The Ipswich-Rowley club on Saturday, July 22 had a table at Northern Lights Farm Stand, 243 High St, Ipswich 10 am - 12 pm to advocate and educate on the need for conservation of water in our lawns and gardens.

This is part of ongoing work funded by the global grant Save the Ipswich River: The Lifeblood of Our Communities to create an advocacy toolkit to save our river. You can access the Rotary Grant Toolkit here.  Stay tuned for the launching of a district wide training on how you can spread the word on water conservation at garden centers near you!

 

Check out the Northern Lights Farmstand here.
 

The Wakefield Rotary Club is collecting new school supplies for students in Wakefield and the Dominican Republic. The public is invited to donate two new school supply items. One item will stay local and given to the Wakefield Boys and Girls Club. The second item will be donated to a school/orphanage in the Dominican Republic.

Wakefield Rotary Club Secretary Suzanne Bowering explained, “We know kids here in Wakefield need school supplies and the Boys and Girls Club is positioned to know which kids need the most. We’re thrilled to partner with them to distribute the supplies locally.” She added, “And as part of Rotary’s mission abroad, we know that kids in the Dominican Republic also need supplies, so we’re asking people to donate to those kids too. This way, one item is kept local, and one item is going abroad.”
 

3 - 2 - 1 Blast Off!  A local STEM organization, Science Club for Girls Rocket Program received support from the Cambridge Rotary Club to visit with women astrophysicists and engineers at the Center for Astrophysics at Observatory Hill.

Four professional women engaged the middle school and high school students to think about future travel in space to remote planets and hear about the women’s college and career tracks. The final part of the visit was to the rooftop telescope and view the astronomical photographic plate stacks of 50- to 100-year-old images and learn about the Women Astronomical Computers who worked at the Harvard College Observatory.  It was a fun and engaging morning! 

Winchester Rotary awarded seven Winchester High School graduates over $25,000 in scholarships for the upcoming college year. The winning students were Claire Lupien, Dorothy McCarthy, Claire Kutylo, Lucy Patalano, Kaitlyn Donato (all pictured above), Ayesha Ghosh, and Inaam Bhanji (not pictured). Rotarians Kurt Heisler and Brian LaPointe, Co-Presidents (Pictured).

The Winchester Interact Club welcomed six new officers for the coming school year and thanked the outgoing leaders for their leadership and a successful year. The club was proud to support three students for RYLA this year.