Hobart Rotary Brings Community Together Sept 19

HOBART - Kosier cousins Ted and John selling beer at the Sausage and Brew Fest.

HOBART — America is experiencing a loneliness epidemic, according to the U.S. Surgeon General, and the Hobart Rotary is on a mission to make sure that nobody in our small community suffers from social isolation. 

To that end, the Club is hosting the Hobart Rotary Club Meet & Greet on Thursday, September 19th at 6pm (doors open at 5:30) at the Hobart Community Center at 80 Cornell Avenue. All neighbors in Hobart and surrounding communities are invited.  Members will share information and answer questions about who they are and why they love being a part of the Rotary mission. Light refreshments will be served.

“The most important goal of the Hobart Rotary Club is to foster connection and bring people together,” says long-time Hobart resident and Rotary President Ted Kosier. “We don’t want anyone to suffer from the loneliness that weakens communities. We build bridges and foster connection among people of all ages and backgrounds through kindness and a shared sense of purpose.” 

“We do that mostly through great food!” adds Rotarian Lisa Driscoll. “No one is ever left out. And we do a lot of laughing!”

Many people have enjoyed the annual Hobart Sausage and Brew Fest. The Club also hosts a free Thanksgiving dinner for the Village (Mallinckrodt donates the turkeys!), a pancake breakfast, a celebratory grill party for graduating seniors; delivers holiday fruit baskets to homebound seniors; beautifies the Village with flower baskets and highway cleanup; and sponsors the Backback Program that feeds hungry children along with many beneficial programs for health, environment, and education such as mental health initiatives, plastics reduction, children’s summer reading, youth leadership training and student exchange.

“Not only does our Club foster connection throughout Delaware County, it also offers opportunities to learn new professional skills helpful to career seekers, especially in the areas of marketing, event production, and grantwriting. Rotary provides established credibility when you’re trying to accomplish good things for the community,” says Vice President Mary van Valkenburg. “We welcome new energy and new ideas.”

As part of Rotary International, with 46,000 clubs and 1.4 million members, Rotarians are connected to “people-of-action” in nearly every country of the world, helping to build sustainable projects from literacy and peace to water and health. Rotarians work together with remarkable success to make the world a better place, creating positive changes across the globe, in our local communities, and in ourselves. Uniting with other good people to create lasting change is the antidote to loneliness and despair. It is joyous work.

More information about Rotary can be found at HobartRotary.com.  RSVP at membership@hobartrotary.com. 

“We hope our wonderful neighbors will join us on September 19!” said  President Kosier.