Here Is our team from the 2015 Mission led by PDG Bob Wood, and you now have the opportunity to join us on our 2025 mission. We have just had two volunteers step off the upcoming Rotaplast Mission to Cebu departing on March 8 through 23. We need volunteers to fill the positions of Historian/Photojournalist (which includes taking photographs of the mission and blogging to the Rotaplast website) and Recreational Therapist (which is manning the pre-op room as the patients await their surgeries, handing out the homemade quilts, watching cartoons, and playing with the children). Full job descriptions are below. If you are interested in joining the team, please contact Terry Curran immediately at 617-501-3521 or TerryCurran7930@gmail.com for more information.
As always, we are still looking forward donations to support this mission. Please send checks to our Rotaplast Treasurer at Eagle Bank, Attention: Stephen Miliotis, 350 Broadway, Everett, MA 02149.
Every Rotarian has a personal reason for joining. The thing we have in common is our strong commitment to making a difference. We are generous with our ideas, our energy, and our contributions to community causes. Whether large or small, every donation to the Annual Fund-SHARE is meaningful and important.
Governor Tom Hankard introduced this year's One by One Membership Initiative at the District Installation celebration. He challenged all Rotarians to invite one person to a Rotary meeting, event, or service project during this Rotary year.
The Wakefield Rotary Club recently contributed $500 to the Scholarship Fund of Wakefield, kicking off its annual Youth Support Campaign. This donation is one of many that the club intends to make to support scholarship, youth development and vocational training this year. Club President Wendy Maguire explained, “Each month, our Board reviews a comprehensive list of programs we hope to support this year that benefit Wakefield youth. We’re very happy to continue to support Wakefield students.”
The devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area have moved so many people to want to help. Two Rotary Districts serving the Southern California affected by the fires have established relief funds to help support those in need. 
Here is an update from one of our Outbound Global Scholars, Acadia Thielking. Acadia is pursuing a Masters in Epidemiology at the Imperial College in London. She is a 2024 Global Scholar in the Rotary Foundation’s Area of Focus of Disease Prevention and Treatment
Calling all Presidents Elect, Assistant Governors, Facilitators and all others participating in NEPELS. NEPELS is Northeast President Elect Learning Seminar (formerly called PETS). 
On Friday, December 20th, not even the snow could stop about 30 Andover Rotarians, family and friends from ringing the bell in front of Andover Old Town Hall for the Salvation Army of Lawrence.
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You are invited to join us at the White Mountain Hotel & Resort in No. Conway, NH from Friday, Feb. 28th to Sunday, Mar. 2nd for our Winter Getaway. Rotarians, their families and friends are all invited.
Thank you and congratulations to the Gloucester High School Interact Club for bringing back their annual Pathways Children's Holiday Party! The party provided fun, games, goodies, lunch, and a visit from Santa to the children served by Pathways for Children. An annual tradition for many years, the children's party was cancelled for several years due to the pandemic. 
The Rotary Club of Chelsea had as a recent guest speaker Laura Cardona, Executive Producer at NBC10BOSTON and TelemundoNI.
In November, the nomination committee selected Tim Kelley, from the Reading Rotary Club as the District Governor Nominee Designate (DGND). An email announcement went out to the entire District in November indicating his selection and asking for any challenges. No challenges were submitted by any club in our District by the December 31st deadline.
At a recent “Breakfast of Champions,” hosted by the Rotary Club of Marblehead Harbor, representatives of the extensive Marblehead sailing community and leaders in the effort to improve the environment were honored. Featured speaker was Maureen McKinnon, the Paralympic sailor who won gold in the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. (The actual medal is an exquisite circle of jade.) 
All Rotary members should make promoting Rotary's Public Image a priority. Promoting PI is a proven strategy to increase your club's impact and add members.
At Beverly Rotary's last meeting in December, we had a wonderful atmosphere when the Beverly High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Adam Costa, came to add joy to our meeting. They played so many wonderful songs. We even got to sing-along! This is an annual tradition at our Club. We presented Adam with a $500 check towards expenses of the Jazz Club.
The Salem Rotary Club hosted its annual Department of Children and Families (DCF) Holiday party at Kernwood Country Club, bringing joy to foster families across the North Shore. The event featured entertainment including a visit from Santa Claus himself.
The Zone Membership Webinar Series continues January 6, 2025, at 7:30 pm. 
Each year Reading Rotary partners with ReadingCares and the Town of Reading to run the Adopt-a-Family project at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Christmas distribution day was December 19. These community partners coordinate this long-standing community giving program. Receiving families are matched anonymously with donor families and/or groups to provide meal and gifts at Christmas and meals at Thanksgiving. Donors drop off in the first shift, then recipient families pick up their food and gifts during a later shift.
Last week the Swampscott Rotary Club delivered over 85 Holiday fruit baskets to elderly, widowed and ill residents of Swampscott and Nahant.
The Wakefield Rotary Club recently announced the election of its new officers and directors at its Annual Meeting. The club elects new leadership each year in accordance with its by-laws. The 2025-2026 Board of Directors include Margie Daniels, Joie Gerrish, Mike Sullivan, Jill McWilliam, Craig Calabrese, Wendy Maguire (Immediate Past President) and Amy Luckiewicz (Past Presidents’ Representative). Suzanne Bowering will serve as Club Secretary, Barbara Worley as Club Treasurer and Frank Fiorentino as Sergeant-at-Arms. Paul Adams was elected Vice President/President-Elect and Kathy Boyle will serve as President for the 2024-2025 term..png)
