Rotary Club of Watertown held its first Service Saturday on February 24 with over 40 Rotarians and non-Rotarians in attendance. Clubs that participated included Watertown, Wachusett area, Needham, Newton, Weston-Wayland, Marlborough, Westborough, Nashoba Valley and Brookline. Also participating were 2 Interact Clubs, one from Watertown and one from Newton South.
The day started out at The Watertown Boys and Girls club where projects sites were described. The five service sites included Wayside Youth Center, The Residence at Watertown Square, Watertown Health Center, The Carroll Center for the Blind and The Harvard Square Homeless Shelter. Volunteers then divided into teams and went off to their sites where they cleaned, organized, made health packets, painted and spent time with elderly patients. After the service project was over, all gathered back at The Watertown Boys and Girls Club to share their experiences and discuss why they all came out for the event:
On behalf of District Governor Gaffney and the District Hurricane Relief Committee I would like to extend our gratitude to the following clubs for their generous contributions.
This list is official and current as of February 20th. It consists of both club contributions as well as individual member contributions. Donations have been pouring in and if you don’t see your club’s name, it will show up as soon as your checks have been posted.
Join us as we salute the 2017-2018 Rotary Service Heroes. This year’s Rotary theme is Rotary: Making a Difference and DG Karin’s number one goal is to strengthen clubs and strengthen communities by increasing the hands-on service that each club is doing.
Each club President has been invited to nominate one “service hero.” It can be someone from their club who should be recognized for what he or she has done in their club, in the community, or beyond.
The recipient should be someone who has strongly demonstrated “Service Above Self,” and may be an “unsung hero” who has not previously been recognized for his or her efforts.
The recipient could also be a non-Rotarian whose actions are in line with the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self.”
2017-18 President of Rotary International, Ian Riseley, has asked Rotary clubs to show their commitment to addressing climate change by planting a tree for every member.
This spring, District 7910’s clubs will plant at least 1500 trees – one for every Rotarian in our district. Tree planting is a great way to combat global warming,g/Stories/clubs-order-your-trees-from-the-district-make-a-difference-plant-a-tree beautify our communities, and generate positive publicity our clubs.
District 7910 will support clubs by purchasing trees in bulk at a discount. These trees may be reserved by your club, in groups of 25 trees, for $50 per 25 trees. Each seedling tree will be potted, so the trees can easily be distributed to Rotarians, students, and partner agencies. Your club may choose to apply a Rotary sticker to the tree’s pot for some projects.
Why attend District Youth Day? -- MAKE NEW FRIENDS/MAKE HISTORY/MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Rotary District 7910 is hosting a district-wide YOUTH DAY on March 17th in Acton from 11:30am to 5pm. Participants will include Interactors, Rotaractors, RYLAN’s and Exchange students. There will be two tracks for students:
Track 1 will be a competition/workshop for Project Soar. Clubs can enter their prototype for the design, materials and art work to be chosen for the community-arts project with The Revolving Museum in Fitchburg known as Project Soar to build the world’s largest paper airplane. For more details on this project, see the link: http://therevolvingmuseum.org/project-soar/
Track 2 will be a train-the-trainer session with the Interact project known as Peer Leadership and Depression Prevention.
This event will be a fantastic day of making new friends, making history and making a difference for youth from across our District. Please make sure your youth clubs are aware of this event! For more information or questions, please contact District Co-Interact chairs, Bob Anthony at bobanthony@adolescentwellness.org or Sharon Spaulding at ses@spauldingco.com.
The next Rotary Means Business event in District 7910 will be held on Wednesday, March 14th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the SHERATON Framingham.
The cost is $15 for Rotarians and $20 for non-Rotarians until March 12th. It will be $20 at the door. Light appetizers will be served and a cash bar will be available.
District 7910 and District 7930 are collaborating to support another opportunity for clubs to make a difference doing “service” by providing meals to veterans at The New England Center and Home for Veterans (NECHV) located near Government Center in Boston.
The Week of Rotary covers 12 meal service shifts spread out between May 21 and May 27, in honor of Memorial Day. By proudly partnering with NECHV, you help to ensure that Veterans of every era have the resources they need to live with dignity and independence.
We look forward to hosting you at our five-district 2018 Summit at Mount Washington!
As of February 1, we have about 400 registered participants.
Fellow Rotarians, we look forward to being with you at this exciting and historic event! Join over 500 Rotarians from Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Quebec and Vermont, at the beautiful Mount Washington Resort on May 4-6, 2018.
District 7910 Rotarians,
Why attend District Youth Day? -- MAKE NEW FRIENDS/MAKE HISTORY/MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
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