Welcome to the Rotary Club of Westerly
Celebrating Sixty-Six Years  June 28, 1958-2024

 

SERVICE ABOVE SELF

We meet In Person
Mondays at 5:30 p.m.
The Frank Olean Center
93 Airport Road
Westerly, RI 02891
United States of America
Phone:
(401) 315-5868
Please call ahead if visiting. Dinners are ordered by Saturday and delivered just before meeting. Contact Derin at 401.787.5575 or Alan at 401.623.1577.
Home Page Stories
2024 Football Night sponsored by Stonington and Westerly Rotary Clubs to celebrate the annual competition between Stonington and Westerly High School football teams on Thanksgiving morning.  Remembering former games many years passed and not so many years passed with joy and fondness for the friendships made through the playing of the game, we heard from current and former coaches and former players.  Special guest speakers were Nicole Menner from WJAR and CT State Representative and Detective Greg Howard.
              
  
The following letters arrived recently from our Chikumbuso students all the way from Zambia.  If anyone is interested in writing a note back to them, please give it to Rose to forward.
 
Meetings will be in person but spaced appropriately
2 Dec:     Board Meeting (with PPG Patrick Connelly)
9 Dec:     Catherine Shotick, Director of Westerly Museum of American Impressionism
15 Dec:    Ocean Chamber Light Parade - gift boxes needed - see Joe Lorello
16 Dec:    Annual Meeting/Christmas Party - members are asked to bring an unwrapped toy
23 Dec:    Christmas week - NO Meeting
30 Dec:    Happy New Year - NO Meeting
6 Jan:      Board Meeting
20 Jan:    M L King Holiday - NO Meeting
25 Jan:    MidYear District Meeting @ NE Institute of Technology
27 Jan:    Tish Rabe
3 Feb:      Board Meeting & Jan, Feb Students of the Month
10 Feb:    Seth Mastin & Matthew Mania of Higher Frequency Media
Steve, John and Bob leading us in The Rotary Welcome Song written by Rotarian Ed Smalley
 
Food Collection Program
Remember those in need and bring canned goods either to meeting or to Avie's Ski/Sport by month's end.   These items will be distributed to The Jonnycake Center of Westerly and the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center.
 
Club Home -   We are meeting at The Frank Olean Center next to Rotary Park, Monday, 5:30pm.  Gina & Angie will send the sandwich/salad menu on or about Wednesday for the next Monday meeting; respond to them at gbrancato@navigantcu.org and aswain@navigantcu.org by Sunday Noon.  If you don't receive a reply from within 24 hours, please contact them again.  Please respond whether ordering or not as it will help us to know how many will be attending meeting.
 
Covid Aid Goes On....
18 Mar 2024 marked four years that our Club "had been making food and health item deliveries to area residents who are elderly, infirm, or without transportation.  Although the pace has slowed a bit, the need is still great."  Rona reports that 339 deliveries, as of 31 October, have been made since the program began in 2020. 
 
WARM Center Pre-Holiday Bash
8 Nov 2024 - at the Windjammer
 
Westminster Youth String Ensemble
1 Dec 2024 - Holiday Concert at 3:00pm at Westerly Armory - Adults $10, children free.  Please bring a non-perishable food item which will be donated to the Jonnycake Center.
 
 
Creative Opportunity
Take responsibility for website and newsletter.  Excellent tutorials in Clubrunner. Contact Rose at ra.russo@cox.net or 401.315.5868
      Peace & Justice Committee of Rotary Club of Westerly     
Our Vision:  We seek to create, locally and globally, a culture of peace in which the inherent worth and dignity of every living being is honored and respected and conflicts are resolved nonviolently.
                                                                                                                             
Our Mission:  To create activities, programs and projects focused on creating a culture of peace as well as working with other community groups and organizations engaged in similar endeavors.
Link to Frank Thacker's Daily Peacemaker:  Facebook https://www,facebook.com/share/DD4HY2mmK2Bf7G4p/?mibextid=WC7FNe
 
Peace Pole dedication 22Oct2018
 
Rotary's Four Roles in Promoting Peace (from www.rotary.org/ourcauses....
Practitioners:  Our work fighting disease, providing clean water and sanitation, improving the health of mothers and children, supporting education, and growing local economies directly builds the optimal conditions for peaceful societies.
Educators:  Our Rotary Peace Centers (seven of them) have trained more than 1,700 peace fellows to become effective catalysts for peace through careers in government, education, and international organizations.
Mediators:  Our members have negotiated humanitarian ceasefires in areas of conflict to allow polio vaccinators to reach children who are at risk.
Advocates:  Our members have an integral role as respected, impartial participants during peace processes and in post-conflict reconstruction.  We focus on creating communities and convening groups that are connected, inclusive and resilient.
 
Rotary Action Group for Peace Memo
An urgent humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Lebanon.  With over 1,000,000 people displaced and a nation already battered by adversity, the situation is dire.  The Rotary, Rotaract and Interact Clubs of Lebanon are on the front lines, tirelessly providing immediate relief and essential supplies to those in need.
Your generous contributions to The Rotary Foundation are essential to securing and growing Rotary programs throughout the world. Consider making your Every Rotarian, Every Year contribution of $25, $100 or more as early as possible. If you send your contribution directly to Rotary Foundation, please let Rose know.    For the 13th consecutive year, the Rotary Foundation has received the highest rating - FOUR STARS - from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of charities in the U.S. - ranked #4 in the top ten best charities list
 
The Polio Plus Society of District 7950
Pledge to help Rotary make history by continuing to contribute $100 or more each year until the World Health Organization certifies that polio has been fully eradicated because Until the world is polio-free, every child is at risk.  Society members will received a PolioPlus Society membership pin and certificate.  Your contribution qualifies for Paul Harris Recognition and Major Donor Credit.  To make your tax-deductible donation go to my.rotary.org/donate and click on "Polio Fund".  Payment should be made payable to Rotary Foundation and give to Rose for proper handling.      
 
As of 5 August, 10 members have contributed to either "EREY" and/or "Polio Plus"                                                                                                                              
   
The lockbox above was installed on John Street -  it's location must be easy to find and close to the front door for quick access by First Responders.
 
If you know of someone who is "at risk" and can benefit from having a lockbox installed at their home, please contact the Westerly Police Department or Officer Mills at the non-emergency Phone Number 401.596.2022.  Our lockboxes are provided to residents, as needed, free of charge.  Also, if other groups wish to donate lockboxes to the Westerly Police Department, please purchase them from McQuade's Ace Hardware.  We are being awarded special pricing and have delivered 63 lockboxes to Officer Mills for distribution as of this month.
Rotary strives to create and maintain an experience for members and participants that reflects our fundamental values, empowers people to contribute at their fullest potential, and celebrates people as they are.  Our core values - service, fellowship, diversity, integrity and leadership - align with our commitment to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all.
Club Executives & Directors
President
President Elect
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Immediate Past President
Rotary Foundation
Membership Chair
Public Image
Other
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays:
  • Francis Thacker
    December 9
  • Derin Temel
    December 22
Spouse/Partner Birthdays:
  • Carol Potter
    December 16
  • Ann Wendth
    December 19
  • Florence Alvino
    December 21
  • Lisa Piazza
    December 23
Join Date:
  • Danny Alvino
    December 1, 1976
    48 years
  • Jeffrey Wendth
    December 1, 2022
    2 years
  • Rona Mann
    December 1, 1989
    35 years
  • Alan Brinton
    December 2, 2019
    5 years
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Mailing Address:  Rotary Club of Westerly, PO Box 407, Westerly RI 02891