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Pictures below also show a swing set erected today by Larry Burch, Jay Capouch, Tom Quinn, and Doug Place.  The swing set is part of a playground being built over several yeears by Northlake Mandeville Rotarians at Safehaven.  Most of the playground which has already been installed is being used by students who attend school at Safehaven, and by children of parents who are being serviced at Safehaven.  Additional work will be performed by Rotarians beginning in the new year.

The Parish has completed the repairs to the Pavillion previously refurbished by Northlake Mandeville Rotary at Safehaven.  It was partially damaged during Hurricane Ida.  See pictures below.

     

The Paul Harris Fellowship Award is one of the highest honors Rotary can bestow upon a person. Recipients are Rotarians and community professionals, in recognition of their outstanding service to their community, exemplifying the highest ideal in Rotary in placing “SERVICE ABOVE SELF.” This honor accompanies a donation of $1,000 or more, in the recipient’s name, to Rotary International’s “Annual Program Fund,” which supports Rotary’s world-wide humanitarian grants, its polio eradication program, and its educational programs.

The Northlake Mandeville Rotary club honored Mayor Clay Madden for his outstanding service to Mandeville.  In addition, he has assisted the Rotary Club with its American Flag Program, its Christmas snow village, and its Keep Mandeville Beautiful program on the Mandeville lakefront.

Presenting the coveted Paul Harris Fellowship Award to Mayor Madden are Marty Audiffred, Past President and Glenn St. John, President-Elect.

At the beginning of each Rotary year, each local Rotary club defines 15-18 goals to achieve over the coming year.  If a club meets 15 of their goals, the club receives a Rotary Citation.  Shown above is Tom Quinn, District Official, presenting the Rotary Citation to Marty Audiffred for the Club's performance during the 2022-2023 Rotary Year.  Marty was club president during the year and Laurie Pennison (pictured on right) was the President-Elect.  Both were the leaders who were instrumental in the club meeting 15 of the goals for the year, thus qualifying for the Citation.

One of the primary annual goals of each Rotary club is to perform community service.  During the year, 34 Northlake Mandeville Rotary club members performed over 2,000 hours of community service on a variety of service projects, meeting one of the 15 goals.

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At its final meeting of the Rotary Year for 2022-2023, the Northlake Mandeville Rotary Club and Marty Audiffred, Club President, recognized Matt Greene as the Rotarian of the Year for his work on a number of Rotary projects dealing with the youth of St. Tammany.  Congratulations to Matt and Rotary thanks you for the huge effort you put in on the such projects as the Distribution of Dictionaries to all third graders in the Parish, assisting with the Chata Ima Reading Project, serving as the Emcee for the Scholars Banquet, and more!

 

At the last meeting of the Rotary Year 2022-2023 on June 29, 2023, President Marty Audiffred recognized Chase Villeret for his active participation in his first year in the Northlake Mandeville Rotary Club.  Congratulations Chase and thank you for all of your contributions to Rotary throughout 2022-2023!  Also shown is Tom Quinn, member of the Recognition Committee.

 

 

2023 marked the 25th Anniversary of the Northlake Mandeville Rotary Club awarding scholarships to deserving students from the Mandeville area.  Each year in April the Club hosts the new and past scholars and their parents at a banquet held at the Beau Chene Country Club.  The Collage below shows the students, their families, and sponsors who attended the festivities.

 

The Northlake Mandeville Rotary Club celebrated 25 years of awarding scholarships to students that will make impact on our world.  Past scholars and 2023 scholars attended the annual Scholars Banquet held April 30, 2023, at the Beau Chene Country Club.

Pictured below are (left to right):

Celeste Guidry - 2021 Scholar

Claire Kurucar - 2023 Rotary Select Scholar

Bella Kerth - 2020 Scholar

Julia Case - 2023 Anthony and Hope Martin Scholar

Emma Lockwood - 2023 Scholar

Sita Baham - 2023 Scholar

Natalie Lovel - 2022 Scholar

Raina Generose - 2023 Scholar

Not pictured were Andrew Beshenich - 2023 Scholar, Trevor Fortier and Lauren Lacoste - 2021 Scholars, Emma Santiago - 2020 Scholar, and Kylie Michot 2019 Scholar and 2023 Trent Murchison Pay It Forward Scholar.

 

As part of our Reading Challenge Program, Northlake-Mandeville Rotary Club member, Ben Motion, serves pizza and hands out t-shirts to students at Chahta-Ima Elementary School in Lacombe on Friday.  Since beginning the reading challenge several years ago, reading scores at Chahta-Ima have improved significantly.

On May 2, for the first time since before COVID 19, members of the Northlake Mandeville Rotary Club resumed their weekly/bi-weekly calling of bingo for elderly residents of the Heritage Manor Nursing Home.

 

The Northlake-Mandeville Rotary Club hosted its 25th Sunday with Scholars event at Beau Chene Country Club on April 30. This annual banquet and meeting serves as a major fundraiser for the $12,000 Rotary scholarships the group awarded to three distinguished scholars from the Mandeville area. The scholars were Emma Lockwood-Northlake Christian, Sita Baham-Mandeville High, Raina Generose-Lakeshore High.  The scholarships are paid to colleges of the recipients' choice in $1,500 semester installments over four years. The students will attend at least two Northlake-Mandeville Rotary Club meetings a year to keep members informed about their studies and college experiences.

In addition, the Club awarded three $1,000 scholarships.  The Anthony and Hope Martin Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Julia Case - St Sholastica.  The Rotary Select Scholarship was awarded to Claire Kurucar - Mandeville High.  Trent Murchison, a former scholarship winner, has elected to repay his $8,000 scholarship has awarded $1,000 to Kylie Michot, a current scholar who completed her undergraduate degree at Louisiana Tech and is entering Pharmacy school.

At the Banquet sponsors,  local officials, guidance counselors, principals and parents of the scholars participated in a wonderful Silent Auction.

A highlight of the evening was an update on their past semester by current scholars Andrew Beshenich, Natalie Lovell, Trevor Fortier, Lauren Lacoste, Celeste Guidry, Isabella Kerth, and Emma Santiago.

Pictured above are Rotary Foundation President Larry Burch, Scholarship Selection Committee Co-Chairs Laurie Pennison and Doug Place.

  

During the early Spring of 2022, the blood supplies in St Tammany Parish were at dangerously low levels.  Rotary President-Elect Marty Audiffred identified the need and organized a blood drive through the Blood Bank of Mandeville.  He enlisted two partner sponsors - the Beau Chene Homeowners Association and the Beau Chene Country Club.

The Blood Drive was held on Thursday, April 21, 2002 at the Beau Chene Country Club before, during, and after the regular Rotary Club meeting.

 

One of our club's important missions is our mental health initiative to address the growing mental health needs in our area.  Our club is committed to developing the recreation and meditation areas at Safe Haven, a multi-agency collaborative effort currently being developed on the grounds of the former Southeast Louisiana State Hospital.  The club's efforts are dedicated to Ken Thompson, a very special Rotarian who died suddenly last year while serving as Rotary District #6840 Governor.  Our club refurbished this lovely pavilion.  Pictured here are our club members celebrating the "crowning" of the pavilion with our Rotary Wheel.   Not long after we had our Annual Crawfish Boil here!

Rotary isn't just a local organization.  It includes 1.2 million members in 35,000 club spread through the world!  With a mission is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian service and to advance goodwill and peace locally and also around the world. It is a non-political and non-religious organization open to all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, or political preference.

 

Rotarians love to have fun!!  These are some of our members enjoying a "Pop-Up" happy hour at the Beach House in Mandeville.  A good time was had by all!

 

 

On Thursday, June 27, 2019, the Northlake-Mandeville Rotary Club had its Installation Luncheon and Reid Falconer served as the Master of Ceremonies.  Outgoing President, Steve Saux, gave his President's Farewell and presented a variety of awards to members as shown in the pictures below.  Assistant Governor Vicky Magas swore in the new Board of Directors, its officers, and incoming President Leanne Truehart.  Incoming District #6840 Governor Bob Haeuser and his wife Jamie Haeuser also addressed the club to congratulate its new officers, highlight the club's achievements, and present Rotary's new emphasis of making Rotary events more family-inclusive.  The lunch was prepared by Chef Hosie at the Beau Chene Country Club and a good time was had by all.  We look forward to a terrific year ahead and invite you, visitors to this website, to join us at a meeting and come experience the wonder, fellowship, and fun of Rotary!

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

In May, 2019, members of our club attended a multi-district meeting that took place on a cruise.  Attendees included Rotarians from Mississippi, Louisiana,and Texas!  In addition to some fabulous speakers, members also participated in a service project.  We helped to renovate a drug treatment center in Cozumel for at-risk youth. Great way to put service into practice, especially at a Rotary event!

The Northlake-Mandeville Rotary Club was the leading fundraising team at the NAMI 5k Walk on May 19, 2018 on the Mandeville Lakefront. 

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