Calendar Of Events
Volunteering as a Rotarian means embodying service above self, dedicating time and expertise to improve communities worldwide. It involves fostering goodwill, promoting ethical standards, and collaborating with others to address pressing social challenges with compassion and integrity.
Community Service Volunteer Event Schedule – Come Join Us!
April:
Friday, April 4, 2025 -Miracle League - 5:45-8:30pm - Come support the Miracle League in Cary and volunteer with players with special needs who come together to enjoy baseball. Buddy Training will take place at the start of the shift. Training will take place at the start of the shift.
- All volunteers must sign the online waiver. Click HERE to register for your online shift
- Once completed, enter your group code: CaryKildaire. The field for entering the group code will appear after completing the waiver.
- Volunteers will receive reminders for their shift directly from the Miracle League
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 7am-12pm - Interact Benefit Yard Sale. Join our Interact Club to help raise funds for the Interact Benefit Yard Sale. Sign up HERE
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – Memory Café: The Memory Cafe offers Cary area residents dealing with cognitive impairment and their caregiver’s opportunity to enjoy fellowship, dinner, a program, music and dancing. Sign up HERE
Sunday, April 13th, 4-6:30PM: CKR Hike & Bite Spring Outing! RAIN or SHINE!
Where: Lake Pine - Apex Community Park entrance (Laura Duncan Road Entrance) ACP Small Shelter
Join us for a Spring Outing of Hike & Bite! We will meet at 4pm at the ACP Small Shelter and hike the 2-mile loop around Lake Pine. Then we will enjoy an easy dinner of Jimmy Johns subs along with some games at the shelter.
If you don't want to hike, no worries! Bring your fishing pole/chair and fish the pond (see note below about fishing permit)! Also feel free to come around 5pm if you just want to join us for dinner. Bring a friend/family member to join in too. MUST RSVP so we know amount for dinner. ALL expenses are covered so come enjoy the time together.
Great way to hike with a club member you haven't spent a lot of time with and get to know them better!
Great way to bring a friend and introduce them to Rotary!
Great way to start some Spring Fitness/Exercise!
Fishing permit per Town of Apex: Fishing is allowed at Apex Community Park Lake with a valid permit. Apex residents must possess a Town fishing permit, which is free of charge. Non-residents must purchase a Town permit. Both are available at the John M. Brown Community Center. A State of North Carolina Fishing License is required for ages 16 and over.
RSVP HERE by Saturday, April 12th at 5pm.
Saturday, April 26, 2025 - Rise Against Hunger: Help pack food for those less fortunate. The event will take place in the auditorium at the Glenaire Retirement Community (4000 Glenaire Circle, Cary). All details are on Signup Genius; shifts are 1 - 1.5 hours long. Family and friends are welcome.
Click HERE to register!
Saturday, April 26, 2025 2-3:00 pm - Cambridge Village: Michele Cox is extending the opportunity for a few members of our club to help call Bingo and get to know residents at Cambridge Village. We will provide group options for volunteering in May, and June too. If members are interested in visiting with residents 1:1, you are welcome to contact her (jmichelecox@gmail.com), and she will set you up for an orientation.
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9am-12pm - Cary High School Grounds Cleanup Day. Join our Interact Club to help cleanup the grounds of Cary High. Sign up HERE
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9am-12pm - Best Practices Forum. Make Connections. Share Ideas.
Who Should Attend?- As many club members as possible! Two clubs with the largest number/percentage of DACdb registered attendees will get extra raffle tickets! The raffle proceeds will support a Rotary club project.
- All club leaders should attend to learn details about their roles and responsibilities and how to effectively lead the club.
- Hybrid option available for long-distance members.
- Learn about the most critical Avenue of Service – Club Service
- Return to your club with tangible ideas on how to enhance the club experience and run an exceptional Rotary Club.
- Learn about club initiatives at the Club Showcase display tables.
- Support a Rotary club project with a raffle drawing.
- Make connections to support club projects or professional endeavors and have fun!
- Club Meeting Team; how to lead an effective club meeting
- Internal Operational Excellence – Expanding our REACH; keeping the club humming along, strategic plan & governance documents, who cares??
- Service Beyond the Club; the value of serving in a District role
- Expanding our Reach; making an impact & proudly promoting it
- Board Meeting Team; decision-making the Rotary way
- A Crisis Happened, Now What?; how to deal with an unexpected crisis and potential legal issues?
- Making Life Easier with DACdb; newsletters, website, membership rolls, club directories, mobile apps
- Funding Rotary Initiatives: role of The Rotary Foundation in expanding our Impact
Where?
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
7000 Creedmoor, Raleigh NC 27613
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM [Sign-in table opens at 8:30 AM]
$5 cash donation for refreshments; $1 cash per ticket for raffle
- Click HERE to register
March:
March Book Drive! Cary Kildaire Rotary is collecting new and gently read books that will be distributed to our Laundromat Libraries and the WAKE Up and Read program. Children's books and Spanish books are in the biggest demand but all books are appreciated.
Did you know?? Our club provides a Laundromat Library to 3 local laundromats. We place books in laundromats in which children and caregivers spend time waiting. Children and caregivers are invited to enjoy a book, take it home, and eventually pass it on to another child.
Become a Reading Champion and donate this month! Please bring your books to a March club meeting or contact Audrey (aud3rey@yahoo.com) to workout a dropoff/pickup at another time. Loving books! Making kids smile!
Saturday, March 1, 2025 - Rotary Interact Club 2025 Swimathon. The Interact Club will be hosting its third Swimmathon to raise funds for its selected seniors pursuing higher education. We would be honored if the Cary-Kaildaire Club would join us in demonstrating their support. We have been actively seeking opportunities to foster collaboration between our two clubs, and this event presents an exceptional means of achieving that goal. We cordially invite you to participate and lend your support. Location: Goldfish Swim School Cary 2980 Kildaire Farm Rd. Cary, NC 27518. Time: 7PM
Thursday, March 6, 2025 - Duffel Bag Project: Support NC Boys and Girls Home by packing duffel bags full of supplies for children in their care. The event will be during our Club Rotary on Tap. Location: W.E.L.D. Wine & Beer, Lochmere Pavilion, 2425 Kildaire Farm Rd #301, Cary, NC 27518 . Click HERE to register
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 – Memory Café: The Memory Cafe offers Cary area residents dealing with cognitive impairment and their caregiver’s opportunity to enjoy fellowship, dinner, a program, music and dancing. Sign up HERE
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 10am-1pm. Rotary Day 2025 - "Celebrating 70 years of helping kids". We will have a 14 passenger Mercedes van for this year’s event transport departing the Fuquay Varina area at 7:30 am. It will be 1st come, 1st serve when registering. To register or for more information, contact Dave Weiss (919-868-1336) or cornerstone-res-bldr@nc.rr.com
Saturday, March 29, 2-3:00 pm - Cambridge Village: Michele Cox is extending the opportunity for a few members of our club to help call Bingo and get to know residents at Cambridge Village. We will provide group options for volunteering in April, May, and June too. If members are interested in visiting with residents 1:1, you are welcome to contact her (jmichelecox@gmail.com), and she will set you up for an orientation.
February:
Thursday, February 6, 2025 - Rotary on Tap - Southern Peak Brewery in Apex. Food truck available
Tuesday, February 11 , 2025 – Memory Café - The Memory Cafe offers Cary area residents dealing with cognitive impairment and their caregiver’s opportunity to enjoy fellowship, dinner, a program, music and dancing. Sign up HERE
Saturday February 15, 2025 9am-12pm Note in the Pocket -Come volunteer at Note in the Pocket in Raleigh whose mission is to provide quality clothing to homeless and impoverished children and families with dignity and love.
Location: 4730 Hargrove Road* location in the back of Crossroads Fellowship Church.
Before arrival at Note in the Pocket, each individual volunteer must REGISTER HERE.
Dress casually and comfortably. Closed-toe shoes are preferred. We likely will be sorting clothes.
Volunteers must be at least 13 years old.
*If you get to Dogtopia and GPS says you've arrived, continue a bit further on Hargrove until you see our sign. Google Maps is more accurate than Apple Maps. Enter the glass doors under the blue awning marked Volunteer Center & Donation Dropoff.
Contact Audrey (aud3rey@yahoo.com) if you have questions.
Saturday, February 22, 2024, 2-3:00 pm - Cambridge Village - Michele Cox is extending the opportunity for a few members of our club to help call Bingo and get to know residents at Cambridge Village on March, April, May, and June will also provide group options for volunteering. If members are interested in visiting with residents 1:1, you are welcome to contact her (jmichelecox@gmail.com), and she will set you up for an orientation.
January:
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 – Memory Café - The Memory Cafe offers Cary area residents dealing with cognitive impairment and their caregiver’s opportunity to enjoy fellowship, dinner, a program, music and dancing. Sign up HERE
Monday morning, January 20, 2025 - MLK Day of Service Meal Packing Event - Join Rotary members across our district on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service to package 150,000+ meals between 3 sites to be distributed in Durham, Orange, Wake, and Johnston Counties through the Interfaith Food Shuttle. This project is a collaboration between 17 District 7710 Rotary Clubs, Duke University, Interfaith Food Shuttle, Duke School, Clayton High School, and St. Raphael Catholic Church.
- Slots will fill up QUICKLY once opened to the community. The links will be open to ROTARY/INTERACT/Roteract only for December 9-23, 2024. After that time, the sign ups will be open to community members.
- Contact Joyce McKinney if you have any questions - text is easiest - 919-308-2176
- There are 3 locations. The Raleigh location is closest to Cary.
RALEIGH: MLK Day of Service 2025 Meal Packing Event - RALEIGH
CLAYTON: MLK Day of Service 2025 Meal Packing Event - CLAYTON
DURHAM: MLK Day of Service 2025 Meal Packing Event DURHAM
Saturday, January 25, 2024, 2-3:00 pm - Cambridge Village - Michele Cox is extending the opportunity for a few members of our club to help call Bingo and get to know residents at Cambridge Village. This will be the first opportunity to visit. February, March, April, May, and June will also provide group options for volunteering. If members are interested in visiting with residents 1:1, you are welcome to contact her (jmichelecox@gmail.com), and she will set you up for an orientation.
December:
December 5, 2024 - Adopt 2 Families in need this Holiday. Let’s help make the holidays magical for 2 families in need! The Carying Place in Cary supports homeless working families with children by providing short-term housing and teaching life skills to help them lead an independent life. Gifts must be provided by December 5. Click the following link for more info and to sign up HolidayFamilies
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 – Memory Café - The Memory Cafe offers Cary area residents dealing with cognitive impairment and their caregiver’s opportunity to enjoy fellowship, dinner, a program, music and dancing. Clicke HERE to sign up
Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024 Cary Christmas Parade 2-4pm - Come and participate in the Cary Christmas Parade with our Interact Club! You can walk with Interact or we can watch the parade together. Contact Scot for details - ScotAubinoe@mac.com
Thursday, December 19, 2024, 6pm - Holiday & Hope Winter Social. Dinner, games, prizes! Click HERE to find out more!
November:
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - NC Boys and Girls Home 70th Anniversary Gala Boys and Girls Home at Lake Waccamaw.
Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 10am-11am - Duffel Bag Project - Support NC Boys and Girls Home by packing duffel bags full of supplies for children in their care. The event will be located at the shelter in Ritter Park in Cary. Sign up to volunteer by clicking Duffel Bags
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 – Memory Café - The Memory Cafe offers Cary area residents dealing with cognitive impairment and their caregiver’s opportunity to enjoy fellowship, dinner, a program, music and dancing. Sign up to volunteer HERE.
Saturday, November 23, 2024 9 am - 12 pm and 12 pm - 3 pm; Cary High School Grounds Clean Up
with our Interact Club. Bring your gloves, water bottle, and any yard tools you have and be prepared to get dirty with our Interact Club high school members. We will be helping with grounds cleanup at Cary High. Sign up HERE
Sunday, November 24 , 2024, morning - Adopt a Spot - Join us as we will walk together on Kildaire Farm Rd/Maynard Rd to keep our community litter free. Sign up to volunteer: AdoptaSpot.
November - Adopt 2 Families in need this Holiday. Let’s help make the holidays magical for 2 families in need! The Carying Place in Cary supports homeless working families with children by providing short-term housing and teaching life skills to help them lead an independent life. Click the following link for more info and to sign up: HolidayFamilies
October:
Saturday, October 5, 2024 -Miracle League - 8:45am-11:30am - Come support the Miracle League in Cary and volunteer with players with special needs who come together to enjoy baseball. Buddy Training will take place at the start of the shift. All Volunteers are required to sign the Miracle League online waiver here: Register for your Miracle League Shift. Once completed please enter the GROUP CODE/PASSWORD: KildaireRotary and that will sign you up for our club's shift. Volunteers will receive reminders for their shift directly from The Miracle League.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 – Memory Café - The Memory Cafe offers Cary area residents dealing with cognitive impairment and their caregiver’s opportunity to enjoy fellowship, dinner, a program, music and dancing. Sign up to volunteer by Clicking here.
Thursday, October 10, 2024 - Cary-Kildaire Rotary Club 40th Anniversary- Please join us to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Cary Kildaire Rotary Club. The evening will include a social, short program, special awards & momentous club achievements, and more! Along with a buffet dinner, there will be a cash bar and delicious dessert selections. The evening will start at 6 PM and conclude at 8PM . Click HERE for more information.
Monday, October 21, 2024- American Heart Association-CPR/AED Certification. We have an exciting offering for the club in October. We are holding a CPR/AED (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Automated External Defibrillator) certification session for club members, their families, and friends. Everyone should know CPR/AED! You could save a life! The session is being held on Monday, October 21st from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. Please join us at the Keller Williams Realty office in Cary (525 New Waverly Place Suite 202) for this session. Dee Barron (an American Heart Association certified instructor) will lead the session. There is room for 25 folks so sign-up soon.
Sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4AABA62AA2FCC61-51414786-carykildaire
Sunday, October 20, 2024 - Carying Place home maintenance - 9am-12pm For more than 30 years, The Carying Place has served the Triangle community by teaching and empowering homeless working families with children. They provide families with short-term housing and support services preparing them for independent living. When a family completes the program and moves-out of the temporary house, volunteers can provide basic home maintenance and repairs to help keep the homes sturdy and well maintained. Our club will provide basic painting to trim and a few walls in one of the houses located in Cary. Paint and materials (and doughnuts!) will be provided. Click here to sign-up: CaryingPlace.
September:
Thursday, September 5, 2024 - Duffel Bag Project - Support Wake County Foster Care Services by packing duffel bags full of supplies for children in their care. Located at W.E.L.D. 2425 Kildaire Farm Rd., Cary, NC 27518. Sign up to volunteer by clicking HERE.
Saturday, September 7, 2024 -Miracle League - 11:00am -1:45pm - Come support the Miracle League in Cary and volunteer with players with special needs who come together to enjoy baseball. Buddy Training will take place at the start of the shift. All Volunteers are required to sign the Miracle League online waiver here: Register for your Miracle League Shift. Once completed please enter the GROUP CODE/PASSWORD: KildaireRotary and that will sign you up for our club's shift. Volunteers will receive reminders for their shift directly from The Miracle League.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 – Memory Café - The Memory Cafe offers Cary area residents dealing with cognitive impairment and their caregiver’s opportunity to enjoy fellowship, dinner, a program, music and dancing. Sign up to volunteer Click Here.
Friday, September 27th thru Friday, October 25th - FLAGS ACROSS THE TRIANGLE.
Help the Cary-Kildaire Rotary Club honor our veterans on November 11th with Flags across the Triangle. With your donation of either $30 (6 flags), $60 (12 flags), or $90 (18 flags), your neighborhood Rotarian will place flags in your yard by Friday, 11/8, and pick them up after Monday, 11/11.
You can make your donations Friday, September 27th thru Friday, October 25th.
Some of the activities that your donation helps us do are:
- Provide scholarships for local students
- Donate duffle bags for foster children
- Prepare meals for the Carying Place
- Support the Boys & Girls Home of Lake Waccamaw
Please visit our Donation Page to choose your quantity and make your donation.
Saturday, September 28, 2024 - Boys and Girls Home of Lake Waccamaw - 9am - 4pm Please join our Cary Interact Club as they travel 2 hours away to the Boys and Girls Home of Lake Waccamaw to participate in a service project with the Lake Waccamaw Interact Club. Assistance is especially needed to help deliver the suitcases we have collected. Lunch will be provided. Please contact Nancy Haywood, haywoodinfo@gmail.com, if you are able to participate and/or assist in delivering suitcases to Lake Waccamaw.
August:
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - School Supplies for children with Dorcas - We will bag school supplies for 400 low income children in Wake County. Sign up to volunteer: School Supply Project
Saturday, August 3, 2024 - Cary High School Grounds Clean Up Day - Support our Cary High's Interact Club (Cary-Kildaire Rotary's Youth Club) by volunteering to help clean up the grounds at Cary High, NC's oldest public high school. Sign up to volunteer: Cary High School Grounds Clean Up
Sunday, August 4, 2024, morning - Adopt a Spot - Join us and we will walk together on Kildaire Farm Rd/Maynard Rd to keep our community litter free. Adopt a Spot
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 – Memory Café - The Memory Cafe offers Cary area residents dealing with cognitive impairment and their caregiver’s opportunity to enjoy fellowship, dinner, a program, music and dancing. Click HERE to Sign up to volunteer
Saturday, August 24, 2024 - Autism Society of NC: Camp Royall Family Fun Day - Support families and let's volunteer at Camp Royall's Family Fun day. To sign up click HERE.
July:
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 – Memory Café - 3:30pm to 6:15pm - The Memory Cafe offers Cary area residents dealing with cognitive impairment and their caregivers’ opportunity to enjoy fellowship, dinner, a program, music and dancing. Click HERE to Sign up to volunteer
June:
Saturday June 1st – Miracle League Derby Rescheduled! Sign up to volunteer HERE.
Thursday, June 6th – Rotary on Tap – 5:30pm – South Line Brewing Co. in Cary
Friday, June 7th – Pig Pickin in the Park – Our largest fundraiser! Sign up to volunteer HERE.
Thursday, June 13th – Last regular meeting of the fiscal year! A CELEBRATION and look back on the history of Cary Kildaire Rotary Club as we turn 40 YEARS!! Located at DoubleTree in Cary. RSVP HERE.
Thursday, June 20th – Installation Banquet for President-Elect Joe Palumbo. It will be a magical event Located at the Hilton Garden Inn in Cary. Register to join us.
May:
Wednesday, May 8th - Miracle League Home Run Derby: 6:15-8pm – We need grillers and servers for this event – Located at Adams Elementary School in Cary. Sign up click HERE.
Wednesday, May 8th – Special Club Board Meeting: 6:00pm Topic Membership.
Thursday, May 9th – Club Meeting: 6:15pm - Located at Hilton Garden Inn – 131 Columbus Ave, Cary NC. RSVP click HERE.
Saturday, May 11th – Bloom & Zoom Race: Raising money for water projects! Sign up here for at least the 5k and all proceeds benefit our future water projects in honor of our late member Scott Rossi. For more information click HERE.
Friday, May 17th - Miracle League Home Run Derby: 6:15-8pm – We need grillers and servers for this event – Located at Adams Elementary School in Cary. Sign up click HERE.
Saturday, May 18th - Miracle League Home Run Derby: 10:45am – 2pm – We need grillers and servers for this event – Located at Adams Elementary School in Cary. Sign up click HERE.
Monday, May 20th – Margarita Monday: 5:30 pm at Superica in Cary – casual social/meetup, no rsvp needed.
Tuesday, May 21st - Memory Café: Located at the Senior Center at Bond Park Sign up click HERE.
Wednesday, May 22nd – Club Board Meeting: 6pm at Triangle Wine Company at Waverly Place. This is the last regular club board meeting for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Club Officers please email me if you will not in attendance.
Thursday, May 23rd – Club Meeting: 6:15pm- Located at DoubleTree in Cary. RSVP Click HERE.
Friday May 31st – Miracle League Derby Rescheduled! Sign up to volunteer HERE
April:
Saturday, April 6th– Autism of NC workday at Camp Royall: 9AM – 12PM. Volunteers to do light yardwork, children are welcome! Click HERE to sign up.
Tuesday, April 9th – Memory Café: Limited number of spots for volunteers! Located at Cary Senior Center at Bond Park
March:
Thursday, March 7th 5:30PM - Rotary on Tap with the USO Project at Vicious Fishes 510 Old Apex Rd, Cary. We will be packing snack bags. These will given out at RDU to Marines arriving to go to Camp LeJeune - a 3 hour bus ride. We will bring the supplies so just come and join the fun! Heather Rossi from the USO will be joining us!
Saturday, March 9th 8AM - 1:30PM Rise Against Hunger: Packing food at Glenaire Retirement Community- 4000 Glenaire Circle, Cary. All details are on the Signup Genius, shifts are 1 - 1.5 hours long. Click HERE to register.
Sunday, March 24th 8AM – Adopt a Spot- Community Clean up! Join us and we will walk together on Kildaire Farm Rd/Maynard Rd to keep our community litter free Click HERE to sign up.