The Springfield Rotary Club held a very successful "Stuff a Truck" event on November 18, 2023, in the Springfield Plaza to benefit the Springfield Family Center.
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The 69th Annual Springfield Vermont Rotary Club Penny Sale was held on Saturday, October 21st at Riverside Middle School in Springfield with an enthusiastic crowd in attendance. Over 300 prizes with values from $15 to $500 were distributed. The Penny Sale netted over $15,000. Jen McQuaide was the winner of the drawing for the Grand Prize of $5,000 in cash. In addition, Sue Dowdell was the Door Prize winner, selected from the Grand Prize tickets, for $500 in cash.
The Rotary Club of Springfield Vermont is hosting its second annual live butterfly release fundraiser on Friday, August 25, 2023. Donors can purchase a butterfly to release in support of Rotary’s community service projects.
As a reward for Springfield residents collecting more than 500 pounds of thin film plastics within a ten-week period during the Trex Thin Film Plastics Challenge, the Trex Company (Trex) provided the Springfield Rotary Club with an outdoor bench that was placed at the Park Street School overlooking the Kingsbury House by the Union Park Neighborhood Association and the Springfield Park and Recreation Department.
The Rotary Club of Springfield Vermont recently inducted Springfield resident Emma McGuirk as its club president for the 2023-2024 Rotary year.
For more than a decade, members of Rotary District 7870 (New Hampshire, Vermont, USA) have been helping residents of Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The district’s service projects have ranged from making upgrades to the local nonprofit radio station, to providing laptops for students, to delivering materials for traditional quilts. District Rotarians have also partnered with South Dakota Rotary clubs to fund a makerspace for native artists.
(l-r): Springfield Rotary Club Director Sue Dana and Springfield Rotary Club President Karen Longo distributed shopping bags for the Rotary Youth Weekend Food Distribution Program
Springfield residents have shown amazing support for the plastic film recycling program that started in February of this year. The Springfield Rotary Club signed on to the Trex Community Recycling Challenge, to collect and recycle soft plastic used by Trex to manufacture building materials such as decking. Communities that collect 500 pounds of film plastic within a six-month period are awarded a bench.
The Springfield Rotary Club honored this year's Rotary scholarship winners at their weekly meeting held on June 13th at the Crown Point Country Club.
Club Passes first 500 Pound Milestone in Trex Thin Film Plastics Challenge, Win a Trex Outdoor Bench
As a reward for Springfield residents collecting more than 500 pounds of thin film plastics within an ten-week period during the Trex Thin Film Plastics Challenge, the Trex Company (Trex) will be providing the Springfield Rotary Club with an outdoor bench that was placed at The Common.
The Springfield Vermont Rotary Club has donated the 4 flower boxes that are hanging on the Desert Storm Veterans Bridge near the Senior Center.
Governor Phil Scott was the featured speaker at a joint meeting of the Springfield Vermont Rotary Club and the Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce held on May 2nd at River Valley Tech Center.
Rotarian Project chair Ed McQuaide and Springfield Rotary President Karen Longo spearheaded another successful Stuff A Truck event to benefit the Springfield Family Center on Apr, 22 at the Springfield Plaza
Five new members recently joined the Springfield Vermont Rotary Club and were inducted by Club President Karen Longo at ceremonies during the weekly club meeting held on Tuesday, March 7th at the Nolan Murray Center.
Springfield Town Library is collaborating with Springfield Rotary Club's project to remove plastic film from the waste stream. "This project empowers residents to elevate their knowledge of the volume of plastic the world generates and helps solve the plastic waste issue."
Trex, a company that makes outdoor items from recycled materials, first rolled out its recycling challenge to schools and communities in 2006. The initiative gives communities a six-month period to collect 500 pounds (or more) of plastic bags and film — also known as polyethylene films or plastic that can be stretched — and if that goal is met, the community receives an earth-friendly Trex bench, according to the company.
Springfield Rotarians have until the end of June to secure their free bench made from recycled materials.
At a recent club meeting, Rotary 7870 District Governor Randell Barclay presented Springfield Rotary Club member Liz Carey with her PolioPlus Society pin and certificate
Do you know who your local Rotarians are and what they do? Springfield Rotarians work to “Serve to Change Lives” of those less fortunate in our community and in the world.
Applications for the 2023 Springfield Rotary Club Scholarships are now available! The Rotary Club is offering two $2,000 scholarships for Springfield High School seniors as well as the $500 Lew Baldvins Memorial Industrial Trades scholarship.
The Springfield Rotary Club held a very successful "Stuff a Truck" event on November 19, 2022 in the Springfield Plaza to benefit the Springfield Family Center. The event raised more than 2200 pounds of non-perishable food, frozen turkeys and hams, and personal care items. In addition, donors provided $1800 in cash which the Family Center will use to purchase items through the Vermont Food Bank.
The 68th Annual Springfield Vermont Rotary Club Penny Sale was held on Saturday, October 22nd at Riverside Middle School in Springfield with over 400 people in attendance. 385 prizes with values from $15 to $500 were distributed.
Photo left: "Gnome Place Like a Library" with Karl Riotte and Jeff Mobus
Photo right: Steampunked-theme Library with Karen Longo, Mike Schmidt, and Chip Longo
One of the six little libraries auctioned by the Friends of Springfield Town Library has been erected at 51 Rte106 in North Springfield. The little library, entitled “Purple Coneflowers”, was built by Springfield Vermont Rotarian Rod Arnold, designed by Springfield local artist Becky Turner, and purchased by Primerica Regional Vice President Deb Cox.
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