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Welcome to the Salisbury Rotary Club

Service Above Self

We meet every Tuesday at noon
Noble Horizons - Community Room

17 Cobble Rd
Salisbury, CT 06068
United States of America

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Lunch Meeting Speaker 3-12-19

Posted by John H Hedbavny

Pat Wright was the Salisbury Rotary Club’s 3/12 luncheon speaker at Noble Horizons, informing the group about Chore Services, the NW Corner’s leading resource for non-medical services for seniors and disabled residents for stay-at-home services. Chore Service is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and 100% of its funding and donations support its mission to help senior and disabled residents within the community remain safely and independently at home. FMI: https://www.choreservice.org/

President Elect Attends NE PETS 3-7-19

President Elect Randy Chapell attended the North East President Elect Training Seminar (PETS) in Framingham, MA last week. This seminar prepares incoming Presidents for the new year. Incoming RI President Mark Maloney was present for the event and was a keynote speaker.

Lunch Meeting 2-5-19

Posted by John H Hedbavny

Salisbury Rotary Club, one of 59 clubs in District 7890, was visited by District Governor Kate Simms at today’s weekly club luncheon held at Noble Horizons. Introduced by club VP, Randy Chappell, she spoke about her goals, programs and hopes for clubs in our District.

Calico Fair-November 3rd, 2018

Posted by John H Hedbavny

The Salisbury Rotary Club had a presence at The Calico Fair, held at the Pilgrim House and North Canaan Congregational Church, sponsoring a Cupcake Challenge to raise additional funds for the church. Nicole Dewitt won first prize with her Mocha Fudge cupcakes with Expresso Buttercream frosting. Stephanie Grant won second prize with her Chocolate Peanut Butter Dream cupcakes and Jacolyn Brown won third prize with her Chocolate Mayonnaise cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting and Vanilla Bean Flecks. King Author Flour provided ribbons and prizes to the top three winners.

Lunch Meeting 10-30-18

Posted by John H Hedbavny

Lynn Martorell Gumbert was the 10/30 luncheon speaker for the Salisbury Rotary Club, held at Noble Horizons. Lynn was a 2008 recipient of the Club’s Back-to-School Scholarship for which she expressed her appreciation noting it allowed her to become an esthetician (facials, manicures, pedicures, etc.), 37 years after graduating from high school! More recently, she has become a certified End of Life Doula and counsels individuals, families and friends dealing with end of life issues and questions. She referred to the surge in the elder population as the “Silver Tsunami.”

Lunch Meeting 10-16-18

Posted by John H Hedbavny

Past President Michele Kearns chaired Salisbury Rotary Club’s 10/16 luncheon meeting. Among items discussed, a motion was made and passed unanimously to explore updating the bandshell SRC donated to the Town of Salisbury some years ago with a fresh coat of paint. The idea was proposed by Past President Laura Hawkes who indicated her son, a painter, would do it as a community service.

Lunch Meeting-Oct. 2nd

Posted by John H Hedbavny

Salisbury Rotary Club welcomed Past District Governor Eileen Rau who spoke and had a slide presentation on giving to the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Gifts to the Foundation result in funding projects around the world to improve health, support education and alleviate poverty and for approved grants and programs to clubs in our District 7890. FMI:
www.rotary.org/give

Salisbury Fall Festival-2018

Posted by John H Hedbavny

Salisbury Rotary Club had a visible presence at the annual Fall Festival. Great to see folks and share info about the “good works” done in our local communities—scholarships, back-to-school backpacks, food to our local food pantries, more and international projects too!

Joint Dinner Meeting-September 18th, 2018

Posted by John H Hedbavny

A combined dinner meeting of the Salisbury Rotary Club & Canaan Exchange Club, held at Geer Village on September 18, was the occasion to hear about the United Way of Northwest CT’s current annual campaign to raise $775K to benefit 26 not-for-profit orgs serving the communities of CT’s NW Corner. SRC President Pat Gallaway (L) and Exchange President Terry Dougherty (R) hosted the gathering that heard from UW staff, including executive director, Owen Quinn.

Annual Scholarship Dinner

Posted by John H Hedbavny

Salisbury Rotary Club hosted its scholarship recipients and their families and announced this year’s SRC-sponsored Bob Estabrook Internship at the Lakeville Journal. The August 14 dinner was held at Noble Horizons in Salisbury. The club has awarded local scholarships since 1951.