District 7930 eBulletin

The Haverhill Rotary Club sponsors a Middle School EarlyAct Club at Hill View Montessori Charter Public School.  Teacher advisors, Cheryl Cleary and Joann Healey, work weekly with fourteen students to develop and implement community service projects.  Students sponsored a school-wide Food Drive for Thanksgiving which supported area food pantries;  worked with DCF of Haverhill on a Mitten Tree to collect gifts for local children; worked with HeadStart;  and made fleece blankets for DCF to hand out at Christmas.The Haverhill Rotary Club provided EarlyAct pins, certificates of membership and t-shirts for the students.

The Peabody Rotary Club will host its signature event, the 13th Annual Taste of the North Shore, on Tuesday, March 20th from 6-9 PM. This popular event is now being held at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Danvers. The event has been so popular among North Shore residents and businesses that it was moved to this new venue last year to accommodate our growing attendance.

 

Twenty-five of the area’s most popular restaurants will serve their tastiest dishes, from main courses to sides to desserts. In addition to the delicious food and great entertainment, a highlight of the evening will be the drawing of a $10,000 grand prize! Raffle tickets are $100 each and include two admissions to the Taste. Odds are in your favor as only 300 raffle tickets will be sold. The winner does not need to be present. Non-raffle admission is $40 per person.

 

The Rotary Club of Marblehead Harbor (RCoMH) had the pleasure of hearing from Sherry Fein and Sue Abrams who provided an update on the children’s playground at the Yakini Primary School in Arusha, Tanzania. Ms. Fein and Ms. Abrams, with the help and support of the RCoMH, were able to secure $30,000 to construct the playground including $3,000 coming directly from RCoMH.  The playground, which includes a trampoline and zip line,  benefits 600 children including 80 orphans.  Local residents learned new skills during construction of the playground - an added benefit which helped secure new employment opportunities.

The Saugus Rotary Club has once again sponsored a festive Christmas luncheon for 180 senior citizens at the Saugus Senior Center. This has always been a very popular event and for regulars at the Saugus Senior Center the Rotary Club’s annual December bash is a can’t miss event. The Rotary Club provides a meal, dessert and entertainment for the town’s seniors. Rotarian Past President, David J. Fama was once again dressed as Santa Claus and stopped by every table to greet those in attendance.

Has your club recently hosted an event or project or are you planning something in the near future that you would like to share with your fellow District 7930 Rotarians?

 

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