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:
I simply enjoy helping people. I feel it’s best for my actions to speak for me. – Jack Sullivan
“Real happiness is helping others.” I joined the Rotary Club mainly for community service and was happy that I was able to participate in our first Service Saturday! – Deb Boyajian
My daughter, Ankita, and I were happy to work at the Wayside Youth
Center assembling health packets and helping with re-organizing the closet. It is always fun to work with Rotarians from different clubs and we were happy to have had a chance to make a difference in the lives of Watertown youths who will go to the Center in the future. – Sanjay Deshpande
Center assembling health packets and helping with re-organizing the closet. It is always fun to work with Rotarians from different clubs and we were happy to have had a chance to make a difference in the lives of Watertown youths who will go to the Center in the future. – Sanjay DeshpandeWho doesn’t like helping others? If you are a Rotarian it is in your blood. It was a privilege serving in the community and it was a lot of fun! – Unknown
Service Saturday was a great opportunity for Rotarians and community members to come together and give back to organizations that do so much for the people of Watertown and surrounding communities. It was events like these that inspired me to join Rotary and participate in activities for the betterment of our community. – Anthony Donato
If interested in finding out more about the Watertown Rotary or future service projects, please visit https://portal.clubrunner.ca/