Rotary Club

Rotary Club of Watertown Awards $10,000 in Scholarships

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The Rotary Club of Watertown recently awarded $10,000 in scholarships to local students. The recipients received the awards at the Watertown High School Senior Awards Night. 2018 Rotary Club of Watertown Scholarship Winners

H. Nish Boyajian Memorial Scholarship – Kaitlin Tracy, Watertown High School

Stephen Everett Memorial Scholarship – Elizabteth Powderly, Watertown High School

Domenic “Dick” Trabucco Memorial Scholarship – Timothy F. Connors, Jr., Matignon

Domenic “Dick” Trabucco Memorial Scholarship – Lauren Petrillo, Watertown High School

Student Speaker Award, Ioannis Papadopoulos, Watertown High School

Rotary Merit Scholarship – Liz Cam, Watertown High School

Rotary Merit Scholarship – Caroline Costa, Watertown High School

Rotary Merit Scholarship – Alexander J. Feltner-Harrison, Watertown High School

Rotary Merit Scholarship – Claire Gabel, Watertown High School

Rotary Merit Scholarship – Mariam Roda, Watertown High School

Schools

Don’t Miss Out on Tickets for the Dancing With the Watertown Stars Education Fundraiser

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It’s your last chance to get tickets for Dancing with the Watertown Stars, presented by the Rotary Club of Watertown! On May 11 you’ll get the chance to cheer on your favorite local stars as they strut their stuff on the dance floor! A portion of all proceeds will be used to support education in Watertown. Have a great time AND support an amazing cause! 2018 Watertown Stars: Tony Physic, Kelly Cronin, Andrew Allegro, Diego Ribeiro, Kevin Sanderson, Marilyn Pettito Devaney, Lauren Unsworth, Jan Taylor!

Dancing With the Stars

Tickets Available for Watertown’s Dancing With the Stars, Benefiting the Schools

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Watertown’s Dancing With the Stars, benefiting education in town, will be held on May 11, 2018 and features community members competing on the dance floor at the Hellenic Cultural Center. The Rotary Club of Watertown has taken over the event that was started by the Watertown Education Foundation. The Rotary Club sent out the following information:

Join the Rotary Club of Watertown for an evening of cheering on your favorite local stars as they strut their stuff in Dancing with the Watertown Stars! A portion of all proceeds will support education in Watertown. Have a great time AND support an amazing cause!

Charity

Rotary Club Seeks Places for Volunteers to Help Out on Service Saturday

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The Rotary Club of Watertown will host its first Service Saturday on Saturday, Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and the group is looking for places where volunteers can lend a hand. The Rotary Club sent out this announcement:

We are looking for projects than can accommodate anywhere from 5 or 6 to 20+ volunteers. We will have volunteers of all ages and physical abilities so we are open to all kinds of projects: painting, yard work (assuming the weather is OK), card writing, reading to seniors, helping a family or seniors move furniture, etc. Interested organizations/people can reach out to Lilia at lilia@ballroominboston.com

Watertown Rotary Seeks Volunteers for its First Ever Service Saturday

Charity

Watertown Rotary Seeks Volunteers for its First Ever Service Saturday

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The Watertown Rotary Club would like to invite you to our first ever Service Saturday, Feb. 24 from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Service Saturday provides local residents the opportunity to engage with the local community. On Feb. 24, volunteers will first gather at the Watertown Boys & Girls Club. From there, participants will pick from service activities to engage in for two hours.

Business

Couple Dealing with ALS Gets Donations from Rotary Club, Sullivan Tire

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Karen and Steven Mey have been sweethearts since high school, but they now face a life-changing challenge after Karen was diagnosed with ALS. They have been given helping hands from their community to assist the couple deal with Karen’s limited mobility. Karen received the diagnosis of ALS – also called Lou Gehrig’s Disease – in June, but they symptoms began four or five years ago. “I had a pain in my right hand which lead to weakness in my right arm,” Karen said. “Then I began to have weakness in my left arm, and then it went to my legs.

Charity

New Rotary Club Program Provides Meals for Watertown Kids on Weekends

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A new program sponsored by the Rotary Club, called Food for Thought, is providing some Watertown students who might go hungry over the weekend with two breakfasts, two lunches and two snacks each week.  

During the week, these students can get free or discounted meals at school. About 30 percent of the students in Watertown are in the Free and Reduced Lunch program, said Watertown resident Lilia Weisfeldt, who came up with the idea for the program. “Over the weekend the kids don’t have access to the program and a lot of kids go without any food,” Weisfeldt said. “We give them a bag of food over the weekend so they can go back to school Monday not hungry and ready to learn.”

Around Town

Rotary Club, Watertown Middle School Pack Meals for the Hungry

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On Tuesday, November 22 over 90 kids, parents, teachers, community members and Rotarians headed to the Watertown Middle School to pack over 10,000 meals through the Stop Hunger Now program, the Rotary Club of Watertown announced. The Rotary Club of Watertown hosted the packing party not only to help feed thousands of people around the world but also as a way to foster a spirit of community service among the school children of Watertown. The meals prepared during the Stop Hunger Now Packing Party are distributed through feeding programs operated by partner organizations in developing countries that promote education, encourage children to attend school, improve students’ health and nutrition, address gender inequalities, stimulate economic growth, and fight child labor.