70th Annual Penny set for 10/19/24
The 70th Annual Springfield Vermont Rotary Club Penny Sale returns this year on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 at 6 p.m., with doors opening at 5 p.m., at Riverside Middle School in Springfield.
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Springfield VT Rotary earns two more Trex benches for Springfield community
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Somers inducted as Springfield Rotary Club’s newest member
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Springfield Rotary Club donates to SEVCA Headstart in Springfield & Chester Each year, the new Springfield Vermont Rotary Club president applies for a district Rotary grant. The grant provides $1,000 which is matched by the club. This year, Springfield Rotary Club president Deb Cox noted that Inappropriate outerwear clothing is a barrier to children's physical activity in child-care settings. |
The Magic of Rotary
 By Deb Cox, Springfield VT Rotary Club President The Springfield Rotary Club has been in existence since 1927 serving the residents of Springfield and the greater community. You may be asking what does Rotary do and what does it stand for? |
Springfield Rotary Club 3rd Annual Butterfly Release Fundraiser – August 23, 2024 The Rotary Club of Springfield Vermont is hosting its third annual live butterfly release fundraiser on Friday, August 23, 2024. Donors can purchase a butterfly to release in support of Rotary’s community service projects.
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3rd Year of Rotary Youth Weekend Food Distribution Program Underway For the third year, The Rotary Club of Springfield has implemented a Rotary Youth Weekend Food Distribution Program to help fight child hunger in Springfield. |
Springfield VT Rotary awards local scholarships Bob Flint, Jim Fog, and Ed McQuaide, members of the Springfield Vermont Rotary Club scholarship committee, selected Lilly Farnsworth and Marshall Simpson as winners of this year's local scholarships. Each will receive $3000.
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Bridgeford inducted as Springfield VT Rotary Club's newest member Bill Bridgeford, a senior recruiter for the Peace Corp, was inducted as the Springfield VT Rotary Club newest member during the club's regular meeting held on July 2 at Maebellines.
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Cox inducted as 2024-25 Springfield Vermont Rotary Club President The Rotary Club of Springfield Vermont recently inducted Springfield resident Debra Cox as its club president for the 2024-2025 Rotary year. Rotary club members serving as officers with Deb this year are President-Elect Sue Dana, Secretary Marty Cohn, Treasurer Michelle Chamberlain, Immediate Past President Emma McGuirk and directors-at-large Jeff Mobus, Patricia Putnam, and Bill Dakin. |
Springfield Rotary Club Welcomes New Member Michelle Chamberlain recently joined the Springfield Vermont Rotary Club and was inducted at a ceremony during the weekly club meeting held on Tuesday, June 4th at Maebellines.
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95 Books for the Club's 95th Anniversary In honor of its 95th anniversary, the Springfield Vermont Rotary Club donated 95 books to Elm Hill School, Union Street School, Springfield Area Parent Child Center, Springfield Family Center, and Springfield Housing Authority.
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Springfield Rotary Club Welcomes New Members
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Springfield Rotary’s Food Drive a Success
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Rotary Diaper Drive A Success! The Springfield Rotary Club hosted a successful diaper drive in April to benefit the Springfield Area Parent Child Center Diaper Bank. Thanks to the response by the community, 2,639 diapers and 1,500 wipes were collected, as well as $800 in monetary donations.
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“Fill the Cart from the Heart” Rotary Food Drive on May 11
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Rotary earns two more Trex benches for Springfield community  As a reward for Springfield residents collecting more than a ton of thin film plastics for the Trex Thin Film Plastics Challenge, the Trex Company (Trex) provided the Springfield Rotary Club with two outdoor benches that were placed at the bus stop on Main Street in Springfield. |
Springfield Rotary makes a deposit at the Diaper Bank Throughout the month of April, Springfield Rotary Club is sponsoring a diaper drive to benefit the Diaper Bank at Springfield Area Parent Child Center. Any size, any brand! Please drop them off at the following locations in Springfield: Community Bank, Edward Jones (River Street), M&T Bank, Springfield Town Library, State Farm Insurance, and VTel.
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Annual Governor's Luncheon 2024 Over 60 members of the Springfield Vermont Rotary Club, Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, and guests attended the Annual Governor’s Luncheon at the River Valley Technical Center on March 12, 2024 to hear Governor Phil Scott's vision for Vermont.
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Springfield Family Center on the Move
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Rotary donates to Bleacher Fund After matching a Rotary District 7870 Grant, the Springfield Vermont Rotary Club recently donated $2,000 to the Springfield Area Booster Club to support the Bleacher Fund.
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Rotary honors Jeff Mobus Springfield Rotary Club member Jeff Mobus (left in photo) is congratulated by club president Emma McGuirk for continuing contributions to The Rotary Foundation in support of international programs that promote peace, human development, and world understanding.
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Kurn Hattin Christmas Project Chester Rotary, Green Mountain Union Interact and the Springfield Rotary Club brought Christmas to the kids at Kurn Hattin Home for Children in Westminster, Vt on Dec. 14, 2023
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Another Successful Stuff-a-Truck 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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69th Annual Springfield Rotary Penny Sale A Success
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69th Penny Sale - Oct. 21, 2023 |
2nd Annual Butterfly Release FundraiserThe 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.
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Springfield VT Rotary earns third Trex bench for Springfield community
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Fitness project promotes health for Oglala Lakota schools 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.
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McGuirk inducted as new Springfield Rotary Club president The Rotary Club of Springfield Vermont recently inducted Springfield resident Emma McGuirk as its club president for the 2023-2024 Rotary year.
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Members honored |
2nd Year of Rotary Youth Weekend Food Distribution Program Begins (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
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Springfield Rotary Club has earned its second Trex bench 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. |
Springfield Rotary awards scholarships to grads 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. |
Club plants flowers The Springfield Vermont Rotary Club has donated the 4 flower boxes that are hanging on the Desert Storm Veterans Bridge near the Senior Center. |
Club receives two district awards |
Gov. Scott address Rotary and Chamber 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.
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Springfield Rotary Stuff a Truck event brings in ½ ton in food, items for Springfield Food Shelf
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"Stuff A Truck" Food Drive - 4/22/23 |
Springfield Rotary Club Welcomes New Members
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Plastic Film Recycling at Springfield Town Library 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. |
Springfield Rotarian Charter Member of PolioPlus Society 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
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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 and in the world. |
Springfield Rotary Scholarship Applications Available 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. |
Another Successful "Stuff a Truck" 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. |
Stuff A Truck 2022 |
68th Annual Springfield Rotary Penny Sale A Success
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Springfield Rotary Club Marking Its 95th Anniversary |
Two more little libraries installed in Springfield  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 |
Another Little Library Erected 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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Little Library Erected
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Springfield Rotary Penny Sale Coming Up on October 22nd
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Butterfly Release Fundraiser - August 26, 2022 A Springfield Rotary Club fundraiser “Live Butterfly Release” to remember and honor our friends and family.
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Springfield Rotary Club tackles food insecurity with Weekend Backpack Program
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Changing of the Gavel 2022-23 |
Rotary Helps Purchase South African Bronchoscope  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. |
Rotary / Library Fundraiser 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. |
Letter Carriers’ Food Drive Returned on May 14 with assist from Springfield Rotary Club
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Springfield Rotarians Lend a Hand to the Green Up Effort
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Club holds annual 4-way speech contest 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.
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Annual Governor's Luncheon Held 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
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Thanks for Making the Springfield Rotary Scholarship Raffle A Success
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Springfield Rotary Club announces winner of the $5,000 Scholarship Raffle
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Springfield Rotary Grows |
District Governor Visits Club Rotary District 7870 Governor John Bob Sienienowicz addressed the Springfield Rotary Club at the 2/8 club meeting held at Crown Point Country Club.
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January is Rotary Awareness MonthJanuary 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. |
Successful Winter Food Drive The Springfield Rotary Club held a very successful "Stuff a Truck" event on December 4, 2021, in the Springfield Plaza to benefit the Springfield Family Center.
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Visit with DG Venu! |
Charity Softball GameThe Annual Charity Softball game between the Rotary, the Lions, and Town employees will be on Thursday, August 16. The fun will begin with the National Anthem at 6:00pm, followed by PLAY BALL! The Boosters Club will have the concession stand open, selling hamburgers, hotdogs, and drinks. There is no admission charge, but a hat will be passed during the game. The winning team will donate the proceeds to the charity of its choice. Please come root us on, laugh a lot, and help us raise funds for a local charity!
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Our 2018 Scholarship Winners! |
Congratulations Jim! |
2018 Penny Sale |
District Governor Visit
DG Rich Berryman will visit the Springfield Rotary Club on Monday, August 11. DG Rich will be the program for the meeting, sharing his hopes and vision for our district.
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Quote of the Week - Who Said It?
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
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Thought for the Week - Who Said It?
An optimist is the human personification of spring.
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