The Lake Nona Lunch Rotary Club is making a difference. Madame president Maurita Sutton-Brown and its members continue to be a community service club. Maurita and her husband, David H. Brown, were inducted into the club in 2016 as charter members, along with other business and social leaders in the community. She has served on many projects the club has offered throughout the years. The club has supported projects in our community for nonprofits, hospitals, local schools and more.
Sutton-Brown has resided in Lake Nona for nearly 10 years. She and her husband focused on making sure her children created a life for themselves that they love. Her Ph.D. candidacy in psychology and her entrepreneurial businesses have strengthened her to share her life with her community, along with rotary’s motto: “service above self.” What keeps her going and leading in all she does is her passion to serve the diverse community and make a difference. You can become familiar with her works at a general rotary meeting every second and fourth Tuesday of each month.
Rotary International is a global network of 1.4 million people and over 45,000 clubs serving their communities worldwide, consisting of neighbors, friends, leaders and problem-solvers. The goal is to create lasting change to unite the world by taking action through visions and real commitments. The passion, energy and action to sustain projects to their completion are shared responsibilities to better our world. Sutton-Brown joined her local club to support education, promote peace, protect the environment, and save mother and children, to list a few services. Rotary does much more, and she loves to serve where and when she can. Rotary’s mission states: “We provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through our fellowship of business, professional and community leaders.”
The Rotary Club of Lake Nona Lunch has been a part of great lasting change by serving the community through service projects. The club is currently serving Lake Nona at the Ronald McDonald House, serving the programs: Share-A Meal, Adopt-A-Highway (sign has been placed on Narcoossee Road) and Million-Meals (Publix pick-up and deliveries). Our service projects are open to our club members and to the community. Sutton-Brown’s chosen Act of Kindness service project for 2021-22 was the Christmas in July – Blankets & Socks Donations. By December, the club and community collected over 50 blankets and 200 pairs of socks. The donations were given to the homeless at Eola Park in downtown Orlando to over 40 homeless men and women.
Rotary Club of Lake Nona Lunch members are serving and making lasting change in their community. Our annual fundraising event this year is the “Heroes Gala” to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House. This year is the 4th Annual Award Ceremony acknowledging first responders on their outstanding achievements during the pandemic, representing the workplace and commitment to serving the Lake Nona community. Physicians, firefighters, police officers and many more community leaders will be awarded at 6 p.m. on June 11 at the Lake Nona Wave Hotel. Follow the Rotary Club of Lake Nona Lunch’s Facebook page and Eventbrite link to purchase tickets to our event. There is also an opportunity to choose an Unsung Hero of Lake Nona.
