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.
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President Elect
Immediate Past President
Secretary
Treasurer
Director
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Director
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Public Relations
Four Way Speech
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Tuesdays at noon
Nolan Murray Center (lower level)
Springfield, VT.
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.
One of the six little libraries auctioned by the Friends of Springfield Town Library has been erected at 51 Pearl Street in Springfield. The little library was built by Springfield Vermont Rotarian Rod Arnold, designed by Springfield local artist Corey Mitchell, and purchased by Pearl Street Creative Studio founder Casimir Krupinsky.
The 68th Annual Springfield Vermont Rotary Club Penny Sale returns this year on Saturday, October 22nd at Riverside Middle School in Springfield. The popular annual event could not be held the past two years because of the pandemic but will come back this fall bigger and better than ever. As always, there will be over 300 prizes donated by area businesses and individuals to be won. And as always, each chance at a prize cost only a penny.
A Springfield Rotary Club fundraiser “Live Butterfly Release” to remember and honor our friends and family.
The Rotary Club of Springfield Vermont has established a Weekend Backpack Program to help fight child hunger in Springfield.
According to Springfield Rotary Club President Karen Longo, 1 in 7 children are considered food insecure in Vermont. The most at-risk children for food insecurity are also the ones who are most affected by the achievement gap, and poor academic and athletic outcomes that can have lifelong effects.
At the Springfield Rotary Club June 21st meeting, representatives from Rotary Districts in South Africa expressed their gratitude for the club’s fundraising participation, along with eight other clubs in Vermont and New Hampshire, to provide a local children’s hospital with a pediatric bronchoscope.
Friends of the Springfield Town Library (FOSTL) is auctioning six wonderfully decorated little libraries that are currently on display at the Springfield Town Library. Auction proceeds will be used to purchase equipment to better host in-person and online programs in the library. You can participate in the auction by visiting https://www.32auctions.com/FOSTL2022. Springfield Rotary Club created this “Little Free..brary” project as a way of supporting FOSTL and furthering its goal of increasing literacy in the community.
The Springfield Rotary Club worked with letter carriers to make this year’s “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive a success.
The Springfield Rotary Club held its annual "4-Way Speech Contest" at this week's meeting. The contest is for Springfield High School students to speak about how the Rotary "4-Way Test" applies to situations in their lives. SHS Sophomore Zada Grant was the winner of the $100 1st Prize for her speech about the current national political climate for women's rights and laws relating to abortion.
The Honorable Phil Scott, Governor of Vermont presented his vision for Vermont before over 60 members of the Springfield Rotary Club and the Springfield Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, March 23rd
The Springfield Rotary Club would like to thank the following sponsors who helped make our scholarship raffle a success. We raised enough money to fund our scholarships to graduating seniors this year and other community projects.
At the Springfield Rotary Club meeting held at Crown Point Country Club on Feb. 16, Springfield Rotary Club member Emma McGuirk drew the winning ticket for the $5,000 Springfield Rotary Club scholarship raffle. The winner, Marty Cohn, is a member of the club. The Club will award two $2,000 scholarships to Springfield High School graduating seniors. (l-r) Club Treasurer Ed McQaide, raffle winner Marty Cohn, Emma McGuirk, and Club President Jim Fog.
Rotary District 7870 Governor John Bob Sienienowicz addressed the Springfield Rotary Club at the 2/8 club meeting held at Crown Point Country Club.
January is Rotary Awareness Month - 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- learn how you can join in our club's mission!
The Springfield Rotary Club is more than just an assembly of business professionals that meet weekly for a social lunch. Our members range from retirees to independent business professionals to CEOs. The goal of the Springfield Rotary Club is to carry out the mission of Rotary International (RI), an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
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