Tickets are on sale now for the Thursday, May 16 Suds & Buds party with a purpose -- the premier spring event in Hampton Roads. Click here to reserve your party spot. Suds & Buds will start at 5:30 p.m. at Norfolk Botanical Garden in its rose garden while roses are at their peak. Proceeds will benefit the botanical garden, Rotary Club of Norfolk charities and Special Olympics of Virginia-Chesapeake. Your ticket gets you garden admission, delicious food from area restaurants, two adult beverages and live music by Lewis McGehee plus a fabulous evening of fun.
Rotarians, including Ina Diepold-Wassmer turned out in force to view the Chrysler Museum of Art's photo exhibit musician Paul McCartney took in the Beatles' early days. Julie Keesling, a museum docent and past Rotary Club of Norfolk president, gave an overview of the special exhibit. After the exhibit, Rotarians enjoyed a fun social at the Virginia Club hosted by club members Ben Mason and Linwood Beckner, who are both past Rotary Club presidents. A culinary highlight was the crab dip made by current club President Jeff Wells. 
After Rotarians spent days labeling 15,400 books for every Norfolk Public School elementary student, boxes of books needed to get to 34 elementary schools. While various Rotarians delivered to a school or two for the All-District Reads program, Rotarians John Ehehalt and Kelly Stefanko teamed up to deliver books to 16 elementary schools. Along the way, they met appreciative school staff members like this reading specialist at Jaycox Elementary. 
Dr. Marilyn Gowan was among the Rotary Club of Norfolk members who put Rotary labels in copies of "Frindle" to be given to all Norfolk Public School elementary students for the spring All District Reads program. All students will read the same book with their families and have discussions. Volunteers also delivered boxes of the books to the city's 34 elementary schools. 
Members of the Norfolk Collegiate Interact Club joined Rotarians in unloading what looks like a gajillion boxes of Girl Scout cookies that arrived recently for Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast members to deliver to customers. The Rotary Club of Norfolk sponsors the Interact Club whose president is Evan Wallach, son of Rotarian Dr. Diane Wallach. 
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