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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 welcomes 2 new members

Stacey McDowell and Chase Hagaman, both of Bow, joined Bow Rotary on Friday, August 21.

Photo by Eric Anderson: From left, Chase Hagaman and Stacey McDowell are inducted to the Bow Rotary Club by President Tanya Frost.

Bow Rotary seeks support from businesses for scholarship auction

Bow Rotary is looking for sponsors and item donations for its annual auction.

Sponsorship opportunities come in four tiers: Keystone $1,500, Brick and Mortar $1,000, Pillar $500 and Foundation $250.

This year’s theme is Building Dreams, Building Futures.

Each year, Bow Rotary Club awards scholarships for college, trade school and nontraditional learning to deserving high school graduates from Bow High School as well as to Bow and Dunbarton residents who attend private high schools. Financial support for children attending camp are also beneficiaries of auction proceeds.

The 2026 Bow Rotary Summer Concert Series starts Thursday, July 16, and continues through August 13. 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.

The lineup for this year’s concerts are as follows:

July 16 — Mr. Aaron
July 23 — Freese Brothers Big Band
July 30 — Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki Trio
August 6 — Knock on Wood
August 13 — No Copay

Bow Rotary's annual changing of the gavel ceremony took place on June 25. Outgoing President Dick Swett presented with an emphasis on building up membership. Swett then handed the gavel off to incoming President Tanya Frost, who thanked Swett and presented him with his past president badge and gavel plaque to a standing ovation by the club members.

Frost is excited to start her presidency with the prospect of new members joining the club.

Photo by Eric Anderson: Tanya Frost hands Dick Swett his gavel plaque.

Photo by Eric Anderson

The 38th annual Recognition & Community Service Awards Night was held at the Baker Free Library on June 11. Seven recipients were recognized and received awards for their dedication and service to our community and the Rotary Club.

The 15th annual Bow Rotary Car show was a great success, in part to the perfect weather.

151 cars entered the competition and there were some beauties as always.

The Chuck Wagon crew kept everyone fed and hydrated and the middle school Early Act kids sold goodies.

Top awards went to:
Best In Show John Baird's - 1976 Dodge Tradesman Van

Peoples Choice went to:

Allan & Judy Jones - 1967 22ft UltraVan Motorhome

See all the winners under the Car Show menu and the top of the page.

Rotarians clean up Route 3A, hauling in 89 bags of trash

Photo by Eric Anderson

More than a dozen Rotarians from the Bow and Hooksett clubs cleaned up the roadside on Route 3A on Saturday, April 18, filling 89 bags of trash.

Bow Rotary participates in the roadside cleanup twice a year.

Bow High School’s Cocola comes in first place in 4-Way Test Speech Contest

Bow Rotary held its annual 4-Way Test Speech Contest on March 31 at the Baker Free Library. A total of eight contestants from Bow High School participated.

All contestants spoke about personal experiences in various subjects.

Milo Cocola, who won first place, spoke about the phrase “How are you” and the significance of social interaction. Second place went to Alicia Johnson who talked about how Scouting is like living by the same fundamentals as Rotary. William Albushies came in third place and spoke about negative impact litter has on our lives.

Campership Applications Available
Due to the tremendous support of our community, the Foundation will be awarding a total of around $24,000 in post-secondary scholarships and upwards of $5,000 in camperships in 2026!

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.

Summer Concert Series

Planning this year's summer concerts has begun. We are limiting this year's concerts to just 5 this year, two of which have been selected.

That leaves us three that we need to select from the acts that apply.

The concerts will start at 6pm on Thursday July 9th and continue each Thursday night for 4 additional weeks.

Should the weather turn out to be unsuitable, we move the concerts into the Bow Community Center.

There is a pre-registration form in the download section on the right. Acts need to use this form to pre-register in order to be considered.

Download the Pre-Registration Form here.

You are welcome to forward any questions to the concert series committee by sending an email to bowrotary.org

Bow Rotary presents scholarships to 8 recipients

Eight students received scholarships from Bow Rotary at the January 9 meeting.

The eight students are Jaden Glace, Cole Cochrane, Emily Fauteux, Liam Miller, Hannah Pawlowski, Kristen McKeen, Gabriella Tarsa and Natalee Moltisanti.

The Bow Rotary Annual Ugly Sweater Contest was held on December 19th this year.

12 contestants competed for the recognition that you own an Ugly Sweater.

This year's winner was Bill Ames!

Photos by Eric Anderson

Bow Rotary Christmas Tree Sale Big Success!

Photo by Eric Anderson

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.

77 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

Photo 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

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.