Terry joined the Parkway Rotary Club of West Roxbury, Roslindale and Jamaica Plain in 2007 and served as President of the Club multiple times from 2011-2013, 2014-2015, and 2016-2018. She proudly served on the Club’s Board of Directors for ten years and also served as Club Membership Chair, Public Image Chair, Webmaster and Foundation Chair a position she still holds.

 

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:

REGISTER NOW AT: https://rlinea.org/ and then on the left side click on More Info under the heading "RLI NEA Seminar - Dist 7930-Wakefield, MA-Virtual; February 27th 2024"

 

The District Environmental Committee is up and running and wants your suggestions! If your club has an environmental committee, let's talk and discuss what you are doing and how we can work together to take your projects further.

 

Water plastics and pollinators... these are the issues the Ipswich-Rowley Club are working on.  The Ipswich-Rowley Club has a Global Grant focused on Water Conservation. We have partnered with the Ipswich River Watershed and are seeing positive results. I will be attending the ESRAG Projects Fair at the end of January to showcase this grant.

 

Is your club looking for a speaker? Please contact me, Andrea LaCroix.  I have been making the rounds at many Rotary clubs delivering a very informative talk on plastics.  I am available to speak at your club, will have giveaways to distribute and am very excited to come give in-person presentation soon!

 

May seems like it's far away, but we will begin promoting No Mow May in March.

 

Due to a scheduling conflict, the next District Environmental meeting will be January 24th at 6pm. Please email me for a zoom link.

 

Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year!

The Wakefield Rotary Club is pleased to announce its newest member, Patricia Birchem. Birchem was recently installed into the club earlier this season by Wakefield Rotary Past President, Lisa Roderick and her sponsor, Past President Amy Luckiewicz. 

 

Birchem is most interested in developing economic and community development projects along with scholarships and youth programs through her membership in Rotary. She explained her interest in joining the club, “I was drawn to the guiding principles of truth, fairness, goodwill, friendship and giving back to those in need.” She added, “I’m looking forward to making lasting change in the world and our local community by taking action through service.” 

 

Birchem is a realtor with Leading Edge Real Estate. She grew up in Medford and now resides in Wakefield with her husband Mark. The couple has two children, Isabella and Caleb.

 

Pictured here is Patricia Birchem at her Installation with Lisa Roderick.

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.

 

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