Rotary eBulletin (Aug 11, 2025) (Aug 11, 2025)

Rotary District 7930 eBulletin
August 11, 2025

Gloucester Pancake Extravaganza

Posted by Tracy Arabian on Aug 05, 2025

The Gloucester Rotary will hold its annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser on Saturday, August 16, 2025, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in Stage Fort Park, located on Hough Avenue in Gloucester, MA. This popular event takes place concurrently with the Gloucester Waterfront Festival, which is sponsored by the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and is held in Stage Fort Park on Saturday-Sunday, August 16-17. A special free parking area is available for Pancake Breakfast attendees.

Tickets for the Pancake Breakfast are $10 per person, $6 for children six and under, and are available in advance online here or from any Gloucester Rotarian. Tickets will also be available on the morning of the breakfast.

Proceeds from the Pancake Breakfast will benefit local and international projects of the Gloucester Rotary Club

Calling Golfers to Burlington Rotary Tourney

Posted by Tim Kelley on Aug 08, 2025

Calling Rotarian Golfers!

Join the Rotary Club of Burlington for their 36th Annual Golf Tournament on August 22 at Billerica Country Club.

Still spots available for golfers. $150 entry fee includes 18 holes of golf with cart, BBQ lunch, hole prizes, raffle, super hole in one prize, silent auction and other special prizes.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available. For sponsorship and golfer information, contact Andy Weiner. See Burlington Rotary's website.

Volunteers Needed for Reading Fall Street Faire

Posted by Tim Kelley on Aug 10, 2025

Volunteers Needed for Reading Fall Street Faire!

The Reading Fall Street Faire is coming to downtown Reading on Sunday, September 7, from noon to 5 pm, and we need your help! All Rotary members are invited, along with high school students and older—a perfect opportunity for students seeking community service hours. It’s also a fun way to meet and work alongside Rotarians from neighboring clubs.

Vendor and sponsorship opportunities are still available as well.

For details and to sign up, visit readingfallstreetfaire.com. See Volunteer opportunities here.

Questions? Contact Tim Kelley.

Clothes and Book Swap Fundraiser

Posted by Andrea Lacroix on Aug 08, 2025

The District Environmental Committee is excited to announce a District-wide Fundraiser, a Clothes and Book/Puzzle Swap. Clean out your closets and your bookcases and bring your gently used but no longer wanted items to the event (adult clothes only please). Leave empty handed, or feel free to "shop". $10 admission, food, drinks and raffle tickets available for purchase. September 28, 11 - 3pm at the Danvers Art Association - 105 Elliot Street in Danvers. This event is open to all so please invite your friends and family.

WHAT TO BRING:

Clean, gently used clothing – adult clothing only. Must be clean, stain-free and in good condition (no rips, missing buttons or broken zippers)

Books and puzzles must also be gently used, no ripped pages, no missing puzzle pieces

Melrose Confers Paul Harris Award

Posted by James Oosterman on Aug 10, 2025

On Thursday, July 31, the Melrose Rotary Club’s Immediate Past Co-Presidents (Don Putney and Mark Hutchinson) presented a Paul Harris Award to club member Ainsley Donaldson.

Ainsley, a member of Melrose Rotary since July 2006, has been the editor-in-chief of the club’s weekly newsletter, “Rumblings”, for the past number of years and has now passed that baton on to a newer member of the club. “The weekly Rumblings is a key part of keeping our club together, and it was particularly during COVID,” noted past president Putney, “It was essential at a time when activities and other communications were sparse or non-existent.”

Past-president Hutchinson also noted that Ainsley always attends our meetings and events with a contagious positive spirit, no matter her circumstances. She can always be relied upon to share a funny story or an inspirational poem, sometimes eliciting groans or a chuckle from those in attendance. Ainsley consistently shows up at our service projects including preparation or serving at our local meal site, digging in the dirt to keep our “adopt-a-site” looking fresh, keeping in contact with our former Rotary Youth Exchange students, and generally being a good sport about everything Rotary! She exemplifies “service above self” and for that, our club is pleased to recognize her as our club’s most recent Paul Harris Fellow.

Pictured are Melrose President Julie Nolan, Past President Don Putney, Ainsley Donaldson and Past President Mark Hutchinson.

Share Your Rotary Stories

Posted by Tracy Arabian and Tim Kelley on Aug 01, 2025

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. Your club's successes and events can give inspiration to other Rotarians.

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!

Rotary District 7930 eBulletin August 11, 2025

Rotary District 7930 eBulletin
August 11, 2025