About Us
volinteer Events
Join our club and Central Johnston Rotary Club for an event with the Friends of Johnston County at The Little Brown Jug. We will be enjoying the cooler weather and hiking the beautiful Smithfield Neuse Riverwalk.
Join our club as we assist the Poole family YMCA provide meals for local families.
Come join the Cleveland School Rotary Club In conjunction with NCDOT Litter Sweep, join Smithfield Parks & Recreation, and the Poole Family YMCA for Earth Day Litter Pick-Up! We will meet at C3 Church parking lot for orientation. This will include a brief safety meeting and where we will be broken into groups. You'll receive safety vest, gloves and trash bags. We will wrap up at 11:30.
Our Club will be providing "J" Tops BBQ meals for our local first responders at station #1 on Sunday September the 10th. This is our way of lettings them know that their handwork and dedication is appreciated by the community.
CALANDER OF Meetings / speakers
Upcoming Events
| Title | Date | Day | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker; Sandi Bridge - NC Wildlife | 26 Oct 2023 | Thursday | 6101 NC-42, Garner, NC 27529, USA |
Past Events
| Title | Date | Day | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker: Bill Simpson - Senior Recruiter NCO US Army | 14 Sep 2023 | Thursday | 6101 NC-42, Garner, NC 27529, USA |
| Speaker: Rick Fitzgerald with Compassion Connection. | 10 Aug 2023 | Thursday | 6101 NC-42, Garner, NC 27529, USA |
| Speaker: Cal Maxwell with Miracle League | 27 Jul 2023 | Thursday | 6101 NC-42, Garner, NC 27529, USA |
| Speaker: Lesley Howard with the Red Cross | 08 Jun 2023 | Thursday | 6101 NC-42, Garner, NC 27529, USA |
| Speaker: Heather Rossi with the USO | 11 May 2023 | Thursday | 6101 NC-42, Garner, NC 27529, USA |
Fundraiser Events
We are excited to host our 4th annual JoCo Flags For Heroes. With your help, we will fly a spectacular display of more than 1500 American flags between two fields of Johnston Health: in Clayton and Smithfield. *Please indicate the Rotary Club and/or member name that asked you to be a sponsor (Cleveland).
Join The Rotary Club of Cleveland School at our Second Annual "Run for Rotary" event on April 15th, 2023. Our 5K event this year will benefit Johnston County Parks and Open Spaces. 50% of proceeds/donations will go directly to the Johnston County Parks and Open Space Program and 50% will remain with our Rotary Club to fund various service projects within our Cleveland School Community. Service projects that we have done and do throughout the year range from collecting and delivering food to local food pantries, donating supplies for toiletry bags for local homeless shelters, "Stockings for Seniors" at Christmastime that are delivered to Senior Living Facilities, to building a playground at a domestic violence shelter for children who need a safe place to enjoy the outdoors, and so much more!
club news
Zack Stephenson, our current club president was able to present Russell G Camper our club president 2022 - 2023 with a plaque for his leadership during his term. Our club has been blessed with individuals that value our club, its members, and the work we do. Thanks to our current president and all those that came before for their leadership and commitment to our club, Rotary and our community.
We are so glad to have had Smith's Nursery host both our 1st and 2nd annual 5K fund raiser. They allow us to use their beautiful nursery and trails as our course. Braxton Camper presented our 2022 plaque to Mitch and Chris Smith and Zack Stephenson presented our 2023 plaque to Mrs. Sarah Smith.
It was a pleasure to host and have as visitors Marie Howard and Nathan Thomas. Marie is currently our district Rotary foundation chair and was district governor 2019-2020. She spoke with us on how the funds we contribute are distributed and used for local and world wide projects. Nathan our current districted governor stopped by to visit and to discuss events that are going on in our district.
We were honored to present Don wells with a Paul Harris Fellow pin. The pin that displays two sapphires shows his continued financial support and commitment to Rotary and its mission.
We were honored to present Kurt Woods with the Paul Harris Fellow certificate and pin. This award recognizes Kurt's contributions for tangible and significant furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among people of the world. Thanks Kurt for all you do for our club and your community.
We were pleased to present Russell Camper, our current club president, with his new Paul Harris Fellow pin. Russell has donated $2,000.00 to the foundation and was awarded his new pin with a sapphire by Peggy Woods our 2021-22 club president. Thank you Russell for your continued support and commitment to Rotary and the Foundation.
Rotary encourages members to continue to learn the principles and philosophy of Rotary. Part of that is RLI, "Rotary Leadership Institute." They offer it in three classes, and the classes allow you to work with other Rotarians from your district on things like problem solving, team building and general club ethics.
We were honored to work with our fellow Rotary Clubs and other organizations and individuals this year to prepare 40,000+ meals for local families.
Honoring the management and staff of Lowe's for their support and hard work during our Rescues for PTSD service project.
We were able to recognize several supporters of our club. Honoring Scott, the owner of Cleveland Draft House, for providing us a place to meet. Thanks, Scott!
Club board members
Zack Stephenson
President 2023-2024
Zack is the Associate Branch Director for the Poole Family YMCA & East Triangle YMCA. Zack has been a member since 2018. He's married to Carolina Stephenson and they have two boys.
Russell Camper
President Elect 2024-2025
Russell is our club President elect for 2024 - 2025 year. Russell has been a member of our club since 2017 and is a Paul Harris Fellow. He is a Licensed GC and the owner of Carolina Renovation & Maintenance. He's married to Lindsey Camper and they have three children.
Peggy Woods
Club Executive Secretary
Peggy is our Executive Secretary for 2023-2024. She was our club President for 2021-2022 and is a Paul Harris Fellow. She volunteers training service dogs for veterans with PTSD and is married to Kurt Woods. They have 3 children.
Julie Barefoot
Treasurer
Julie is our Treasurer for the 2023-2024 year. She is one of the founding charter members. Julie is also a Paul Harris Fellow and was a past president. Julie is a CPA with a local firm and diehard Wolfpack fan.
Rotary International news
contact us
- 6101 NC-42, Garner, NC, USA
- +1-9843011356 - Cleveland School Rotary
- admin@clevelandschool.org
- 7:00 A.M. Second and Fourth Thursdays of the Month.
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