Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte Rotaries to merge
SUN PHOTO BY BILL JONES, billjonescomm@centurylink.net
Mike Mansfield, left, president of the Rotary Club of Port Charlotte, shakes hands with Bruce Freeman, president of the Rotary Club of Punta Gorda, as they discuss the merger of the two clubs, scheduled for July 1.
In January, the “scuttlebutt on the grapevine” was that the Rotary clubs of Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda, two of seven Rotary clubs in the area, both concerned with dwindling membership, were looking for a merger partner.
The grapevine worked well, recalled Mike Mansfield, president of the Rotary Club of Port Charlotte, as he and Bruce Freeman, president of the Rotary Club of Punta Gorda, announced a merger of the two clubs, scheduled to take place officially on July 1.
