Here's your a reminder to get your donations and get fit for 2024! It’s up to you to make the difference for the children of the world, so let’s do this together! 

 

Time to get moving, put on those new exercise outfits and sneakers, and let’s all make some healthy New Year’s resolutions, and raise some serious funds for the eradication of polio! You can choose your own dates, so no excuse about scheduling!

 

How do you move: (@$25-$50 per hour?)

Clean your house; food shop; yoga or exercise class; ride a bike; ski (if you can find snow); Polar Plunge alone or with a group; join in one of the district events; use your imagination – anything goes!

 

How do you raise donations: 

Ask family members; ask club members; ask co-workers; support yourself

Either set up a Raise For Rotary page or collect $$/checks and have your club send to Rotary End Polio.

 

District Events so far:

Greetings everyone!  Salem Rotarians will participate in the upcoming "Frozen Flamingo Frolic" - an icy plunge into our cold Salem ocean waters! One of Rotary's primary initiatives is a commitment to ending Polio in the world.  Our local Frolic is Salem Rotary's contribution to this effort with Plunge proceeds going to this important worldwide initiative.  

 

Join us!

 

When:        Saturday, January 27, 2024, 10:00 am

Location:   Deadhorse Beach, 158 Fort Ave, Salem MA

Contact:    Carolyn Shapiro

 

You may even see a local celebrity joining us. Come by to cheer our plungers on, plunge yourself or simply donate to the cause below.  To donate via Square click here or via PayPal click here. 

 

Thank you for helping us to end polio in the world! Hope to see you there.

It is with a heavy heart, that we are reach out to share the news that Al Fay, our friend and longtime member of Burlington Rotary, has passed away. 

 

Al was a model Rotarian and, more importantly than that, he was the best example of a good citizen, neighbor, friend, family man, and, simply put, person. He is a true role model of what a community leader should be.  Al Fay joined Rotary 12/3/2010 and was a member until his passing.  He leaves behind an amazing legacy. 

 

Every conversation with Al was interesting and full of countless stories about his time as Fire Chief, Selectman, early resident of Burlington and more clubs and activities that we can note here.

 

Please keep Al, his wife Joyce, and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Al was truly an amazing person. Burlington will not be the same without him. Our club will miss him terribly.

 

In lieu of flowers, memorials in Al’s name may be made to the to the Burlington Community Scholarship Foundation c/o Brian Curtin 35 Center Street, Burlington, MA 01803 

Where would you go if you could dine anywhere in the world with no limits on how far you travel?

 

The Wakefield Rotary Club is hosting its fifth chance that offers the winner a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Dine Anywhere in the World Contest offers one lucky winner and a guest the opportunity to win a trip to any destination in the world of their choosing! The winner will receive round-trip airfare for two, an overnight in a 4-star or better hotel and a gift certificate for dinner to the restaurant of their choosing! 

 

Tickets cost $100.00 each and a limit of 250 tickets will be sold. 10-packs of tickets are offered at a reduced rate of $800.00 and are available to a single entrant, not groups. The winning ticket will be pulled on Tuesday, February 14th at Holiday Travel in Wakefield.

 

All proceeds will benefit the local and international humanitarian projects of the Wakefield Rotary Club, The Wakefield Food Pantry, and Wakefield Alliance Against Violence, all long-term beneficiaries of Rotary club projects. 

 

On January 10, 2024, the Rotary Club of Lynn continued with its tradition of distributing dictionaries to 3rd graders in the 18 public elementary schools in Lynn. Since 2008, the Rotary Club of Lynn has presented over 1,200 dictionaries annually to third-grade students in the Lynn Public Schools. This year marks the 15th consecutive year of this service project for the club and a distribution of over 19,000 dictionaries since its inception! 

 

The Reading Cooperative Bank continued with its financial support of this project by funding the purchase of the dictionaries. Additionally, the bank supported the project by providing the assistance of at least 11 staff members to aid in the distribution.

 

In addition to the bank assisting the Lynn School District had 15 volunteers to assist in the distribution. The Superintendent, Evonne Alvares, the Deputy Superintendent Debra Ruggiero were among the staff members who contributed their time.

 

Pictured here with Lynn 3rd graders are Rotarian Ray Bastarache, Lynn School District, Tina Hooufnagiel, and Reading Cooperative Bank's Tess Cunha and Maria Santa.

The Swampscott Rotary Club has been delivering Holiday Fruit baskets for over 40 years. These go to Swampscott and Nahant Senior Centers, Town Departments, senior citizens, widows and widowers and others who may be ill or need extra support.

 

Over the last several years we average about 80 baskets delivered each year.

 

Every year we receive numerous thank you notes and cards, but none more interesting (or impressive) as the attached thank you from Nahant resident, Calantha Sears, age 102! 

 

 

We have had to start a new D7930 Facebook Page.  Our original Page is currently out of commission.  We ask all Rotarians and friends to Like and Follow our new Page.

 

Meta has taken down our original Page.  We do not know what for.  They didn’t inform us what the flagged posting was.  This has been happening over the Rotary world.  We caution all of you to be careful what you post on your club Facebook Pages.

 

Issues which can cause problems include copyright issues and references to gambling.  Don’t use images, music or other IP that you don’t own.  If you borrow a picture from the internet, it may cause a problem.  Fundraisers that Meta may interpret as gambling (casino nights, raffles, etc.) may cause you to get snared in the FB AI net.