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Vibrant Rotary Clubs
Oct. 09, 2019 12:15 p.m.
VIBRANT CLUB WORKSHOP Oct. 26
A “vibrant” Rotary Club is one that’s growing (or at least not shrinking), that’s known all over town for its community service, that does its share to support International Service and that embraces change. The district is offering a workshop on Saturday October 26th, 8:00 AM – 1:30 PM – to help your club in those areas and more. Also being offered is a Foundation Grants Seminar. All Rotarians will find useful information and inspiration at this event. Registration opens at 7:30AM. Location is Whites of Westport, 66 State Rd, Westport, MA.
You can sign up now at www.Rotary7950.com. We have reduced the cost of this event to only $20 per person Including Continental Breakfast and boxed lunch.
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Nov. 13, 2019 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Milton Rotary Club will award its first "Citation for Meritorious Service" to Milton Public Schools superintendent Mary C. Gormley for the outstanding service she has rendered to the Milton community, especially for her early support of the Child Identification Program (CHIP). Dr. David Harte, a forensic dentist who created the CHIP program will be the speaker. |
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Honoring Superintendent Mary C. Gormley for Advocacy of Child Identification Program (CHIP)
Nov. 13, 2019 12:15 p.m.
Leaders in the Milton community were guests at Rotary’s November 13 meeting to honor Superintendent Mary C. Gormley for her service to the community in promoting the Child Identification Program (CHIP) program. At the meeting was a short presentation by Dr. David Harte, a local forensic dentist. Dr Harte started CHIP in Milton in 1998, and under his leadership it has since spread throughout North America. CHIP consists of fingerprints, a physical description, a video, a dental imprint, and a DNA sample of a child. All the identifying materials are given to the child's family. Children are interviewed and given training by law enforcement, safety, and dental professionals. Senator Walter Timilty presented a further citation from the Massachusetts Senate recognizing her work as well. Milton Rotary President Michael Maholchic then presented Superintendent Gormley with the club’s first “Citation for Meritorious Service” in recognition of her service, and honored her in poetry -- “for when the public schools are so well run/the public must say ‘thank you’ and ‘well done’! In the USA and Canada last year 660,000 children have been reported missing. One elementary school aged young girl, who had been trained in the CHIP program, was abducted by a sexual predator on her way home from school. When the predator had her in his car and was driving away, she began licking her hands and rubbing them on the car’s upholstery and windows leaving her salivary DNA, scent, and fingerprints. “What are you doing?” she was asked. “I’m proving that I was in your car,” she replied. The predator stopped the car and kicked her out. The girl then snapped a photo of his license plate with her smartphone, and he was apprehended within minutes. |