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Welcome to Bow Rotary

As a member of Rotary International, The Rotary Club of Bow is an active community and international organization that seeks opportunities to help others in our community and the world. We put service above self, and we have a lot of fun doing so. We are always seeking new members to actively participate in our vocational, community, international and youth activities.

Bow Rotary Christmas Tree Sale Is ON!

The Bow Rotary Christmas Tree sale started at 2:00 Saturday afternoon November 29th at the Community Center parking lot near the town pond.

200 trees, cut Friday in the NE Kingdom of VT, were delivered Saturday at 1:00pm.

The Eric Anderson photo above, was the team of Rotarian's who unloaded and filled the racks led by this year's chair, Mike Griffin.

70 Trees were sold the FIRST DAY between 1:30 and 7:00pm!!

The best selection is always early!

All Fraser and Balsam Trees are $60

Decorated Wreaths are $35

Monday-Friday 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Saturday-Sunday 10:00 am to 7:00 pm

Rotarian Bryant Stevener by Eric Anderson

Bow Rotary receives Club Excellence Award

Bow Rotary received the 2024-2025 Club Excellence award, formerly the Rotary Citation award, in November.

The award recognizes clubs that achieve specific goals throughout the year, such as increasing their membership, engaging members in sustainable service projects, giving to The Rotary Foundation, building awareness of Rotary in your community, and having an up-to-date strategic plan. When clubs achieve these goals, they contribute to Rotary's overall health and culture for generations to come.

Annual Scholarship Auction was Live!

Our annual auction went live Wednesday November 5th at noon and closed at 6pm on Saturday, November 8th.

Here is the link to our auction page: https://bowrotary.maestroweb.com

You may still view all of the items without logging in.

We would like to thank this year’s generous Major Sponsors: Merrimack County Savings Bank and the Grappone Automotive Group!

If you have any questions, feel free to email the chair of the auction committee, Carol Niegisch, by clicking here.

Brad Abel joins Bow Rotary after children inspired him to give back

Brad joined Bow Rotary on Friday, September 19.
His children, who were members of Interact while attending Bow High School, inspired him to become a member of Bow Rotary so he can give back to the community.
He is a 20-year resident of Bow and works for Colliers while instructing for IREM (Institute for Real Estate Management).
Welcome Brad!

Photo by Matt Gatzke

Annual Changing of The Gavel

June 27th was Bow Rotary's annual changing of the gavel ceremony. Outgoing President Gerry Carrier presented a detailed view of the past year's accomplishments thanking members along the way. Gerry then handed the gavel off to incoming President Dick Swett, who thanked Gerry and presented him with his past president badge and gavel plaque to a standing ovation by the club members.

President Dick encouraged everyone to share stories of inspiration with each other. Dick would like to spend time this year focusing on international relationships. (photo by Eric Anderson)

Bow Rotary Free Summer Concert Series Kicks off June 26

The 2025 Bow Rotary Summer Concert Series starts Thursday, June 26, and continues through August 14. Concerts are free and are held on Thursday nights from 6:30-8 p.m. at the town gazebo, across from the Community Center. If it rains, the concerts are held inside the Community Center.

The concerts raise money through 50/50 raffles and snack sales with proceeds going to support projects in the Bow community. Click on "Read More" to view the full line up.

Rotary is very grateful for this year's Sponsors:

Platinum	Gold
Peter Imse	Century 21
Allied Insurance	Jack Crisp
Bow Auto Parts	Matt Dodge
Bow Plumbing and Heating	Paul Mercier
Cobb Hill Construction
Delta Dental
Twin Oaks Inspection

37th Annual Recognition & Community Service Awards Night

The 37th annual Recognition & Community Service Awards Night was hosted at the Baker Free Library on June 12. Nine recipients were recognized and received awards for their dedication and service to our community and the Rotary Club.

Rotarians read to first graders

Rotarians read customized books to first-graders at Bow and Dunbarton elementary schools on Friday, May 9. The books feature the children’s names and names of people they know and pets. At the end of the day, the children get to take the book home with them. The annual events is fun and uplifting for everyone.

14th Annual Car Show is in the books

Bow Rotary's 14th annual car show was held on May 17th. Weather wasn't perfect with periods of mist but we avoided any rain.

We had 48 pre-registered vehicles, of which 23 showed up plus 28 show day registrations giving us a total of 51 show cars.

We also had 102 voting spectators with more that didn't vote.

Here are a few photos taken by Eric Anderson. Winners photos and descriptions coming very soon.

Photo by Eric Anderson

Rotarians clean up Route 3A, hauling in 40 bags of trash

A group of 10 Rotarians cleaned up the roadside on Route 3A on Saturday, April 19, filling 40 bags of trash.

During the cleanup, Rotarians found a social security card, a title to a camper, three pairs of pants, nine non-matching gloves and a deceased beaver. The group did find fewer discarded empty alcohol bottles than in previous cleanups.

Bow Rotary participates in the roadside cleanup twice a year.

First, Second and Third place Winners Speak at Club Meeting on March 21st

Emily Fauteux
3rd Place

Matthew Kropp
2nd Place

Joseph Albushies

1st Place

Committee Chairperson Katie Minihan presented the winners with their checks.

Photos. by Eric Anderson

Bow High School senior Albushies wins first place in 4-Way Test Speech Contest

Bow High School senior Albushies takes first place in 4-Way Test Speech Contest

Bow Rotary held its annual 4-Way Test Speech Contest on March 19 at the Baker Free Library. A total of seven contestants from Bow High School participated.

All contestants spoke about personal experiences in various subjects.

Joseph Albushies, who won first place, spoke about the need for a community center in Bow and how it would create a hub and a place for community and build more meaningful relationships. Second place went to Matthew Kropp who talked about homelessness and how kindness and volunteering could build more goodwill to those less fortunate. Emily Fauteux came in third place and spoke about family hardship when her aunt had cancer and how it took a village to step in to help raise the children when her aunt was in the hospital.

Photo by Eric Anderson

2025 Bow Rotary Club Foundation Scholarship Program

The Rotary Club of Bow is announcing that our annual Foundation Scholarship Applications are now available. Due to the tremendous support of our community, the Foundation will be awarding a total of $23,000 in post-secondary scholarships and $5,000 in camperships in 2025!

Our Scholarship Program provides scholarships to graduating high school seniors who either attended Bow High School or who are Bow or Dunbarton students who attended other area high schools. Bow High School tuition student must be from a town/city either without a Rotary club or with a Rotary club that doesn't offer college scholarships.

Based on the student’s goals, there are three different types of scholarships from which to choose....

Bow Rotary Presents Scholarships to 10 Local Students

Ten students received scholarships from Bow Rotary at the January 3 meeting.
The 10 students are Maya Clough, Aiden Ciminesi, Juliette Tarsa, Julie Vose, Isabella Cannon, Alden Betterly, Sydney Ferland, Rorie Cochrane, Joseph McDowell and Liam Wells.

Six of the recipients attended the meeting in person and two attended on Zoom. All the recipients provided updates to the club, talking about life at college. Many of them are very active in sports, clubs and volunteering.

Annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest

President Gerry Carrier annually challenges the club members to wear an ugly Christmas Sweater the last meeting before Christmas. For every ugly sweater worn, Gerry will personally donate $5 for each to the Rotary Foundation. This year his tally came to $100.

Although not all who wore sweaters are pictured here, pictured below are this year's participants.
David Gazaway won the best ugly sweater this year.

Photo by Eric Anderson

Bow Rotary Donates to Bow Welfare

President Gerry Carrier passed the hat for Bow Welfare two weeks in a row and our members donated a total of $530!

The Club's Board then voted to match the member donations for a grand total of $1,060 for Bow Welfare.

Thank you Bow Rotary Members!

Bow Rotary's Sold Out Christmas Trees Sale

The Bow Rotary Club sold both Fraser and Balsam Fir Christmas trees in the Community Center parking lot next to the pond starting November 30. Trees cost $60 and Wreaths cost $35 and both were sold out in just 10 days! Thank You Bow!!

Money raised from tree sales goes to the Bow Rotary Foundation, which supports the local community.

All trees were cut way up in the NE Kingdom of VT on Friday the 29th and delivered noon Saturday and sales started immediately after.

Photo by Eric Anderson

BOW ROTARY CELEBRATES 50 YEARS!

For the Rotary year of July 2020, through June 2021, the Bow Rotary Club had planned a series of events to celebrate its 50 years of existence and service in the Bow community.

Old Town Hall Project

Last fall, in connection with the Rotary Club’s 50^th Anniversary year, we wrote about our project to update the wallpaper in the Old Town Hall. We provided a bit of history about the OTH: that it was originally built in 1847 by the same carpenter who built the Bow Bog Meeting House, that it was used from 1847 through 1956, primarily for town meetings and the work of the selectmen.

The Bow Rotary Club welcomes new members throughout the year. If you are committed to community service and interested in learning more, please email our current Club President by clicking on his or her name under Club Executives & Directors in the left sidebar.