From left, Annapolis Rotary Club President Bill Regan, Public Relations Lane Director Mary P. Felter, and Randy Goff, chairman of the 65th annual Rotary Crab Feast, accept the Legacy Award and citations from the Anne Arundel County Council and County Executive during the 2011 Project Hall of Fame induction luncheon sponsored by the Volunteer Center for Anne Arundel County held Nov. 10, 2011.
Annapolis Rotary Project wins Legacy Award
Annapolis, MD (Nov. 10, 2011) – Annapolis Rotary Club President Bill Regan, Public Relations Lane Director Mary P. Felter and 65th annual Crab Feast Chairman Randy Goff accepted the 2011 Project Hall of Fame Legacy Award during a celebratory luncheon in Annapolis on Nov. 10, 2011. The event was sponsored by the Volunteer Center for Anne Arundel County.
Since 1946 the volunteer membership of the Rotary Club of Annapolis has coordinated and staffed a community event now known as the “World’s Largest Crab Feast.” It is held rain or shine the first Friday each August at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, and has become an annual summer time tradition that brings the community’s diverse populations together. Attendance ranges from 2,000 to 2,500 each year and has been as high as 3,000.
The club donates the net proceeds from this event to civic and charitable organizations that improve the quality of life for the community and touch as many lives as possible. More than $1 million has been awarded since the first crab feast and last year alone the club distributed grants of more than $46,000.
It takes 200-250 volunteers each year to make this event a success and club members of all ages are expected to participate. The standard joke for new members is that their first crab feast assignment is cleanup! Club members truly exemplify “Service Above Self,” a key tenet of Rotary International.
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