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Throughout the month of April, Springfield Rotary Club is sponsoring a diaper drive to benefit the Diaper Bank at Springfield Area Parent Child Center. Any size, any brand! Please drop them off at the following locations in Springfield: Community Bank, Edward Jones (River Street), M&T Bank, Springfield Town Library, State Farm Insurance, and VTel.

Annual Governor's Luncheon 2024

Over 60 members of the Springfield Vermont Rotary Club, Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, and guests attended the Annual Governor’s Luncheon at the River Valley Technical Center on March 12, 2024 to hear Governor Phil Scott's vision for Vermont.

Springfield Family Center on the Move

Springfield VT Rotary Club members are among those people helping in the relocation of the Springfield Family Center!

Rotary donates to Bleacher Fund

After matching a Rotary District 7870 Grant, the Springfield Vermont Rotary Club recently donated $2,000 to the Springfield Area Booster Club to support the Bleacher Fund.

Rotary honors Jeff Mobus

Springfield Rotary Club member Jeff Mobus (left in photo) is congratulated by club president Emma McGuirk for continuing contributions to The Rotary Foundation in support of international programs that promote peace, human development, and world understanding.

Kurn Hattin Christmas Project

Chester Rotary, Green Mountain Union Interact and the Springfield Rotary Club brought Christmas to the kids at Kurn Hattin Home for Children in Westminster, Vt on Dec. 14, 2023

Another Successful Stuff-a-Truck

The Springfield Rotary Club held a very successful "Stuff a Truck" event on November 18, 2023, in the Springfield Plaza to benefit the Springfield Family Center.

69^th Annual Springfield Rotary Penny Sale A Success

The 69^th Annual Springfield Vermont Rotary Club Penny Sale was held on Saturday, October 21^st at Riverside Middle School in Springfield with an enthusiastic crowd in attendance. Over 300 prizes with values from $15 to $500 were distributed. The Penny Sale netted over $15,000. Jen McQuaide was the winner of the drawing for the Grand Prize of $5,000 in cash. In addition, Sue Dowdell was the Door Prize winner, selected from the Grand Prize tickets, for $500 in cash.

2nd Annual Butterfly Release Fundraiser

The Rotary Club of Springfield Vermont is hosting its second annual live butterfly release fundraiser on Friday, August 25, 2023. Donors can purchase a butterfly to release in support of Rotary’s community service projects.

Springfield VT Rotary earns third Trex bench for Springfield community

As a reward for Springfield residents collecting more than 500 pounds of thin film plastics within a ten-week period during the Trex Thin Film Plastics Challenge, the Trex Company (Trex) provided the Springfield Rotary Club with an outdoor bench that was placed at the Park Street School overlooking the Kingsbury House by the Union Park Neighborhood Association and the Springfield Park and Recreation Department.

McGuirk inducted as new Springfield Rotary Club president

The Rotary Club of Springfield Vermont recently inducted Springfield resident Emma McGuirk as its club president for the 2023-2024 Rotary year.

Fitness project promotes health for Oglala Lakota schools

For more than a decade, members of Rotary District 7870 (New Hampshire, Vermont, USA) have been helping residents of Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The district’s service projects have ranged from making upgrades to the local nonprofit radio station, to providing laptops for students, to delivering materials for traditional quilts. District Rotarians have also partnered with South Dakota Rotary clubs to fund a makerspace for native artists.

Members honored

2nd Year of Rotary Youth Weekend Food Distribution Program Begins

(l-r): Springfield Rotary Club Director Sue Dana and Springfield Rotary Club President Karen Longo distributed shopping bags for the Rotary Youth Weekend Food Distribution Program

Springfield Rotary Club has earned its second Trex bench

Springfield residents have shown amazing support for the plastic film recycling program that started in February of this year. The Springfield Rotary Club signed on to the Trex Community Recycling Challenge, to collect and recycle soft plastic used by Trex to manufacture building materials such as decking. Communities that collect 500 pounds of film plastic within a six-month period are awarded a bench.

Springfield Rotary awards scholarships to grads

The Springfield Rotary Club honored this year's Rotary scholarship winners at their weekly meeting held on June 13th at the Crown Point Country Club.

Club Passes first 500 Pound Milestone in Trex Thin Film Plastics Challenge, Win a Trex Outdoor Bench

As a reward for Springfield residents collecting more than 500 pounds of thin film plastics within an ten-week period during the Trex Thin Film Plastics Challenge, the Trex Company (Trex) will be providing the Springfield Rotary Club with an outdoor bench that was placed at The Common.

Club plants flowers

The Springfield Vermont Rotary Club has donated the 4 flower boxes that are hanging on the Desert Storm Veterans Bridge near the Senior Center.

Club receives two district awards

At the May 8, 2023 Springfield VT Rotary Club meeting held at Crown Point Country Club, Rotary District 7870 Governor Randell Barclay presented two awards to the Springfield Rotary Club.

Gov. Scott address Rotary and Chamber

Governor Phil Scott was the featured speaker at a joint meeting of the Springfield Vermont Rotary Club and the Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce held on May 2nd at River Valley Tech Center.

Springfield Rotary Stuff a Truck event brings in ½ ton in food, items for Springfield Food Shelf

Rotarian Project chair Ed McQuaide and Springfield Rotary President Karen Longo spearheaded another successful Stuff A Truck event to benefit the Springfield Family Center on Apr, 22 at the Springfield Plaza

Springfield Rotary Club Welcomes New Members

Five new members recently joined the Springfield Vermont Rotary Club and were inducted by Club President Karen Longo at ceremonies during the weekly club meeting held on Tuesday, March 7^th at the Nolan Murray Center.

Plastic Film Recycling at Springfield Town Library

Springfield Town Library is collaborating with Springfield Rotary Club's project to remove plastic film from the waste stream. "This project empowers residents to elevate their knowledge of the volume of plastic the world generates and helps solve the plastic waste issue."

Trex, a company that makes outdoor items from recycled materials, first rolled out its recycling challenge to schools and communities in 2006. The initiative gives communities a six-month period to collect 500 pounds (or more) of plastic bags and film — also known as polyethylene films or plastic that can be stretched — and if that goal is met, the community receives an earth-friendly Trex bench, according to the company.

Springfield Rotarians have until the end of June to secure their free bench made from recycled materials.

Springfield Rotarian Charter Member of PolioPlus Society

At a recent club meeting, Rotary 7870 District Governor Randell Barclay presented Springfield Rotary Club member Liz Carey with her PolioPlus Society pin and certificate

January is Rotary Awareness Month

Do you know who your local Rotarians are and what they do? Springfield Rotarians work to “Serve to Change Lives” of those less fortunate in our community and in the world.