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I want to thank you for all the support and encouragement that you have given me this Rotary year. Being your district governor is an honor and a privilege that I will hold in my heart, forever!
The Rotary Club of Acton-Boxborough invites you to join us on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, at Acton's Quail Ridge Country Club, for our 29th Annual Presidents Golf Tournament. Because this is one of our largest fundraisers of the year, we welcome and appreciate all players and all sponsors.
Our Environmental Action Group's next meeting was supposed to be on July 6. Because EAG is holding its first-ever Climate Cafe on July 22, the July 6 meeting will not be held.
Robert "Bob Erickson, a longtime member of the Rotary Club of Acton-Boxborough - as well as long-time leader of his club and our district - passed away at the age 93 on June 23 in Windham, NH. He exemplified the Rotary motto: Service Above Self. He lived every day by Rotary's Four-Way Test, and was a Paul Harris Fellow.
(This June 12 story in the Sentinel & Enterprise was written by Cherly A. Cuddahy, editor for community news, who also took the accompanying photos.)
The United Nations World Oceans Day, celebrated this [June 8], was set remind us of the major role the oceans have in our everyday life, with the purpose of the day to inform the community of the impact of human actions on the ocean and develop a worldwide movement to protect the environment. In observance of World Oceans Day, the [Rotary Club of Leominster], in partnership with the Leominster Department of Public Works, was busy stenciling storm drains in the city on [June 10] with “Don’t Dump, Drains to River,” to stress the importance of having only clean rainwater flowing into the storm drain system. The group stenciled over 200 drains throughout the city.
The Rotary Club of Charles River held a flagpole-dedication ceremony on June 10 at John J. Lane Park in Natick, at to honor the late Neill Osgood, who had been a club member and treasurer for 33 years, for his volunteer service as a Rotarian. He passed away in November 2019.
The newly chartered Rotary Club of World Disability Advocacy is the most diverse club in District 7910 - and maybe even the world. The 20 charter members represent eight countries - and 18 of the members are new Rotarians. It is also a comparably young club, with the average age being around 32.
Sylvia Kiggundu, of the Rotary Club of Needham was born in Uganda, northwest of the capital city of Kampala. She still has family there. Many people there are day workers, toiling during the daytime to buy food for that evening.
Robert Mosher Jr., of the Rotary Club of Weston-Wayland, never seeks the spotlight. Instead, he always delivers quality results. And he does so, collaboratively.
The cover story of June's District Newsletter is Celebrating Our Wild West DisCon '21, held online on Friday, May 21 and Saturday, May 22. Scores of Rotarians attended each of the daily sessions, moderated by District Governor Diana Nestorova.
John Grew Jr., of the Rotary Club of Brookline, has been a faithful member of this club since 1988. Throughout that time, he has been a model Rotarian behind the scenes – a silent supporter, always ready to help when his club needed him.
Four members of the Rotary Disabilities Advisers Group, one of District 7910's newest cause-related committees, are actively engaged in service of people with disabilities.
Sandra Joyce was the first woman honored to join the Rotary Club of Hudson, and served as president in 1987, for one term. Recently, she passed away peacefully.
Barbara Robichaud has been a member of the Rotary Club of Athol-Orange for more than 30 years. She is a past president, a past secretary, a past board member-at-large, and currently sergeant arms. She has always been the “go-to” Rotarian who volunteers for all fundraising and project committees.
As Rotarians, we are often invited to support projects that are taking place in areas far from our homes. Many times, we do not know the participants, but we are also drawn to their cause. One of our members, who has volunteered in Haiti, brought to the attention of the Rotary Club of Northborough the need for educational support materials for an ongoing project in Haiti.
Mark Minnucci, a member of the Rotary Club of the Brookfields and director of student services for North Brookfield, mentioned at a September 2020 club meeting that he had been designing and building - at his own cost- prototypes of desktop “barriers” for the public schools in North Brookfield. Their purpose was to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
In May, our district's Social Equity Task Force and the Rotary Club of Needham held an online Diversity Book Fair. This was a coordinated effort with seven elementary schools in Needham, to help ensure that local children could see themselves in a more diverse set books that they read in their classrooms at school.
Here is the last Rotary Public Image Update for this Rotary year. Congratulations to all of you all for your leadership and perseverance during a challenging year. You did it!
Karen Fusco, of the Rotary Club of Fitchburg, has performed all the duties of being secretary of her club - and so much more. Since March 2020, she has set up and hosted all of the Zoom sessions used for the club's regular weekly meetings. When the club's bulletin editor took a leave of absence to care for a family member, Karen took over those responsibilities, too.
Ken Masson, of the Rotary Club of Merrimack Valley, has embraced the call for diversity, equity and inclusion in multiple ways this Rotary year. He personally has sponsored two new members to his club, broadening its demographic mix and improving its female representation while lowering club members' median age.
Anne Hentz, of the Rotary Club of Acton Boxborough, is a person who does far more than might be expected. She doesn’t care who gets the credit - and finds a way to get the job done.
Ray Pfau, of the Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley, has participated in numerous local community-service projects during the past year, including writing weekly letters to the senior residents in Bolton, making face shields, delivering masks, and stuffing a town police cruiser with donated food. He also helped to start up and promote an aging-in-place program for the Town of Bolton as well as bring his club into the program for support.
A multi-Rotary-club food-packaging event, to benefit Rise Against Hunger, exceeded its goal to package at least 20,000 meals in two hours. The group actually packaged 23,500 meals over several hours due to generous fundraising and lots of overtime work from volunteers.
On happy tails, District 7910’s cowgirls and cowboys have giddy-upped into the sunset following our 2021 Virtual District Conference! On May 21 and 22, we celebrated our hootin’ and hollerin' Wild West hoedown! Huge congratulations to all Rotary clubs and members that received awards and recognitions.
We had lots of fun with interactive games and contests, and rewarding silent and live auctions. Hearty congrats to all of our Rotary clubs and members for a darn tootin’ successful Rotary 2020-2021 year.
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