Welcome to the Rotary Club of Rochester Southwest
Are you an established professional who wants to make positive changes in your community and the world? Our club members are dedicated people who share a passion for community service and friendship. Becoming a Rotarian connects you with a diverse group who share your drive to give back.
 
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Member Spotlight: Vera Versteeg
We are very proud to introduce our newest member, Vera Versteeg! Vera has been a proud, caring, and giving member of the Rochester community since 1993. She, her husband, Lawrence Jones, and their two children. Freida and Franklin have lived in the 19th Ward of Rochester for a number of years then moved to the Highland Park Neighborhood. In this chapter of life, the kids have left the nest, Lawrence manages Harbor House and Vera works at L3 Harris.
 
Vera’s roots go all the way to Klamath Falls, Oregon, where her parents still reside. She attended Stanford University and then did her graduate work at Cornell where she met Lawrence who is from Geneva, New York. Her professional expertise is in the area of materials science, optics, and semi conductors. She is a Process Engineer in the Optics field. When she is not absorbed in all things math and science, Vera enjoys, bicycling, walking, painting & drawing, gardening, cooking, and community music groups where after a 35 year hiatus, she enjoys playing the baritone sax!
 
Vera has a long history of commitment to community service. She has volunteered with Family Promise, and occasionally she works with the Genesee Valley Land Trust. She gives back to her profession as a member of Optica which is a professional society of individuals and companies with an emphasis interest in optics and photonics. This active woman joined Rotary in 2024 because she wanted to pursue community projects as part of a team. She also knew many of us from the past and felt a connection. We welcome her!!
Earth Day 2024
In honor of Earth Day 2024, the Rotary Club of Rochester Southwest hosted its third annual Parks & Trails New York Canal Clean Sweep at the Genesee Waterways Center, Rochester, NY! We were joined by over 30 members of our community including representatives from Assemblyman Damond Meeks office, Scouts from Pack 1965 the University of Rochester’s Clean Lung Society and Rebecca Murray, Program Manager for Parks and Trails NY. Over 20 bags of garbage were collected along the two-mile stretch of the Erie Canal adopted by our Rotary Club. Thank you to everyone who pitched in on this sunny, windy, cold, rainy, cloudy day!
 
 
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Books for the World Packing Parties
This year, the Rotary Club of Rochester Southwest has been actively participating in District 7120's Rotary's Books for the World (RBFTW) initiative by collecting, sorting, and packing books scheduled for disposal which might otherwise be thrown into landfills, shredded or incinerated. The Second Wind Foundation then ships them to third world countries around the world where educational resources are greatly needed. Books are distributed to needy schools, some of which have no building, no books and no school supplies, with many teachers saying they never before had books from which to teach. Many of the children this project reaches have never held a book, let alone learned how to read one.
 
Karen Emerson, Donna Sarnacki, Marv Knoeck, Ni Whyte, and Germain Knapp volunteered in February
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Neighbors Eat Out Fellowship Event
 
 
On Thursday morning, January 25, six Rotarians attended our Neighbors Eat Out Fellowship event at the Chili Family Diner. Community members were invited to join us to see old and new neighbors while supporting a southwest Rochester business.
 
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Club Executives & Directors
President
Glenn Cerosaletti
President Elect
Karen Emerson
Vice President
Karen Rogers
Secretary
Lisa Norwood
Treasurer
Marvin Knoeck
Rotary Foundation
Marvin Knoeck
Membership
Lisa Norwood
Youth Services
Jack Best
Rotaract Advisor
Marcy Richer
Club Webmaster
Lisa Norwood
District Liaison
Wanda Martinez-Johncox
Immediate Past President
Lisa Norwood
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A labor of love

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Meeting Information
Rochester Southwest
We meet In Person & Online
Thursdays at 5:30 PM
Arnett Branch Library
310 Arnett Boulevard
Rochester, NY 14619
United States of America
We meet on the FIRST Thursday of the month, in-person and via Zoom! Our dress code is casual. Email us ahead of time at rotaryclubofsw@gmail.com to ensure that the location hasn't changed.
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