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Date: Saturday October 18, 2014
Time: Door open at 7:00 p. m. Show begins at 8:00 p. m.
Place: Chelmsford Radisson 10 Independence Drive Chelmsford, Ma.
Three Comedians Featuring Juston McKinney
"Snacks" provided - Cash Bar
A great selection of baskets will be raffled off during the evening!
For tickets ($25), call 978-256-8772 or see club members.

Chelmsford Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank A. Tiano received the “Service Above Self” award for his various contributions to the club over the past year. The Chelmsford Rotary Club donated over $2,500 worth of backpacks and other school supplies to the Chelmsford Public Schools. Pictured with Dr. Tiano are Len Doolan and Rotary President Carla Pond.

Pictures -  Leonard Doolan and Sean Moriarty, Tom Curran (gray suit), George Simonian (bow tie)

Rotary Hears About "Lion's Pride Campaign"

      The members of the Chelmsford Rotary Club welcomed Tom Curran and George Simonian at their meeting on Monday.  Simonian, Executive Director of the Chelmsford High School Alumni Association, introduced Curran who spoke about the Association's new "Lion's Pride Campaign".  Curran explained the unique and important services provided by the Association and why the Association needs to raise money to insure financial stability in the future.
      The association is best known for it's Hall of Fame.  Each year 9 are inducted based on their contributions while in school and in the community after graduation.  It is not an athletic hall of fame.  Scientists, doctors, radio personalities, teacher, business leaders, actors etc. are included.  The Association also has an endowment fund of $1.3 million which supports 105 scholarships.  The Association publishes an outstanding alumni magazine, The Lion's Pride,  three times a year and has an "Authors' Corner" in the high school's "Learning Commons".  There are 101 books in the collection published by 70 authors who graduated from CHS.  Currently, a mentoring program is being developed to help link students and graduates with people who work in career field of interest or a university being considered.
      The CHS Alumni Association hopes to hire a director to carry on the various programs.  The current dues structure is no longer provides adequate financial support for the continued growth of the organization.  The community will be hearing more about the campaign as it gets further underway.

Moriarty Welcomed as Rotary Member

     Sean Moriarity was inducted into the membership of the Chelmford Rotary Club at it's most recent meeting.  An employee of Enterprise Bank, Moriarty is a 2002 graduate of Chelmsford High School and was honored as a "Student of the Month" by the club during his senior year.
He received a Rotary information packet and membership certificate from Leonard Doolan and a membership pin from President Carla Pond.
   

District #7910 Governor Valentine Callahan and Assistant District Governor Pam Anastasi visited the Chelmsford Rotary Club on Monday.  Callahan stressed the important role that Rotary plays in the world as the largest service organization in the world.  She explained that Rotary's goal of eradicating polio continues and the hope is to rid the world of polio by 2018.  Rotary also is working to promote peace, provide access to clean water and sanitation, enhance maternal and child health, improve basic education and literacy, and help communities develop.  Picture -  Assistant Gov. Pam Anastasi, Chelmsford Pres. Carla Pond, and Gov. Valentine Callahan.

      Dr. Mark Maybury was the guest speaker at the Chelmsford Rotary Club on Monday July 7th.  Dr. Maybury is the chief technology officer of The MITRE Corporation.  He is also a member of the Defense Science Board and the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.  From 2010 to 2013, he served as the chief scientist for the Air Force. It is also worthy of note, that earlier in his career, he was a Rotary Scholar at Cambridge University in England.  Dr. Maybury spoke about personal experiences and the scientific developments that are and will be shaping our world.

At our meeting last Monday, we heard from the May and June "Students of the Month" from Chelmsford High School.  They were a very impressive group!

Students of the Month for May - Principal Charles Caliri, Alexander Early (Whittier), Abigail Desrosiers (Emerson), Mrudaula Gadgil (Whittier), Charlotte Cole (Hawthorne), and Omkar Bhat (Hawthorne).  Absent - Mark Keller (Emerson)

Students of the Month For June - Principal Charles Caliri, Katherine Howard (Whittier), Lucas Muratore (Whittier), Marylou Ryder (Hawthorne), Ethan Russell-Benoit (Emerson) and Stephen Kender (Hawthorne).  Absent - Daniellel McGinty.

We had three good speakers at our meeting on 3/31, Kris Ansin , the Executive Director of the Mali Health Organizing Project, returned to be presented a check from the club to support the project.  Kris spends two months in Mali each year and spends the rest of the year in the U.S.A raising funds and  taking care of the business side of the project.  Each year, some 2,000 children from the slums are provided health care twice a year in an attempt to decrease the high infancy mortality rate.       The second presentation featured Paula Bye, Executive Director of the Paul Center and a club member, and Brian Reidy, a member of the Board of Directors at the Paul Center.  The 16 acre facility provides educational, social and recreational services throughout the year, though their summer program is best known.  Some forty-five area communities are served by this local organization.  What could we do to help??             

Pictures -  Brian Reidy with President Laurie Lahey  (larger man)  and Kris Ansin with President Laurie Lahey   

The Chelmsford Rotary Club's Newest Member -   Paula Bye, Executive Director of the Paul Center.

Allison Young, Jennifer Sohn, Jesse Foley, Dimitrov and Tatiana Suero spoke, at the most recent Rotary meeting, about their experiences at the June 2013 RYLA conference.  They did an exceptional job!

Charles Keen recently presented Matt Scott with a "Service Above Self" award for his years of service to the town's cable tv service.

 Scott Durkee, former manager of the Chelmford Radisson Hotel and Suites, was presented  a "Service Above Self" Award at the Rotary of Chelmford Club holiday party last weekend.  Durkee has been a valuable asset to the club which meets at the Radisson and holds most events there.  He has now moved on to become manager of the Radisson Hotel in Nashua.

Donald Main, Director of Advancement, at D'youville Life and Wellness Community, spoke to the club on Monday, November 25th.  The focus of his talk was on the Affordable Assisted Living that will be built between the spring of 2014 and the spring of 2015.  This facility will expand the services now offered.  Those include Adult Daycare, Bruyere Gardans, The Center for Advanced Therepy, Hospice Care and Senior Care. All programs emphasize QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE CARE.  Donald has expressed interest in club membership  and we hope that he chooses to join us.         

Gwendolyn Paquette, an Account Executive with Scholastic, was welcomed into membership by Leonard Dolan and Carla Pond, who proposed her as a candidate.  Welcome!!!!

     The comedy night last Friday night drew a large, enthusiastic audience and produced a profit of several thousand dollars.  The 
exact figures will not be known until the money from ticket sales is all turned in.  Members are asked to turn in money from ticket sales as soon as possible.

We had two different and interesting speakers at the meeting this past Monday.  Matt Ward of inConcert Web Solutions spoke about "Making Your Website Effective", the title of his most recent book.  In a high energy presentation he talked about how to use your website, blogging, emails and social media to build your business or organization.  The other speaker was Kris Ansin, the Executive Director of the Mali Health Organizing Project.  Mali, an African nation with historically poor health conditions, the project made 17,000 home visits last year and maintained a mortality rate below 1%.  The Bedford club is conducting fundraising program to support the work being done by this organization. 

Chelmsford was well represented at RYLA -2013 held recently at the University of Massachusetts at Worcester.  The Rotary Club of Chelmsford funded the leadership experience for six members of the Class of 2014 at Chelmsford High School.  Tanya Dimitrov, Jesse Foley, Jennifer Sohn, Tatiana Suero, Arun Venugopal and Allison Young participated in a variety of workshops that should prove helpful in public speaking, conflict resolution, developing confidence, dealing with diversity etc.  Some 165 students from throughout eastern and central Massachusetts attended the event. Three members of the Class of 2014 returned this year to serve as group leaders.  Kate Burgess, Hayley Lafrenier and Matthew O'Keefe took part in a series of workshops leading up to the conference in order to successfully assist the seven members of their groups at the conference.  Four Rotary Club members attended the conference to provide supervision and to assist with several of the activities.  They were Leonard Doolan, Charles Keen , Carla Pond and Allen Thomas.  This is one of several projects through which the Rotary serves the youth of Chelmsford. 

The May and June "Students of the Month" were the speakers at the meeting last Monday.  The May students included Abigail Hickey and Gregory Gardner from Emerson House, Katherine Vooys and Kevin Falco from Hawthorne House and Shannon Kelly and Anthony Marino from Whittier House. Abigail was focused on art at CHS but became a lawyer on the Mock Trial Team and found in to be a valuable experience.  She will attend Boston University in the fall.  Greg was a major contributor to the golf team and did extensive volunteer work at Emerson Hospital.  He will attend St. Lawrence University.  Katherine was active in Student Council and will major in pediatric nursing at UMass-Lowell.  Kevin Falco became an expert in karate and enjoyed teaching it to youngsters.  He will major in engineering at UMass-Lowell.  Shannon ran track and competed successfully as a member of the DECA club.  She will attend Hofstra University.  Anthony was a captain of the football team and will attend Quinnipiac University.  The summary of their activities is abbreviated here.  Hopefully you have been able to be present on the first Monday of the month to hear the achievements of these students and the enthusiasm they have for their high school experiences.  The June students will be presented soon.       

Emily Majeski was a student in Emerson House.  She played varsity soccer and became active in theater.  She will major in nursing at UMass-Lowell.  Brendan Duffy was as student in Whittier House.  He ran cross country and spring track and enjoyed being on the science team.  An Eagle Scout, he will major in engineering at Cornell University.  Breanna Hadley played varsity soccer and will attend Fitchburg State University.  Zachary Whitney competed in "Mr. CHS" and played goalie on the varsity lacrosse team.  He will prepare to be a fireman at Lakes Region Community College.  Other June "Students of the Month" who are not pictured were Eric VanGelder of Emerson House, and Amanda Becotte of Whittier House,

Thanks to everyone who worked on and/or supported the Chelmsford Rotary Club duck race fundraiser. Pictured is Dennis Duck, some of the almost 2,000 ducks and David Pearson, President of the CHS Interact Club. Dennis Duck was the star of the video that was made of the event and David helped to move the ducks and to select winners. 

Chelmsford Rotary Club's "Students of the Month" for April
L. Jake Kelley, Tim Cassels, Derek Dodge, Rachel Couto, Anna Swenson and Madeline Monahan  R.

Principal Caliri, Bryce Wynn, Kristen LaHaise, Craig Wallace, Kendra Baltier, Allidon Turner, Matthew Curtis R.

Chelmsford High School's "Students of the Month" for March were recognized and spoke at last Monday's meeting.  The diverse group included a mock trial participant,the captain of the girls indoor track team, the senior class treasurer, a student dedicated to dance, a future architect and the president of the marching band. 

February Students of the Month
Hannah Marden, Nicole Wetherell, Alyssa Soucy, Jeff Breton, Siyuan Ma and Tom Hoang 

The featured speaker at today's Rotary meeting was James. S. Sanzi, Esq., Senior Philanthropic Advisor for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  Several members felt that he was one of the best speakers that we have ever had.  He explained how Danny Thomas and a group of wealthy Lebanese businessmen started the hospital for those with pediatric cancer in Memphis, Tennessee.  Because of generous support from the American people, there are not costs for patients.  They don't pay for treatment and will be flown to the hospital, if necessary.  Most patients are out-patients because they do better in their own environment with support from friends and relatives.  Patients are usually referred by their own oncologist.  Because the hospital benefits from support from all parts of the world, they share their data and the products of their research as a way to "give back".  The hospital deals with some 7,500 patients a year and since it opened in 1962, the survival rate for patients increased from 20% to 80%.

Other Announcements: January 14, 2013

 Members were invited to help interview sophomore candidates for the 2013 District 7910 RYLA program or to serve as volunteers at all or part of the program which will run from June 28th - June 30th.  Members were also reminded of the March 22nd district public relations dinner and were asked to  suggest local candidates for public relations recognition.

      The December "Students of the Month" were honored at the January 7th meeting of the Chelmsford Rotary Club.  The Emerson House students were Zach Lattimore and Mary Kosewski.  Lattimore read an college application essay that he wrote.  He stressed that life is precious and therefore it is important to be compassionate in dealing with loved ones, friends and others.  Kosewski shared how she decided to focus on three CHS activities: secretary for the class of 2013, mock trial and tennis.  She found mock trial to be especially challenging and rewarding and noted that the team earned "Elite 8" ranking last year.  Bridget Doherty and Jeremy O'Donnell represented Hawthorne House.  Bridget told of her involvement in chorus and how taking voice lessons helped her to qualify for the treble choir and how singing helped her confidence to grow.  Jeremy talked about the apparent contradiction of being on the football team and in theater productions.  He started with minimal roles in theatrical productions and developed so he earned major roles.  In football, he felt he did not do the off-season work that he should have and thus did not get a lot of playing time.  He believes  that the two experiences were equally valuable.  Victoria Moore and Zach Straeffer represented Whittier House.  Moore explained how she was not a varsity track runner, but made major individual improvements in the sport.  She credited support from her teammates and her coaches.  Straeffer became deeply involved in set and lighting design at C.H.S. and also became an important part of the television crew that broadcast football and Lowell Spinners baseball games.  He credited these activities with helping his leadership skills to grow.

 Matt O'Keefe, Amanda Auriemma, Kate Burgess, Hayley LaFreniere, Todd Dowrey 

  Rotary and Interact Clubs were again honored to serve coffee and donuts at the town’s November 11 Veterans Day observance. We want to thank Dunkin’ Donuts and the Thomas Aide family for their kind donation.

Charles Caliri, Principal of Chelmsford High School, was welcomed into membership of the Chelmsford Rotary Club at their meeting on Monday.  He was proposed by Superintendent of Schools Frank Tianao.

The Chelmsford High School "Students of the Month" for October attended Monday's meeting of the Chelmsford Rotary Club and, after being introduced by Principal Caliri, made brief presentations.  Daniel Erdosy of Hawthorne House explained how his Hungarian heritage has greatly influenced his life.  Kaleigh Hoffmann, also of Hawthorne House, discussed how she has been influenced by her field hockey coach, Maura Devaney.  Ann Linn of Emerson House talked about how her love of music and the study of the violin has influenced her growth as a young woman.  Dan Nolan explained how Dr. Gilchrest said that he had the "heart of a runner" when he was a a baby and how that turned out to be true as he became an All-Conference runner and team captain.  Dan Pires of Whittier House explained how CHS helped him to become confident and how that helped him become a state diving champion and president of his class.  Kristen Young of Whittier House talked about trying a variety of sports and not finding success until she tried running.  She has become captain of the cross country team.  All six students stressed how a sense of family, outstanding teachers, and a variety of opportunities at CHS have benefitted them.

 Chelmsford Rotarians Andy Silinsh, Charles Keen, John Taylor and Al Thomas distributed dictionaries to four classrooms of third graders at South Row Elementary School today (Wed.)

 Chelmsford Rotary Club's "Students of the Month" for September : L. Jacob Glovin,

Alexander Vahid, Graham Lustiber, Amanda Chang, Alexa Lambros and Emily Roller  R

 Chelmsford Rotary sponsors two programs on Chelmsford Telemedia – “Chelmsford Rotary in Action” and “Lions Pride”. "Chelmsford Rotary in Action" highlights recent and upcoming club activities and features excerpts from club meeting speakers.   The program regularly airs on Verizon channel 38 and Comcast channel 8 on Monday at 7 p.m. and Thursday at 6:30 p.m.   Lions Pride features interviews with Chelmsford High School Students of the Month selected by CHS faculty.   "Lions Pride" regularly airs on Verizon channel 36 and Comcast channel 22 at 7 p.m Monday - Friday.  Regular schedules may be preempted.  For current schedule details go to the Chelmsford Telemedia website home page at www.chelmsfordtv.org and for the current "Chelmsford Rotary in Action" schedule go to the bottom of the page and, in the boxed area entitled "Original Programming" and select the red button entitled "Program Guide".   For the "Lions Pride" schedule on the bottom of the Chelmsford Telemedia home page go to the boxed area entitled "Educational Programming"  and selected the red button entitled "Program Guide".