28TH Annual Melbourne Beach Rotary
Pineapple Man^TM Triathlon

A Global Network of Community Volunteers

Melbourne Beach Rotary

Rotarians go out of their way to find ways of being of service to their local community. Over the last couple of decades, our local club has been of service to Melbourne Beach and contributed to Rotary projects around the world. Sometimes our projects are big and noticeable. But, often our contributions are meaningful yet know only to a few. Either way the to focus is always on service to the community.

The Melbourne Beach Rotary meets weekly on Tuesday mornings at the BeachStreet Eatery, Ocean Avenue, Melbourne Beach. If you are interested in joining us, breakfast is served at 7:30am. The meeting ends promptly at 8:30.

Rotary Pineapple Man Triathlon™ -
How Is The Money Spent?

What began as an innovative idea for charitable fund raising has become an institution in our community. Hundreds of endurance athletes from around the state look forward to racing on our course each year. And, the local community looks forward to cheering the athletes onward.

Over the last twenty plus years, the Rotary Pineapple Man™ has allowed our club to make meaningful contributions to community projects at home and humanitarian projects abroad. Rotarians tend to be business oriented people who understand how important it is to be careful when spending charitable funds. We like to fund projects with definable goals and specific results.

Recently, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial that highlighted one of our international Rotary projects – Polio Plus, a very successful program that has the goal of wiping polio from the face of the Earth. The Wall Street Journal reported that Rotary’s efforts represents “the most successful private healthcare initiative ever”. With or without this level of praise, the good new is that we are almost there. After immunizing two billion kids, we have polio on the run.

Using a portion of the proceeds from last year’s Pineapple Man race, we were able to immunize 10 children for every participant in the race. With about 300 athletes were able to directly protect 3,000 children from this dreadful disease. And, they will never be able to pass the disease on to others. What a powerful contribution to the health of the world!

We were also able to continue our efforts at funding historic preservation in Melbourne Beach. Over the years we have helped to restore historic buildings and maintain locations of historic significance. We believe that these efforts have made this community a better place to live – and hold a great triathlon.