Local Projects
Comedy Night - Auction
Join us for a fun night of
comedy on Thursday, October 16th from 6:00 until 10:00 at Prince Pizza on Route 1 South in Saugus. There will also be some incredible auction action to benefit our fundraising activities. Past years have seen Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins tickets up for bid, fabulous vacation packages, the always favorite New England Clambake along with a host of other goodies. Tickets can be purchased from Hamilton branch of Salem Five, Beverly National Bank, Nazir's Fine Jewelry or Connolly's Pharmacy; or from any Rotarian that you know, or drop us a line and we'll make sure that you will have your seats reserved.
Wine Tasting - May 17th
We will host our second annual delightful evening of great food and wine tasting. The event is on Saturday, May 17th at the Hamilton Wenham Community House. The Community Package Store will help with the selections of wine that will be available for sampling. Funds raised will benefit various Rotary programs in Hamilton and Wenham. Tickets are only $50 and include all food and wine. There will be raffles of wine and other goodies. Come and join the fun.
Installation Dinner - June 20th
Our annual Installation Dinner was held Thursday evening at Pingree School in Hamilton. The officers for 2007-2008 took their oath of office. A number of members received perfect attendance awards. The Rae Scott Community Service Award was given to Heather Ford for the tireless energy she provides to a number of much needed local services. Bobbie Shaw, Leon Purrington and Charles Vorrias were awarded with Paul Harris Fellowships for their contributions to the club and for their "Service above Self". For more pictures from the evening, please visit our Photo Page, Installation Dinner Photos: Page 1 and Page 2.
Exhange Students Visit - June 15th
We were visited by the students who are partaking of the long-term Rotary Youth Exchange Program being sponsored by our club. Pictured above are Max Sklar, Anneke Johnson, Brianna Manzelli and Kelsey O'Connor. Max and Anneke are headed to different towns in Argentina. Brianna is headed to Finland. Kelsey is headed to India. Kelsey will be journaling her trip on her website. The club membership was impressed with the drive and intellectual curiousity exhibited by these students. We are looking forward to hearing of their travels when they return. Check out the Photo Section for more Youth Exchange photos from this morning.
Brianna has created a website to highlight her travels. Check out the photo pages.
Kelsey's website is full of great images as well. It looks like she is having a great time in India.
A Very Successful Auction
Thanks to everyone that made our annual Winter Fundraising Auction/ Comedy Night on Wednesday, January 31st, a success. We had a great turnout. The items auctioned and the admission proceeds helped us meet and pass our fundraising goals for the evening. Some surprise items added to the mix by an anonymous donor during the course of the auction caused a great amount of excitement. The proceeds raised will go directly for scholarships for graduating seniors at Hamilton Wenham Regional High School.
Thanks to everyone that attended and helped us reach and exceed our goals!
2/2/07 Wendall Waters
Wendall Waters of the Hamilton Wenham Chronicle spoke to the changing nature of reporting the news for a small community paper. She explained that the internet has affected even the weekly newspaper's delivery of the news. Some items are released to the paper's website before they are published in newsprint.
1/31/07 Winter Fundraising Auction/Comedy Night
Thanks to everyone that made our annual Winter Fundraising Auction/ Comedy Night at Giggles in Saugus on Wednesday, January 31st, a success. Comedians included Mark Riley, Bob Siebel and Kevin Knox. (And these guys.) We had a great turnout. We raised over and above our goals for the evening. The proceeds raised will go directly for scholarships for graduating seniors at Hamilton Wenham Regional High School.
12/16/06 Bell Ringing
Rotarians helped in the ringing of the bells for the Salvation Army this past December. Over $1000 was collected and nearly matched the efforts of previous years that were spread over two Saturdays. We would like to thank all those that contributed during the season of giving.
11/10/06 Celtic Sighting
On November 10th we were fortunate enough to be able to enjoy a visit by Boston Celtics great Jo-Jo White. As Red Auerbach passed on October 28th, Mr. White spent much of his time talking about Mr. Auerbach and the impact he had on Mr. White's life and the sport of basketball. Visit our Photos page for more.10/20/06 Dictionary Distribution
The Hamilton Wenham Rotary Club supplied each of the Third Grade students of Winthrop Elementary School, Cutler Elementary School and Buker Elementary School with their own dictionary.8/18/06 Scoreboard
The Hamilton Wenham Rotary Club raised over $5,000 to help provide the Hamilton Wenham Regional High School with a new scoreboard for the football and soccer field.
6/15/06 Gazebo Painted
The Hamilton Wenham Rotary Club funded and organized the painting of the Gazebo in Patton Park. The Gazebo is a popular location for band concerts in the summer. Many people also like to use the Gazebo for photographing their wedding parties, proms, and other special events.