PDG Bob Wood Memorial Heroes' Celebration is November 12 at the Andover Country Club 5:30 pm. Clubs are asked to honor a Hero, who for this event must be a Military Veteran or in Active Service in the Military. Hero may be a Rotarian or non-Rotarian.
Here is the link to register attendance for the event. Please register your Military Veteran Hero/PHF and any guests that may be coming. Your club will be responsible for payment for your honoree and any guests.
Special guests are:
RI Director Chris Etienne
US Representative Seth Moulton
And guest speaker: Retired Brigadier General Jack Hammond from Home Base
Please consider cancelling your meeting the week of November 12.
Hero Submission. Please use this form to submit your Rotary Club's Veteran/Military hero for our Rotary. This information will be used for the slideshow to be shown during the event, so it is vitally important that we receive your Hero Submission no later than October 15th, 2025! Military Hero Submission Form.
Paul Harris Points Transfer Form. In addition to filling out the above online form, please fill out the Rotary International Form, which you can download as a PDF document. Download form here.
This form is required to transfer 1,000 PHF recognition points from your club to the person you are bestowing a PHF recognition to - it has been pre-filled for your convenience with some of the details. All PHF Transfer forms should be sent to District Foundation Chair Anne Lewis who will send in all forms and received all pins and certificates for the event.
If you don't have enough points for a PHF contact DRFC Anne Lewis to see if the district can support your club with points. Anne will be sending out instructions for your PHF but in the meantime if you have one picked email Anne the form as she will send into RI.
Grant for Home Base. Please let Joan Arsenault, thewellbeing@comcast.net, know if your club is able to contribute to the GRANT for Home Base. We need to raise $10,000 to support this grant. The total grant is $20,000 and the District is providing $10,000 from TRF DDF. To date, the Rockport club has committed $1000 to this grant. The grant provides back packs to veterans and their families with supplies for the intensive mental health program to help reduce suicide risk. In addition, the grant will be buying flags for the Memorial Day Flag Garden on the commons. These flags are for fallen heroes since the civil war. Rotary will be involved in packing the back packs as well as setting up and removing the flags.
Silent Auction Item. We are asking each club to donate a $100 or more SILENT AUCTION ITEM to raise money for our Rotary Foundation. Click here to report your Silent Auction Item.
This is going to be an outstanding event. Let's pack the house!!!!