District 7930 eBulletin

August 6, 2018

Rotary Foundation Celebrates Unsung Heroes

Posted by Joan Arsenault on Aug 06, 2018

Rotarians have a tradition of supporting the Foundation by honoring others. On November 8th, join District Governor Bob Wood at the Sheraton Four Points in Wakefield to celebrate an unsung hero in your community.

Designate a Paul Harris Fellow Recognition as a tribute to a person who has made lives better in your community and/or around the world, demonstrating shared purpose with the The Rotary Foundation and its six areas of focus: Promoting Peace, Providing Clean Water, Saving Mothers and Children, Supporting Education, Growing Local Economies, and Fighting Disease.

Join us as we celebrate that special person who wakes up every morning and puts others before himself/ herself and dedicates his or her life to helping others in need, truly embodying the rotary motto “Service above Self”!

Register here. For more information, contact Joan Arsenault.

Service Above Self: Ipswich Rotarian Bob Snow

Posted by Bob Gravino on Aug 05, 2018

One of the community service project that the Rotary Club of Ipswich is involved in is maintaining the 9/11 Memorial and Garden in the Town of Rowley. The memorial honors the three Rowley residents who were killed on American Airlines Flight #11 on September 11, 2001, and was dedicated on September 8. 2012. The memorial is made from a piece of steel from the World Trade Center in New York City. In the spring and fall of the year, a work party of Ipswich Rotarians spend a Saturday morning sprucing up the garden and planting seasonal flowers to keep the area beautiful and to honor the memory of the married couple and woman who lost their lives in the tragedy of 9/11.

Rowley Select Board member and Ipswich Rotarian Bob Snow received a call in late July from a resident who lives across the street from where the married couple lived in Rowley. She asked Bob about the Memorial and who took care of it. The caller told Bob that the married couple’s oldest daughter was coming from California for her 30th high school reunion in the near future and asked if someone might clean up the Memorial and Garden. This was the daughter that the couple were flying out to visit on 9/11.

Without hesitation, Bob contacted the local garden center that donates plantings for the semiannual work on the garden, removed the old spring plantings and put the donated arrangements in the ground, arranged for the watering of the new plants, and replaced the worn American flags at the memorial with new ones provided by the Rowley Fire Department.

Be the Inspiration. Thank you, Bob Snow.

Rockport's 22nd Lobsterfest

Posted on Aug 05, 2018

The Rotary Club of Rockport is hosting its 22nd annual Lobsterfest, rain or shine, on August 11 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the American Legion Hall Bandstand at Back Beach.Tickets are still only $25, and include a hot boiled lobster, clam chowder, corn on the cob, a roll, watermelon and soda or water. There will also be a cash menu of burgers, hot dogs, chips, beer and wine. Two Weeks from Everywhere will provide live entertainment.

Tickets are still available at the John Tarr Store, Village Silversmith, any Rockport Rotarian or call 603-721-1038. Advanced tickets are recommended.

The LOBSTERFEST will be followed by the Town of Rockport’s annual fireworks show, and the town will be illuminated for the occasion. Come for the day and enjoy the fun! For more information visit our website. Proceeds to benefit Rockport Rotary Club Community and International Service Projects.

Wilmington Ice Bucket Challenge

Posted by Mike Burns on Aug 05, 2018

The Wilmington Rotary Club will hold their 4th Community Ice Bucket Challenge on Saturday, August 18, at Rotary Park at 10:00 am.

This year, we are also offering a "leadoff package" fpr a night at Fenway. Included are two tickets for the Red Sox/Cleveland Indians game on Monday, August 20th. Seats are in the third base grandstand, section 24, row 9, seats 9 & 10. Also a $50.00 gift card to Eastern Standard eatery, a five minute walk to Fenway plus a $ 50.00 gift card to the Red Sox Souvenir Shop complete this terrific package. To bid on line, go to Rotary Club of Wilmington, Ma.on Facebook or by phone, 978-944-0155. The lucky high bidder will be notified at the Ice Bucket Challenge.

It's important to note that ALL MONEY raised from this event will go directly to A. L. S. Research.

Gloucester Pancake Breakfast

Posted by Tracy Arabian on Aug 05, 2018

The Gloucester Rotary Club will hold its annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, August 18, 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 Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce on Saturday-Sunday, August 18-19, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. both days. A special FREE parking area is available for Pancake Breakfast attendees.

Tickets for the Pancake Breakfast are $8 per person and are available from any Gloucester Rotarian or at the following Gloucester locations: North Shore Health Project, 5 Center Street, Rose Baker Senior Center, 6 Manuel F Lewis Street, Bank Gloucester, 160 Main Street, Cape Ann Savings Bank, 109 Main Street, and Institution for Savings, 4 Parker Street. Tickets will also be available on the morning of the breakfast.

Proceeds from the Pancake Breakfast will benefit the Rose Baker Senior Center, North Shore Health Project, the Cape Ann YMCA Teen Leaders and projects of the Gloucester Rotary Club.

Share Your Club's Stories

Posted by Tracy Arabian on Jul 23, 2016

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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