The Rotary Club of Saugatuck-Douglas is pleased to announce two Voter Forums for residents of the City of Saugatuck to interact with the candidates competing for four open seats on the City Council. We will conduct the Forums as Zoom videoconferences scheduled for Friday October 9 and Friday, October 23, starting promptly at noon and [...]
The Rotary Club has a fiscal year that begins July 1 and end June 30. We just finished a recap of the year as a review with the Board at our final meeting on June 26, and all we can say is “Wow. What a year.” We can also say “Thank you”—starting with our Board [...]
The Directors of this Club see it this way: The Coronavirus Pandemic has attacked humanity in two primary ways: it spreads serious illness and death for many while killing off economic activity for all. This has affected all economic sectors, none worse than tourism. Like it or not, the economic vitality of our area rests on [...]
Our towns face an unprecedented economic crisis. Heading into the all-important summer season, our retailers have been forced to close by state order and our restaurants are limited to take-out orders only. Unless we support our friends in the restaurant business, many of them may close their doors forever. Meanwhile, our friends in medicine, health [...]
In light of the Board's decision to address the fast-growing spread of COVID-19 by suspending our Club's meetings for at least the month of March, we wanted to share why we did so and what the Club leadership will be doing in the meantime. Why We Made This Decision The imperative now--for everyone--is to stay [...]
Several local folks have approached Rotarians lately who want the Rotary Club to “get more involved in the REAL problems we have in this/these town/towns.” (Seems we can’t even agree on how many towns we’re talking about). When asked what those problems might be, they respond with a wide range of answers. That got us [...]
As we all know, well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions often become misty memories by March. Regardless, we’ve decided to publish our Club’s top three resolutions for 2020. Please hold us accountable to make them reality by next January. If I’m still kicking then, I will publish a year-end review of how we did. The Rotary Club [...]
In this bleak mid-winter, frosty winds indeed do blow. We West Michiganders have endured a surprise blizzard and many weeks of gloom with just a few paltry hours of dim sunlight leaking through. We’ve also have had to withstand the relentless gale of sadness, worry, and anger from the news. As the President brings his [...]
The Rotary Club of Saugatuck-Douglas simply could not do what it does without the many friends and volunteers who have rallied to help us over the years. If you've been one of them, we'd like to say, "Thank You!" Our communities are stronger when "we unite and take action to create positive lasting change in [...]
