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Welcome to Lake Havasu City Rotary Club
Lake Havasu City Rotary

Rotary People of Action

We meet In Person
Mondays at 12:00 p.m.
Shugrues Bridgeview Room
1425 McCulloch Blvd N,
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
United States of America
Phone:
(928) 486-5968
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Francesco Arezzo, a member of the Rotary Club of Ragusa, Italy, has been selected by the Board of Directors to become Rotary International’s president for 2025-26. Arezzo will become president on 1 July.

 
 

The Board conducted a special session following the unexpected resignation of RI President-elect Mário César Martins de Camargo on 8 June. Guided by the RI code and policies, the Board selected the new president-elect from a pool of candidates who were considered by the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in August 2023.

The 2025-26 presidential message, announced at the 2025 Rotary International Assembly in February, will remain Unite for Good, which calls on Rotary members to be a force for unity in a world increasingly divided by politics, geography, and ideology. Through service projects, Rotary brings together people of every background — across races, religions, and professions — in a shared mission to do good in their communities.

Arezzo is an orthodontist in private practice. He is active internationally as a member of the Italian, European, and American orthodontics associations. He is vice president of the National Association of Italian Dentists for the province of Ragusa and was the founder and head for seven years of the delegation for Ragusa of the National Trust for Italy. He is a Knight of Honor and Devotion in Obedience within the Sovereign Order of Malta.

A Rotary member for more than 30 years, Arezzo has served as vice chair of the Joint Strategic Planning Committee and as RI director, learning facilitator, and as district conference presidential representative.

Arezzo is a Major Donor and Benefactor of The Rotary Foundation. He is married to Anna Maria Criscione, an entrepreneur in the tourism field. They have two children.

Mário César Martins de Camargo, a member of the Rotary Club of Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil, has notified Rotary International that he will resign from the role of president-elect and will not serve as president. In a letter to RI President Stephanie A. Urchick on 8 June, he said that personal reasons and business obligations prompted his decision. In a later message, de Camargo indicated that he will continue to be an active Rotary member and to serve his community.

A Rotary member since 1980, de Camargo was selected to be the 2025-26 RI president by the Nominating Committee for President in August 2023.

"We greatly appreciate Mário's 45 years of leadership and service to our organization and the tremendous pride his nomination created among Brazilian Rotary members," Urchick said in a letter to Rotary members. "I am certain that Mário will leverage his experience and will continue to contribute to the growth of Rotary in Brazil and around the world. I want to thank Mário and Denise for their hard work and dedication to Rotary over the past 20 months. We wish Mário well."

The RI Board of Directors will meet to determine the process to select a new 2025-26 Rotary president.

Rotary International

 
 

 

Mário César Martins de Camargo

Rotary International President 2025-2026

Rotary Club de Santo André

São Paulo, Brazil

Mário César Martins de Camargo is a business consultant to the printing industry and former director of Gráfica Bandeirantes, a printing company founded by his father. Under de Camargo’s leadership, the company expanded to be a supplier of printed material for clients in Brazil and elsewhere in South America.

De Camargo attended military school and graduated from a secondary school in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, during a Rotary Youth Exchange program. He had a yearlong internship at MAN Roland, a printing press manufacturer in Offenbach, Germany, before he earned his undergraduate degree at the Fundación Getulio Vargas’ São Paulo School of Business Administration. He also received his law degree from the Faculty of Law of São Bernardo do Campo.

He has led numerous professional associations, including as president of the Brazilian Association of Graphic Technology and ABIGRAF, the Brazilian Printing Industry Association. He was also delegate director of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP) in the National Confederation of Industry, vice president of FIESP, and vice president of the Latin American Confederation of the Printing Industry. He received the Printing Leader of the Americas award from the Printing Association of Florida and the Global Presidential Print Award from NPES, the Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing, and Converting Technologies.

De Camargo joined Rotary in 1980 at age 23. A past director and trustee, he will be the fourth RI president from Brazil. He has volunteered for numerous roles including RI learning facilitator, zone coordinator for the Avoidable Blindness Task Force, Latin American coordinator for the Health Concerns Task Force, RI president’s representative, and Council on Legislation representative. He has also served on committees including the RI Membership Growth Committee, The Rotary Foundation Programs Finance Committee, and the International PolioPlus Committee.

De Camargo says he is continually impressed by Rotary’s global reach. “With Service Above Self, Rotary has created a unique global identity that is unlike any other I know,” he says. “I think we all need to remember that we belong to an organization that opens up the world to us.”

During the start of the COVID pandemic in 2020, de Camargo took on two projects: studying for (and passing) the bar exam — 38 years after attending law school — and learning Italian. He also enjoys reading history and biography books and appreciating good wine.

De Camargo has received The Rotary Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award. He and his wife, Denise, are Major Donors and Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation.

 

Jim Schmidt
District Governor 2025-2026

 

 

Jim joined the Mesa Baseline Rotary Club at age 28 and immediately served as Treasurer for several years, chaired all the avenues of service on the Board, and then served as President in 1994-1995. When the club merged into Mesa West in 2015, he assisted in the integration of the Clubs and Foundations and went on to serve as Club president in 2019-2020. He is passionate about Rotary’s vision and is a graduate of Arizona Rotary Leadership Academy and Rotary Leadership Institute.
 
Jim recently retired as a renowned tax adviser and business consultant for the public accounting firm of Schmidt Westergard & Company (now Forvis) where he led the firm as the managing partner for over 15 years. He was a respected leader of BKR International, an international association of more than 150 accounting firms in over 80 countries. He has served on the boards of various community organizations including PHX East Valley Partnership, Arizona Chamber of Commerce, Banner Health, and other professional and civic organizations. He also has extensive Church leadership experience.
 
Jim and his wife Rosalyn have 8 children and 36 grandchildren. They enjoy traveling and meeting good people everywhere, having visited all 50 states and 56 countries and counting. Jim enjoys volleyball, golf, pickleball, mountain biking, hiking, snorkeling and any sport or activity his children or grandchildren are involved in.
Community organizations, businesses, and individuals banded together to rid Lake Havasu City of discarded trash. Saturday morning welcomed between 750 and 1,000 volunteers and 25 organizations at various clean-up sites. Founder and co-chair Carrie Hemme of Earth Day Lake Havasu said many locations were visited, including parks, beaches, highways, the desert, walkways, and waterways. Divers of Lake Havasu Scuba and the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office participated in select areas. Lake Havasu City Rotary Club shared event sponsorship with Republic Services, UniSource Energy Services, Lake Havasu Marine Association, partnering Rotary Clubs, and the City of Lake Havasu.
 

Michelle Holcomb
District Governor 2024-2025

 
 
 
 

Michelle Holcomb will serve as the District Governor for 2024-2025

  • Michelle has been a member of The Rotary Club of Fountain Hills since 2010 and served as club president in 2015-16, 2016-17, co-president in 2018-19 and again in 2021-22.
  • She has served as a District 5495 Assistant Governor for 2019-21 and is currently serving her third year as an AG.
  • She is a graduate of the Rotary Leadership Institute and PETS.
  • She is a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and Pinnacle Presbyterian Church.
  • Her achievements outside of Rotary include serving on the Rio Verde Community Association Board of Directors for six years, chairing the Rio Verde Architectural Committee for six years and helping form the Fountain Hills Business Alliance.
  • Michelle’s 27-year real estate career has expanded to include a contracting business which she and her husband, Gary, enjoy working together.
  • Golf and gardening are her favorite leisure time activities.
 

Stephanie A. Urchick

President-elect 2023-24

Rotary Club of McMurray

Pennsylvania, USA
 

Stephanie Urchick is a member of the Rotary Club of McMurray, Pennsylvania, USA. She will serve RI as president in 2024-25. She has been an RI director and Rotary Foundation trustee. She has served RI in numerous capacities, including as training leader, regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, and RI president's representative. In addition, Stephanie was a representative and member-at-large to three sessions of the Council on Legislation.

Stephanie has also served as chair of the Rotary Strategic Planning Committee and The Rotary Foundation's Centennial Celebration Committee, as well as a member of various Rotary committees, including the Election Review Committee and Operational Review Committee.

A Rotary member since 1991, Stephanie has participated in a variety of international service projects, including National Immunization Days in India and Nigeria. In Vietnam, she worked with clubs to help build a primary school and traveled to the Dominican Republic to install water filters. A student of several Slavic languages, she has mentored new Rotary members in Ukraine and coordinated a Rotary Foundation grant for a mammography equipment and a biopsy unit for a hospital in Poland. In its commemorative book, the Rotary Club of Krakow, Poland, noted Stephanie as a key figure for helping the re-birth of Rotary in post-Communist Poland.

Currently, Stephanie is helping to partner clubs and districts in the U.S. with Rotary clubs in Albania, Kosovo, and Ukraine for humanitarian and educational services.

Stephanie's professional background is in the higher education, consulting, and entertainment industries. She received her doctorate degree in Leadership Studies from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has been recognized and awarded by The Rotary Foundation and numerous community and international organizations.

Chuck Langerfeld has decided to retire from Lake Havasu City Rotary Club.  Thank you for being a charter member and charter president!

 

 

 

Kevin Pitts
District Governor 2023-2024

 

Kevin Pitts will serve as the District Governor for 2023-2024.

He joined the Rotary Club of Prescott in 2005 and has been an active member since, both at the club and district levels. He served as president of the club in 2007-08 and in 2018-19.

His experience living in Mexico gives him ties to that country and he has followed that passion, serving as international service chair for his club and as the co-chair of the Mexico-USA Friendship Conference and Global Grants Exchange.

He also has an interest and background in teaching and has served as District Rotary Leadership Institute Coordinator, as well as a PETS facilitator. He is currently serving as Assistant Governor.

He was awarded the district’s Champion for Peace Award in 2019 and served as a chaperone in 2018 for Interact Ambassadors traveling to Africa as part of the Crutches 4 Africa service project.

He is a financial advisor and partner at Stratos Wealth Partners and is married to Past District Governor Elizabeth Mahoney. In his spare time can be found in the wild, fishing and hunting with his three sons. In addition to his sons, he has four grandchildren and two dogs.

Save the date for next year's event- Jan 18th – 21st, 2024.

Starting Thurs. at 12 noon, through Sun. at 3 pm.

 

RV Reservation will reopen Sept 5, 2023 for 2024 festival

Sponsored by:


Lake Havasu State Park (Windsor 4) 171 London Bridge Road,
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403

 
 
 
 

Another great Earth Day Rotary Day of Service clean-up

 
Thank you you all three of our Rotary Clubs and the community of Lake Havasu City that got out and helped clean up our town!
Rotarians make a difference every day!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

We had a  great time celebrating Taylor as the incoming President and being Thankful for what Current President Sally has done this year!

 
Here is a short video of the day!
 
 
 

Congratulations to our much deserved Co-Rotarians of the Year

Carrie Hemme and Ross Johnson

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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Rotary International President-elect Jennifer Jones wants members to imagine the possibilities in the change they can make to transform the world.

Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, revealed the 2022-23 presidential theme, Imagine Rotary, as she urged people to dream big and harness their connections and the power of Rotary to turn those dreams into reality.

“Imagine, a world that deserves our best,” Jones told incoming district governors on 20 January, “where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference.”

Jones, who will make history on 1 July by becoming Rotary’s first female president, gave a live online address to precede Rotary’s annual training event for district governors from around the world, the International Assembly. The assembly was rescheduled because of the COVID-19 pandemic and will now be held virtually 7-14 February.

Jones told the incoming governors about a chance she took when a member asked for assistance in getting a young peace activist out of Afghanistan during the U.S. troop withdrawal last year. At first unsure how she could help, she relied on “that certain Rotary magic” and contacted a former Rotary Peace Fellow she had met a few years earlier. Less than 24 hours later, the activist was on an evacuation list, and soon she was on her way to Europe.

Engaging members through meaningful responsibility

To better engage members, Rotary needs to “adapt and retool,” Jones said, using her hometown as an example. Windsor was once the automotive hub of Canada. But after plant closings left thousands without work, the city needed to retool, in the same way an auto plant would, preparing for new parts or a new model. Now, Jones said, Windsor is a leader in agribusiness and medical and aerospace technology.

For Rotary, “finding the right ‘part’ to engage each member should be our core function,” Jones said. “It comes down to the comfort and care of our members.”

Engaging members is crucial to retaining members, she said, adding that we need to ask members what they want to get from Rotary and give them meaningful responsibilities.

“It is our offer of hands-on service, personal growth, leadership development, and lifelong friendships that creates purpose and passion,” Jones said.

Imagine, a world that deserves our best where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference.

Embracing change also means embracing new club models, Jones said, as she asked the incoming governors to form at least two new innovative or cause-based clubs during their term. “Let’s make sure we engage our members so they love their clubs and their Rotary experience,” she added.

Jones also announced the appointment of a Rotaract member as a Rotary public image coordinator and said that she has included Rotaractors on several committees and will assign some Rotaractors as president’s representatives.

“We have been entrusted with leadership in our great organization,” Jones said. “Now it is up to us to be brave and intentional in our actions, and let others help us lead.”

Jones noted that Rotary has little time left to achieve the RI Board of Directors’ goal of having women make up 30% of Rotary’s members by 2023. Rotary has achieved this in more than 110 countries, she said, but it has a long way to go. She pointed out that Rotaract has already achieved 50% female members.

To raise Rotary’s profile, Jones plans to hold a global impact tour that will include talking with leaders about working together to address the world’s most pressing challenges. “Rotary opens these doors and we need to harness our connections, to deepen these relationships and create new partnerships,” Jones said. “And the best part is, this can happen at every level of leadership.”

Jones closed her address by saying that although we all have dreams, acting on them is a choice we make. When an organization like Rotary dreams about big things like ending polio and creating peace, she said, it becomes our responsibility to make them happen. “You don’t imagine yesterday,” Jones said, “you imagine tomorrow.”

Please join as we raffle off this beautiful 14k White Gold with 1.52 total carat gem weight Patriotic Ring that was donated by Sanchez-Hawkins Fine Jewelers.
 
All proceeds to benefit the Baumkirchner Family as they deal with the medical expenses for their 3 year old son who needed to have both of his leg amputated
 
 
Please contact any Rotary Club Member - Tickets also available at Sanchez-Hawkins and at Horizon Community Bank-  ask for Becky Goldberg
Lake Havasu City Rotary Club President

2025-2026

Becky Goldberg

 

Rotary 5495 AG RIVER- Lake Havasu Area
 
2025-2028
 
Stephanie Martin
 
Rotary 5495 District Governor
2025-2026
 
James Schmidt
 
Rotary International President

2025-2026

Francesco Arezzo

 
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays:
  • Andrea Helart
    July 1
  • Joe Kovach
    July 10
  • Chealene Howe
    July 12
  • Betty Sarjeant
    July 13
  • Jenny Tocker
    July 19
  • Ginny Sautner
    July 22
  • Erica Sanchez-Hawkins
    July 27
  • Cameron Moses
    July 28
  • Elias Coury
    July 28
  • Kay Patel
    July 28
Spouse/Partner Birthdays:
  • Lisa Pilafas
    July 7
  • Darren Lanahan
    July 12
  • Steve Hawkins
    July 18
Anniversaries:
  • Scott Le Grand
    Georgette
    July 10
  • Mike Ward
    Kelli
    July 22
Join Date:
  • Carrie Hemme
    July 1, 1995
    30 years
  • Jaime Festa-Daigle
    July 5, 2019
    6 years
  • Troy Stirling
    July 10, 2023
    2 years
  • Cameron Moses
    July 18, 2011
    14 years
  • Chealene Howe
    July 19, 2024
    1 year
  • Jodi Biasiucci
    July 19, 2024
    1 year
  • Katelyn Deparini
    July 19, 2024
    1 year
  • Rick Riegler
    July 19, 2006
    19 years
  • Cal Sheehy
    July 20, 2005
    20 years
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