Rotary Club of Lynn, MA

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We meet In Person & Online
Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.
Old Tyme Restaurant
612 Boston St
Lynn, MA 01905
United States of America
Note: For the meeting schedule, please look at the upcoming events listing/calendar on this site. Satellite meetings are at Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee, 61 Munroe St. Lynn For Club information, or for Zoom links, email: lynn.rotary@gmail.com
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President's Message February 2025
 

Welcome March and welcome Spring! 

While this has been a cold and snowy winter, Lynn Rotary is on FIRE! We welcomed 3 new corporate members, 

  • Adiel Lopez - Rockland Trust in January

  • Kerry Ranieri- Reading Cooperative Bank in February

  • Santiago Aguilar - King Movers & Storage in February

Please reach out to them and give them a warm welcome either in person or over the phone. You can find contact information for them and for all our Lynn Rotary members in Club Runner either on your computer or in the app on your mobile device.

As we grow our membership we are going to increase our in-person events. We are receiving more requests from outside organizations who want to come and speak to our members as word is getting out that our monthly Lynn Rotary meetings are filled with great energy and good people.

Beginning this month we will meet for dinner at Old Tyme on the 3rd Thursday of each month, from 5:30-7pm, even in the months when we host our 8th grade luncheons. 

Beginning in April, on the 1st Thursday evening of each month Lynn Rotary members will be making a “Lynn Rotary Tour” of various non-profits and service centers across Lynn. These will be opportunities for Lynn Rotarians to learn more about the good work that is being done across the city by the many different groups that call Lynn home.

Frank Grealish and Kim Lee are doing a great job reaching out to Lynn organizations to make these tours possible.

Please invite your friends, family and co-workers to our monthly dinners and Rotary Tours to share how we do “Service Above Self” a little bit differently here at Lynn Rotary. We are always open to inviting more to join us in our mission. 

Yours in Service Above Self,

Jean-Marie Minton

President 2024-2025 

 
Our Club is Growing!
Greetings Fellow Rotarians!
 
I am pleased to update our club about our Membership.
 
 It is the small acts of kindness among ourselves that have created a culture of positivity that has helped our club grow.
 
 
 
 
Thank You Leap!
Learning about another wonderful partner in our community that supports our students.
 
In Person LEAP

It's time for a Project during our Old Tyme In-Person Meeting!

on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 5:30 pm,

we will hear from Linda Saris, of LEAP for Education.

Donate a Gift Card to the Local Student Organization

How Can I help?

Restaurants in Lynn - in small denominations - used to order pizza, Chinese food, sandwiches, bagels, etc. for evening student meetings. 

We also use them for incentives for projects completed (i.e. $5-10 dunkin', local coffee, sandwich shop gift certificate)

Uber gift cards - transportation is a big cost for us and we don't have our own bus so we use taxis to get kids home who don't have a ride.

We never want transportation to be a barrier to participating.  Uber gift cards can also be used for UberEats.

Market Basket, CVS, Amazon - general gifts cards to use for instructional supplies and snacks as we need them.

Thank you for your consideration and look forward to seeing you on Thursday!


 
PB&J 
Shout out to Kathy Burns for donating the supplies for our Sandwich Making Service Event!
 
A warm welcome to our
 "NEW" Rotarians
for participating in this event.
King Movers and Erin Muschette
 
Bowling Fun!
Rotarians In Action and Enjoying time together.
PBJ My Brothers Table
Sandwich Success Supporting
My Brother's Table
Who: Lynn Rotarians
What: Sandwich Making
When: Wednesday, February 19th, 5:30
Where: St. Pius Church, Lynn
Why: Love for our Community & Service above Self
 
Leap for Education Visit
Rotary In Person Meeting
 
 
 

LEAP for Education (LEAP) runs free, after-school and summer programs designed to bridge the opportunity gap for students from underserved communities across Essex County, Massachusetts. These programs offer students the ability to explore and engage in their communities in a way that will lead them to careers that align with their strengths and interests.

 
Special Members
Our Impact is Stronger Together
 
A Special Thank you to
 
Art Horgan and Ray Bastarache
 
During our recent in person meeting we celebrated Art and Ray for their dedication to the club.
 
 What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
 
Thank you for all you do for our club!
 
 
 
 
Signature 8th Grade Series
Rotary Club Recognizes Eighth Grade Students
 
 
THANK YOU RIVERWORKS CREDIT UNION SPONSOR
 
On January 30, 2025 the Rotary Club of Lynn continued with its tradition, started in 2008, of recognizing 8th grade students from Lynn Middle Schools.  These are students who have struggled with some adversity during the school year, or have shown empathy toward others in an outstanding way. 
 
The students honored were:
Aiden Crowell, Pickering; Leana Martin, LVTI; Niydah Lao, Thurgood Marshall; Anastasia Butova, St. Mary’s; Humberto Marcano, Breed; Andrew Gandra, No. Shore Christian School;
Samarah Wilkie, St. Pius V; and Aly Kheal-Phanna.
 
The students are nominated by their teacher or guidance counselor, someone who knows the student very well.  The students are invited to a luncheon meeting of the members, and are individually presented with: a gift certificate to a local book store; Certificate of Achievement;
River Works Credit Union is the program sponsor. 
 
During the individual presentations a narrative was read by various Rotarians:  John Dolan, St. Mary’s Head of Schools; Irene Cowdell, retired Lynn Teacher, Cindy McCarthy, retired St. Pius V teacher; and Claire Price LVTI teacher.  They enumerated the various situations the students struggled with and how they were overcome.  Prior to the presentation Raymond Bastarache, former past Club President and former Deputy Superintendent of Schools, indicated the importance of this program. 
He said: “one can tell how valued this program is to the City of Lynn by the people in attendance”, Police Chief Chris Reddy, Deputy Superintendents of Schools, Maricel Goris and
John Dolan, St. Mary’s Head of Schools.
The Eighth Grade Recognition Program was the brainchild of Rotarían and Lynn businessman Joe Coombs who always felt that the eighth grade was a turning point in his life. He acknowledges how “lost” he felt during those middle-school years and, were it not for a compassionate teacher who took him aside and supported him; he doubts he would’ve been as successful as he was as an adult. Coombs’ success was derived from the positive reinforcement and support he received in middle school so he petitioned his fellow Rotarians to adopt the program.
 
Since its inception it is safe to say that well over 500 students have been recognized by the Lynn Rotary Club.
Left-to-right, Seated: Samarah Wilkie, Andrew Gandra, Humberto Marcano, Aly Kheal-Phanna.  Standing: Maricel Goris, Irene Cowdell, Aiden Crowell, Leana Martin, Anastasia Butova.  Not present, but honored, Niydah Lao, Thurgood Marshall.
Consistency Counts
Thank you to our Rotarians 
Our Consistency Counts !
 
 
Salvation Army Service
Holiday Celebration
Thank you to our
High School Musicians who serenaded our Rotarians
during our Holiday Meeting.
 
On Thursday January 16th 2025, about 20 members of the combined
Lynn Schools Band played for the Lynn Rotary Club.
The Band was conducted by Mr. Gil Lapoint, the high school music Teacher for all public high schools in Lynn. For a band that only has one combined rehearsal for two hours a week, they put on an amazing performance. Mr. Lapoint was grateful that the Rotary Club invited the Band to perform, as they do not have many opportunities to perform in front of the general public at a non-school event.
They could play some pieces which they don’t normally play in public.
The performance was originally scheduled for mid-December and as such they played some traditional holiday songs and a few more jazzy pieces.
The high schools represented were English, Classical, Lynn Tech and Frederick Douglas Academy.
Storied Success for "Service Above Self"
On January 8, 2025 the Rotary Club of Lynn continued with its tradition of distributing dictionaries to 3rd graders in all the schools in Lynn. Twenty (20) Lynn public and private schools participated this year, up from 18 schools in past years. Since 2008, the Rotary Club of Lynn, MA has presented over 1,200 dictionaries annually to third-grade students. 
This year marks the 16th consecutive year of this service project for the Club and a distribution of over 20,000 dictionaries since its inception! 
 
All the 3rd graders were thrilled to receive a book they can call their own and take home to share with their families!
 
 
The Callahan School served as a host for the support of our local Lynn city leaders to participate in our event. The dictionaries were distributed by: Mayor Nicholson; Superintendent Dr. Alvarez; the President of Lynn Rotary, Jean-Marie Minton; and some members of Lynn’s State House representatives. The distribution began at 9:00 am on the  8th at the Callahan School. Thirty-Eight Rotarians assisted distribution of the dictionaries, side by side with several Lynn Public School staff members if various schools.
 
 
The Lynn Rotary was grateful for the financial co-supporters of this project: the Reading Cooperative Bank (RCB) and McGrath Enterprises, of which without their support the Lynn Rotary could not continue with this project.  Kerry Ranieri, of RCB, Vice President of Community Banking & Development Officer; and Jim Connors CEO of McGrath Enterprises joined the leaders at the Callahan School as well. 
 
How do you envision your 2025 Rotary New Year!
 
Click here to share your thoughts about your Rotary Experience.
 
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We appreciate your ideas and experience. Please let us know how to continue to do better.
2025 Dictionary Day
Thank you to Our Sponsors:
 
Reading Cooperative Bank and McGrath Enterprises
January 8, 2025
Happy Distribution Day!
 
Difference Maker
Thank you "Lynn Rotarians !"
 
Your support and dedication have
made a difference on our club and in our community.
 
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Club Executives & Directors
President
Jean-Marie Minton
President Elect
Marnie Moore
Treasurer
Jack Minton
Secretary
Steve Upton
Immediate Past President
Jean-Marie Minton
Vice President
Marnie Moore
Foundation Chair
Jack Minton
Membership/Director
Ray Bastarache
Public Relations
Bill Reilly
Chairperson of Lynn Rotary Charitable Corporation
Steve Upton
Chairperson of Camp Rotary Inc
Ray Bastarache
Treasurer of Charitable Corporation
Paul Price
Director
Frank Grealish
Director
Kathryn Burns
Chairperson of Satellite Club
Paul Price
Treasurer of Camp Rotary Inc
Bill Reilly
Sergeant-at-Arms
Steve Upton
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Jean-Marie Minton

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I am honored to begin my second year as the President of the Rotary Club of Lynn, MA. I have been a Rotarian for 3 years now and the opportunity to give back to my community through service has been so rewarding. I am constantly asked what is the Rotary Club and my quick answer to that is we are an international organization who’s main focus is service through volunteer work and participation in local and international efforts. On a more specific note we volunteer in local organizations such as My Brothers Table, the Mobile Food Bank, Catholic Charities, Lynn Shelter Association, etc. We give out annual scholarships to high school seniors and recognize 8th grade students who have overcome obstacles in life and so much more. I have many ideas for what we will accomplish this year and I am looking forward to a fun Rotary year. If you would like to become more involved in the city of Lynn you might want to consider joining us.
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