Methuen Rotary Club

 

Methuen Rotary Club was a proud sponsor of Neighbor's In Need's 8th Annual Soups' On! Dinner and Silent Auction!   With all the generous donations, sponsorships, and auction item purchases they raised over $60,000! This money will help ensure that they can continue to effectively provide healthy, nutritious food to those in our community. In Attendance  were Tim Frechette, Atty. Jonathan Rossi, Julie Brady, and James Khoury

 

 

One of the causes that Rotary supports is education so recently the Methuen Rotary Club donated the book Dave & Danny Pay it Forward which is about spreading kindness, compassion and paying it forward.   To quote the Author  Gretchen Detora  "The idea of Paying It Forward has always resonated with me perhaps because of the influence of my own upbringing. In its simplest form, Paying it Forward means responding to another person's kindness by being kind to someone else. As I learned about the life of David Vaughan, I knew he lived by this example too. This was the impetus for “Dave and Danny Pay It Forward” - I created a character based on David and how he teaches his son about kindness and compassion through the examples he demonstrates throughout the book. I felt that a children’s story would be a great platform to pass along the Pay it Forward message to kids all across the world." 

Books were donated to the 1^St Grade Classes at the Marsh Grammar School and  Shannon Molloy of Shannon Mary Sunshine Original Scarf Designs.

Shannon continues to spread her sunshine and her love for reading to preschool students . She is an amazing role model using assistive technology to read. Shannon's message... "Everyone can live a literate life!" 

 

Learn more about these great stories or to purchase  a book visit their web pages at www.shannonmarysunshine.com and www.daveanddanny.org

 

Pictured: From Methuen Rotary Club:   Rotary President  Atty. Jonathan Rossi, Julie Brady, Frank Brucato, Anne Whalen, Dennis Sweeny

Marsh 1^St Grade Teachers  Danielle Cormier,  Lori Gangi, Kelly D’Hondt, Susan Wilson, Nancy Shepherd,  Lori Mazzone, Ashley Gendreau
 

Pictured: Jeanne Molloy, Shannon Molloy

 

 

 

On April 9th 2017 Methuen Rotary Club held the 7th Annual Celebration of Achievement Award Banquet at Harris Pelham Inn. This event honors individuals that are making an impact in the community. We recognize outstanding teachers and students as well as present the Service Above Self Award.

Congratulations to all the winners this year. Thank you also to all the sponsors that help make this  a great event and allow Methuen Rotary Club to continue to give back to our community.

 

Teachers Of The Year: Edward "Bud" Jennings MHS and Zulema Ilerena PMA

Student Of The Year : Kelsey Claire Perry MHS and Simon Rodriguez PMA

Scholarship Winners : Brianna Caron-DiPietro PMA, John El-Helou, Alison Wohler, and Michal Hajjar MHS

 

Service Above Self Award: Jeff Bellistri from Methuen Senior Center's Adopt-A-Grandparent Program

 

Members of  Methuen Rotary and Interact Club, dove into the frigid waters of Gloucester, MA, for the 7th Annual Polar Plunge. This annual event benefits Rotary Service Projects all across New England and the world. The event takes place every year at the Cape Ann Motor Inn at Long Beach in Gloucester, MA. Approximately 300 people attend this well worthy event every year. 

Methuen Rotary welcomes our newest member Rachel Voiland.  Rachel is the Committee Chair of the Eugene Voiland American Flag Program.  This program was started in January of 1994, in dedication to her deceased husband and all veterans of foreign wars. They are responsible for the replacing and maintenance, along with the DPW, for all the flags adorning the Broadway strip in Methuen. We are so happy to have her on Rotary.  Please contact us if you would like more information on how you can help support this and the other programs that Methuen Rotary is involved in.  From left to right - Rotary President James Khoury and Rachel Voiland.