Port Hawkesbury Rotary Club closes after 64 years of service
Dave Briggs, Mary MacDonald and Dave Chatman reminisce about their years with the Port Hawkesbury Rotary Club. Briggs had the oldest membership; MacDonald was the first female President of the Rotary Club in the district; and Chatman had the longest continuous membership.
September 17, 2025
-by Beverley Phillips
Adam Rodgers, President of the Port Hawkesbury Rotary Club, opened the club’s final gathering Sunday afternoon at the Port Hawkesbury Yacht Club with a strike of the gavel on the bell.
“It’s not a funeral,” said former president Patrick Lamey, “but a celebration of what we’ve done and a reflection of how society has changed.”
Rodgers has been president of the service club for the last two and a half years. He talked about one of their highlights, the playground on MacQuarrie Drive Extension. It was a community-wide effort, and everyone came together to build it in a day. While it could be easy to be discouraged at the loss of the club, he said, “It’s not a sign that less good is being done. People will still join projects, like they did with the playground, to get things done.”
