Greater Brandon Gets A New, Merged Rotary Club

The FishHawk/Riverview Rotary Club meets noon on Mondays at Beef O'Brady's on Bell Shoals Road in the Greater Brandon community of Valrico.

Posted Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:30 am ET|Updated Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:34 am ET

Two fledgling Rotary clubs have merged in the hopes of creating a larger, more vital club.

The Riverview Rotary Club has joined forces with the FishHawk/Bloomingdale Rotary Club to create the FishHawk/Riverview Rotary Club.

"We felt the combined clubs would enable us to do bigger and better events," said Christopher Jones, president-elect of the new club.

According to Elijah Heath, past president of the FishHawk/Bloomingdale club, the merger brings the total number of club members to about 30.

The Riverview club was founded in 2002 while the FishHawk club was started in 2008.

The Riverview Rotary Club previously met on Mondays at the Italian Kitchen Cafe, 6915 U.S. 301, Riverview.

The FishHawk/Bloomingdale club met Mondays at Beef O'Brady's Irish Pub, 4330 Bell Shoals Road, Valrico.

For more, read the Bloomingdale Patch article, "FishHawk, Riverview Rotary Clubs Merge."

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