COMMUNITY CORNER
Memorial Day Post Pandemic in Avalon Park different backgrounds call home. Events in Avalon Park take place After living in a yearlong pandemic, the coun- monthly and bring in a lot of traction for family try was able to come together to celebrate this and friends to enjoy. year’s Memorial Day and For Memorial Day weekAvalon Park was no exception. The Rotary Club, end, the Rotary Club comes together to place which is a non-profit miniature American flags organization that holds around the community. events within Avalon Lisa McQueeny came up Park, took this time to with this idea about six unify the community in years ago in her prior honoring the men and women who have passed community and decided to bring the tradition of serving in the military. community and patrio“The Rotary Club of Ava- tism to Avalon Park. lon Park is one club belonging to a much larger “The Rotary Club of Avalon Park simply conglobal organization, Rotary International,” pres- tinued the flag project to continue that sense of ident-elect of the Rotary Club, James McQueeney community and pride in our country,” McQueeny said, “The Rotary Motto said, “During the panis ‘Service Above Self’ and our individual clubs demic, we believe it was more important than ever serve our local commuto keep up with single nities through a variety gestures such as placing of service projects and flags.” fundraising events.” Tobi Oliveri
Avalon Park is the center of a diverse community located in east Orlando, FL. It contains 1,860-acres of neighborhoods in which many families of
The pandemic has brought a gray haze upon the world, changing the way everyone lived their lives. McQueeny and the Rota-
ry Club felt this was a perfect time to bring the community even closer together.
pier days, involvement in normal life is encouraged and will unify everyone once again.
“[I]t is a small gesture that everyone can see to remember the holiday and feel like they are celebrating.” Lana Phillips, a member of the community said.
To learn more about the Rotary Club of Avalon Park, visit Rotary.org. The Rotary Club of Avalon Park holds meetings every Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. at the Pavilion in Avalon Park. McQueeny encourages anyone who might be interested to come to check out what being a part of the Rotary Club is all about.
This past year the community has been unable to celebrate to the full extent like before the pandemic. “[W]e are excited to see more public events taking place and more community involvement,” McQueeney said. “[A]s we are slowly coming to the end of this pandemic, the events that are usually held in Avalon will come back,” Phillips said. Though the community will have to keep safety precautions in mind, everyone is excited to start getting back to the way things were before. As the world enters hap-
Sources: James McQueeney Email: jimmcqueeney@ gmail.com Phone Number: 407-3068238 Lana Phillips Email: lphillips5375@ gmail.com Phone Number: 407-6332065 Rotary Club Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/www.rotaryclubofavalonpark.org
