Rotary Welcomes New Member

The Rotary Club of Marco Island Noontime welcomes Rene L. Ford as our newest member. Rene was raised on the Alabama Coast where she graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Communication Arts with an emphasis on Journalism. After graduation she worked for the University as a PR Specialist. She has travelled around the world and landed in New York where she met her husband Andrew on a blind date! She says that after 33 years they are still on that blind date! Rene loves Rotary’s motto, Service Above Self, and she has always lived by that motto. She received the Lions Club of the Year award at her club in Cold Spring for her outstanding volunteer contributions. Their dream had been to retire on Marco Island and now that dream has come true. The first thing Rene wanted to do after arriving in Marco was to get involved in the community. She joined the Y, Marco Island Historical Society, Friends of Tiger Tail, contributed to Our Daily Bread Food Pantry and was a Flags for Heroes Sponsor. Rene’s interests include boating, exercise, walking, shell hunting and church Bible study. Our Club is excited to welcome Rene and Andrew into our family and to work together doing good in our community and the world. For more information about the Rotary Club of Marco Island Noontime please contact Linda Sandlin at 239-777-9200.