Question -- How was the meal packing event in Bedford last Saturday?

Answer - It was awesome. We overshot our fundraising goal of $17,000 and actually raised $17,974. We actually packaged 61,776 meals bringing our six year total to 370,872 meals.

 

We had representatives from Burlington Breakfast club, Burlington Lunch club (both District 7930 clubs + their interact clubs too), the Billerica club, Concord club, and 37 members of the Bedford club. All 270 volunteer slots were filled two weeks ago and all slots were filled in both sessions Saturday.

 

Rotary – Making a Difference!!!

 

For the 28th year in a row, the RC of Southborough partnered with Southborough DPW to hold an annual Earth Day Cleanup event in town.

 

This is a popular community service project that many in town look forward to participating in when spring rolls around.  Volunteers checked in at 8:00 am on Saturday April 21st at the DPW office. They selected a cleanup area from a large town map on display & DPW volunteers made of who was going where for cleanup work. This simple process makes it easy to see what cleanup coverage is achieved.

 

Volunteers were given trash bags, and could also snag this year’s  event t-shirt that included the event sponsors listed on the back. Then they headed out to clean up their designated areas. DPW estimates 1-2 trucks worth of trash is gathered each year by volunteers at this event. At noon crews gathered for pizza lunch, also organized by Rotary, at the downtown gazebo. New this year was the RC of Southborough also offering volunteers free tiny trees as part of District 7910’s participation in the worldwide Rotary Arbor Day initiative to plant 1.2 million trees worldwide. The tiny trees were a big hit with the kids!

 

Marc Hamilton

5 Years in Rotary

Paul Harris Fellow +2

 

Testimonial of Club President, Jacquelin Apsler/Service Impact

 

When a social service organization has someone as competent and dedicated as Marc Hamilton supporting the many activities of the organization, peace in general and resolution of inevitable conflicts are much easier to maintain. With conflicts and confusions readily resolved with Marc’s help and direction, the economic and community development supported by our many service projects locally and globally are greatly reinforced and enhanced.
 

Founded in 1922, the Rotary Club of Framingham has been serving the Framingham Community for over 96 years.  The Club has announced that May 12th will be Service to Framingham Day with specific community needs addressed by the 40+ members, their families and the Interact Club students of the Fuller Middle School!! 

 

The Multi-District Rotary Addiction Prevention Task Force has had two recent meetings. It is clear that Rotarians in Massachusetts, New England and around the world are aware of the addiction crisis facing our nation, and they want to help.

 

 

(morning, afternoon or evening) or more at ryla7910.org

 

 

MIT Rotaract is a part of the college branch of the larger Rotary International service organization. Rotary’s motto is “Service above self,” and they take on large international projects like working to eradicate polio.

 

Joseph was involved in Rotary in high school, an experience which inspired him to revive the club at MIT as a freshman. The club has recently received official approval and will begin taking on projects serving the local community through the end of this semester and next semester. Their goal is to get into direct contact with low-income communities and provide advocacy services such as resume workshops as well as volunteering in shelters.

 

These students share their advice to other students interested in service -- use the talents you have, whatever they may be, to give back.