Francesco Arezzo is an orthodontist in private practice and owns an agricultural enterprise that produces extra virgin olive oil in Sicily.
Arezzo is a graduate of the University of Padua and a member of the Italian, European, and American orthodontics associations, as well as the Italian and European lingual orthodontics associations. He is a dentistry graduate of the University of Cagliari, where he also received a master’s in lingual orthodontics.
He has served as vice president of the National Association of Italian Dentists for the province of Ragusa and was the founder and head for seven years of the Ragusa delegation to the National Trust for Italy.
Arezzo is also the owner of an agricultural enterprise and producer of extra virgin olive oil in the Monti Iblei region of Sicily. He has been vice president of the administrative council of the consortium controlling and regulating quality production of oil in that region. He owns two boutique hotel settlements there. He enjoys modern art and opera.
A Rotary member for 36 years, Arezzo has served as vice chair of the Joint Strategic Planning Committee and as RI director, chair of the 2023 Melbourne Convention Committee, learning facilitator, and district conference presidential representative, among other roles.
He is married to Anna Maria Arezzo-Criscione, an entrepreneur in the tourism field. They have two daughters and two grandchildren. His daughter Raffaela spent a year in Florida as part of a Rotary Youth Exchange. Francesco and Anna Maria are Benefactors and Major Donors to The Rotary Foundation.
Rotary Theme for July
Every day mothers risk their lives giving birth and millions of children die each year from treatable, preventable causes. At least 7 million children under the age of five die each year due to malnutrition, poor health care, and inadequate sanitation. To help reduce this rate, we provide immunizations and antibiotics to babies, improve access to essential medical services, and support trained healthcare providers for mothers and their children. Your Rotary projects ensure sustainability by empowering the local community to take ownership of healthcare training programs.
Through grants from The Rotary Foundation, Rotarians improve access to essential medical services for mothers and their children. These efforts are aimed at reducing the number of children under age five who die each year because of malnutrition, inadequate health care, and poor sanitation – a figure that is currently estimated at 7 million.
According to another estimate, more than 80 percent of maternal deaths can be prevented with access to reproductive health services and trained health care workers. Rotarians provide education, immunizations, birthing kits, and mobile health clinics to support these causes. Women are taught how to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission, how to breast-feed, and how to protect themselves and their children from disease.
Edmonton West Changeover
Cheers to a new Rotary year!
At our Changeover Meeting, we celebrated the incredible work of our outgoing President Darryll White and the 2024–2025 board—thank you for your leadership and service!
We’re excited to welcome Lorne as our incoming President along with the new 2025–2026 board. Here’s to a year of fresh ideas, strong fellowship, and continued community impact!
Golf FUNdraiser
What a fantastic day on the greens!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Rotary Club of Edmonton West Charitable Golf FUNdraiser — from our amazing golfers to the amazing and dedicated volunteers who helped make the day a success.
We enjoyed beautiful weather, great company, and a lively auction — all in support of the great things our club aims to achieve.
A very special thank-you to Spencer for organizing this event once again and helping lead one of the biggest fundraisers our club holds each year. Your efforts make a tremendous difference to the work we do all year long.
Next years event is already booked for July 23, 2026....save the date!!
What a fantastic day on the greens!
