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 On Friday, November 6th, Foundation Chair Alley Boucher presented to the club two new members of the Polio Plus Society.  John Court and Amy Daley have committed to donate at least $100.00 each year towards Polio.  We still have a way to go to declare a Polio Free World.  Each dollar given will help a child from getting this dreadful disease.  Many children under the age of 5 die from polio.  Because of their commitment a child will walk.
In the picture from left to right is Club President John Jude, Amy Daley, Foundation Chair Alley Boucher and John Court.
The children around the world thank you for your comittment.
This picture is of Gilford Rotarians who built this years Gilford Old Home Day Float. From left to right we have President Elect Russ Lunt, Vice President June Hibbs, Anne Jalbert, Jason Taylor and Club President John Jude.  The float that they built for this years Old Home Day Parade depicted the theme " There's No Place Like Home".  It won first place and the club received the first place ribbon along with a check for $85.00.  Great Job spreading the word about Rotary.
 
 
Today, Membership Chair, Alley Boucher inducted Gilford Rotary's newest member, Anne Jalbert who was sponsored by June Hibbs.
Anne has worked as a volunteer at Camp Resilience and has been a Big Sister to a young lady from Laconia.  Anne has also raised money for Lakes Region
Children Fund.  Gilford Rotary is happy that Anne decided to join our Rotary Club.  Welcome Anne.
 
In the picture from left to right is Club President Chris Collias, membership committee member Carol Scattergood, Membership Chair Alley Boucher, New member Anne Jalbert, her sponsor June Hibbs and membership committee member, Linda Swenson.
This morning Membership Chair Alley Boucher  inducted Gilford Rotary's newest member, Jason Taylor.  Jason is an Independent Financial Advisor who is looking to do hands on projects and to help give back to the community.  In the picture from left to right  are membership member Sandy McGonagle, new member Jason Taylor, Membership Chair Alley Boucher, Jason's sponsor Russ Lunt, membership member Carol Scattergood and Linda Swenson.  Gilford Rotary welcomes Jason as our newest Rotarian.
March 20th and March 21st, our future incoming Gilford Club Presidents attend the President Elect Learning session in Lebanon, NH.
Our 2026-2027 Club President will be John Jude who is shown on the right side of the attached picture.  Following John will be Russ Lunt for the Rotary year of 2027- 2028, shown on the left side of the picture.  In the middle is June Hibbs who will be Gilford Rotary President in 2028-2029 Rotary year.
 
Gilford Rotary is proud to have such excellent leaders leading our club.  Best wishes to all of them in their years as Club President.
On Friday, January 13th, Alley Boucher presented a check from the Lakes Region Casino in the amount of $8984.95.  Our ten day gambling days were from January 1st through January 10th, 2026.  On January 9th around 24 Gilford Rotarians gathered at the Casino for dinner and a night of gambling.   Great fun was had by all who attended whether they won or lost.
On November 21st, Foundation Chair, Alley and Co- Foundation Chair Dave along with Club President, Chris Collias honored Christine Holmes as a new PHF member of Gilford Rotary.  Chris generously donated $1000 to the Polio Plus Campaign making her a PHF.  Thank you Chris for saving children from getting Polio.
On October 24,2025, Membership Chair, Alley Boucher inducted Gilford Rotary's newest member, Scott Laliberte who was sponsored by John Beland.   Scott is a former School Administrator of Gilford schools. He has worked many Gilford Rotary events before becoming a Rotarian.  We welcome Scott as he looks forward to being part of Gilford Rotary and helping with our club events.  From left to right is membership committee person, Sandy McGonagle, John Beland, Membership Chair, Alley Boucher, new member Scott Laliberte and Club President Chris Collias.
On September 15, 2025, Foundation Chair Alley Boucher and Co-Chair Dave Pereira were honored to recognize Rick Moses with a Paul Harris Fellow plus 5 pin.  This means that donations to the Polio Plus Foundation have totaled $6,000.  Rick is a big supporter of the Polio Plus Fund since he himself had polio at a young age. His generous contribution over the years have helped many children from getting Polio.  Thank you Rick for your support of the Rotary International Polio Plus Fund.
This morning, Membership Chair, Alley Boucher inducted our newest Gilford Rotarian John Court.  John is sponsored by Rick Hopper.  In the picture are Membership Committee members, Sandra McGonagle and Carol Scattergood along with Membership Chair, Alley Boucher, our newest Rotarian John Court, his sponsor Rick Hopper and Gilford Rotary's Club President Chris Collias.  Welcome John to our family of Rotary.
DG Donna Deos from Bow Rotary Club visited Gilford Rotary this morning, August 8, 2025.  Donna is the 6th woman DG in District 7870.  The picture shows her with PDG Alley Boucher who was the 2nd woman DG and PDG Sandra McGonagle who was the 4th woman DG in our district.  The picture shows PDG Sandy with her theme banner of Be a Gift to the World, Alley showing her theme as Make Dreams Real and Donna as Unite for Good.
Today, Membership Chair, Alley, inducted our newest Rotarian, June Hibbs.  June transferred to our club from Waterbury , VT club.   She is an event and meeting planner. Gilford Rotary welcomes her as our newest member.
 
In picture from left to right is, Membership Chair, Alley, newest member June Hibbs, her sponsor Linda Swenson and membership committee person Nancy Carsen.
Here is our newest club member, Bob Bolduc, sponsored by Greg Lemay and inducted as a member by Interim Membership Chair, Alley Boucher