Dear Rotarians: 

 

It’s with a heavy heart I bring to you the passing of Past District Governor, Mary Valentine Callahan - “Val Callahan,” as she was known.  For over 30 years Val had been a Rotarian, beginning in District 7910, where she was Club President, Foundation Chair, GSE leader, Assistant Governor and District Governor 2014-15.  When Val moved to Boston, the Boston #7 club welcomed her.  She became the club’s Foundation Chair.  Val was a Major Donor, Sustainer and Bequest Society Member.  

 

She will be missed by Rotarians both near and far.  Val leaves behind her husband, Rotarian Mohamed Elhanash, her two grown children and their families.  

 

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, at 10:00AM on August 26, 2023 at Trinity Church, 206 Clarendon St, Boston, MA 02111.  

 

All are welcome to attend.

Earlier this year, District 7930 advanced the idea of creating a Club designed to attract veterans and active or retired military looking to serve in their local communities.  There are already a number of great groups that are serving the needs of these individuals, but we thought with Rotary's vast network and commitment to service that there could be a way to be a resource. 

 

The 1st goal was to identify any current members who are veterans to give us feedback and to learn what clubs are already doing to support their local veterans.  We received responses from about 20 clubs that have 80+ veterans serving in Rotary in our district.  Service projects range from Flag of Heroes celebrations to food service to homeless Veterans. 

 

If your club did not get a chance to reply to the survey please take a few minutes to complete via this link https://forms.gle/1AnUjnZ7QuGCF4jv6

 

The Gloucester Rotary will publish a 12-month Cape Ann photo calendar for 2024 as a fundraiser. All profits will go to the Gloucester Rotary’s many community and international activities.

 

In Order to publish a beautiful calendar, the Club is requesting high quality digital photos that reflect the natural beauty of Cape Ann throughout the year. As we will feature one photo per month, we need images from each season: winter, spring, summer and fall. Photographs from Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester will be accepted. Full details here.

 

Entry Deadline Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 12PM. 

Tickets are $10 each or a book of 6 tickets for $50. The drawing will be held at the Woburn Bickford’s on July 27.  BBR members will be setting up a table at the Burlington Shaw’s on Saturday from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. to sell tickets.

 

To purchase tickets, please email Fran Fazio at franpf@verizon.net or mail a check to 6 Bruce St., Burlington, MA 01803.

 

Prizes include:  Personal training (value approximately $1500), auto detailing, jewelry, gift cards and scratch tickets.  Proceeds to benefit National Ataxia Foundation, People Helping People, Mental Health Awareness and other non-profits.

Has your club recently hosted an event or project or are you planning something in the near future that you would like to share with your fellow District 7930 Rotarians?

 

The weekly eBulletin depends on the content provided by clubs, so please submit your stories and we will publish them on the district website and in the next eBulletin. Stories that showcase your club or event should be submitted via the website portal at this link.

 

The deadline for submitting items for the weekly District 7930 eBulletin is Friday morning in order to be included in the following Monday's edition.  If the eBulletin being prepared is getting to be too long and the story submitted is not time-sensitive, we may choose to delay including it until the following week.

 

For some guidelines on creating stories, please read more!