is emceed by a local TV sports anchor. Funds raised at the event support local high school athletic programs.