Methuen Rotary Club

 

Don't forget to stop by and visit us at our table at the 1st Annual Methuen Day!!

 

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 June 23rd 2017, Methuen Rotary Club welcomed in it's newest President Attorney Jonathan Rossi.  It was a great night with a lot of laughs and much thanks from the Immediate Past President James Khoury.  Congratulations to James who was given the Rotarian Of The Year Award! James had a great year and really went above and beyond during his Presidency.  James also gave out "Thank You" awards to Members Frank Brucato and Anne Whalen that helped support him and also did an outstanding job this year.  You have some big shoes to fill President Rossi...Looking forward to a great year ahead.

 

Photo:

from left to right Frank Brucato, James Khoury, Jonathan Rossi, & Anne Whalen