Annual Casino Night Set for Saturday, April 28
April 10th, 2012
Casino Night - April 28, 2012
(VERGENNES, VT) – The Vergennes Area Rotary Club is pleased to announce the date of its annual Casino Night charity fundraiser, where Las Vegas-style action and play money combine for a good cause. The fun starts at 7:00pm, Saturday, April 28 at the American Legion Post #14 in Vergennes.
Games will include blackjack, bingo, craps, poker, the wheel of fortune, a 50-50 and more. Prizes donated by area merchants are awarded at the end of the night. Food and drinks will be available for sale. Club President Rob McNamara said that all money raised will go toward Vergennes Rotary Charities.
Tickets are $10 each. Purchase in advance to receive $600 in Casino Dollars — $100 more than when tickets are purchased at the door. Tickets can be bought from a Rotarian, by calling 877-6890 or by visiting Classic Stitching in Vergennes.
For more information, please contact:
Tony Panella
877-6890
apanella@myfairpoint.net
2012 Valentine’s Day Dance
January 25th, 2012
2012 Valentine's Day Dance
(VERGENNES, VT) – The Vergennes Area Rotary Club is pleased to announce the upcoming Valentine’s Day Dance, happening Saturday, February 11th, 2012 at the Vergennes Eagles Club at 67 New Haven Road. The dance will feature the band “The Hitmen.”
The fun starts at 7:30pm. A delicious variety of snacks, a silent auction featuring exciting items and a cash bar will be available.
Tickets are $20 each, or $30 for a couple. Tickets can be purchased by calling 877-6890 or by visiting Classic Stitching in Vergennes.
Vergennes Rotary Announces Holiday Decoration Winners
January 25th, 2012The Vergennes Area Rotary Club is pleased to announce the winners of this years Holiday Decoration Contest, an annual challenge for both homes and businesses to decorate their front yards and windows in a friendly competition for prizes.
Father Yvon Royer & Ms. Bachmann
The winner in the home category of a $50 gift card to Shaws is Alice Bachmann. Ms. Bachmann is receiving a check for $50 from Father Yvon Royer of the Rotary Club.
Susan Burdick (left) & Lynn Jackson-Donnelly
The winner in the business category of a $100 donation to the charity of its choice is Sweet Charity, who donated its winnings to Women of Wisdom, a local supporter of Hospice.
Acting Rotary President Susan Burdick (left) is presenting a check for $100 to Lynn Jackson-Donnelly of Women of Wisdom. The winner of the decoration contest for businesses was Sweet Charity, who named Women of Wisdom as their charity of choice to accept the prize.
Vergennes Rubber Duckie Race Winner
September 15th, 2011
(Left to right) Nancy Wood receives a check for $250 from Vergennes Rotary President Rob McNamara and member George Koplinka, who sold Nancy the wining ticket.
(VERGENNES, VT) – The Vergennes Rotary Club is happy to present a check for $250 to Nancy Wood for having the winning duck in the annual Rubber Duckie Race held on Vergennes Day.
The 2nd place winner was Rachel Steponaitis, and 3rd place went to Linda Goodspeed. The winner of the Corporate Duck race was Classic Stitching in Vergennes.
The Rubber Duckie Race is the Vergennes Rotary’s largest fundraiser of the year, and allows the club to donate scholarships of $750 each to six local high school seniors. This year the club sold more than 1200 small ducks and 75 corporate ducks.
Purchase your Rubber Duckie Online!
August 16th, 2011
The Annual Vergennes Day Rubber Duckie Race is fast approaching! And now you can purchase your Rubber Duckie online via PayPal today. Vergennes Day is Saturday, August 27 and the race will be at the Falls Basin Park at 3:30pm.| [donation-can goal_id='rubber-duckie-race' style_id='default' show_progress=false show_description=false show_donations=false show_title=false title=''] |
2010 “Booked for Bikes” Winners
October 19th, 2010
(Nora Nelson, Adelaide Brooks, Anna Rakowski, Jane Russell, Will Crawford, Evan Rakowski, Stephanie Praamsma, Philip Armell, Josh Cook)
Pictured above are the winners of this years “Booked for Bikes” Vergennes Rotary Club / Bixby Library literacy program. Eight lucky winners were drawn from a raffle on Vergennes Day on the City Green.
The Booked for Bikes program just finished its 13th year. Program chair person Scott Gaines from Vergennes Rotary Club, helped Bixby Library Head Librarian Rachel Plant announce the winners. Children age 5 -15 read books throughout the summer months in hopes of winning a Trek Mountain Bike provided by the Vergennes Rotary Club. The literacy program was designed to help keep kids reading during the summer months. For each book read, a child gets to enter a raffle entry once a week throughout the summer. Kids from the five town area of Vergennes, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Waltham, & Addison were eligible. The success of our program is due to the promotional efforts of Rachel Plant and Gail Martin, Bixby’s Children’s Librarian. Our program helps support the same literacy goals of the Bixby Library. The “Booked for Bikes” program not only promotes summer reading, it also brings children and their parents into the Bixby. Another goal of the Vergennes Rotary Club to support their local library.
The program has added another feature to their Vergennes Day drawing by partnering with Safe Kids of Addison Co. For the past 5 years Chairperson, Chuck Welch and his incredible staff of volunteers have provided over 800 free bike helmets to our area children.
For more information regarding the “Booked for Bikes” program, contact Rachel Plant or Gail Martin at the Bixby Library in Vergennes at 877-2211. You can also visit their website at www.bixbylibrary.org. To learn more about Vergennes Rotary you can contact Scott Gaines at 877-2878 or visit their web site www.vergennesrotary.org.
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2010 Rubber Ducky Race
August 31st, 2010To the people of Vergennes and surrounding communities;
Thank you!
For making Vergennes Day and the Rubber Ducky race a success.
The Rotary Club of Vergennes with your help surpassed a sales goal in support of the local scholarship fund.
You just contributed to your children’s education.
It was a great day for the community and a success overall.
The winners of the Rubber Ducky Race were:
First place – Al Farnsworth
Second place – Allison Pouliot
Third place – Sabrina Larrow
Corporate Duck – Steady Transport
Thank you all for your support!
The Rotary Club of Vergennes
1790 Ohio River Run for Polio Plus
April 15th, 2010Forty years ago, my college friend, Stewart and I planned a canoe trip down the Mississippi River, from his boyhood home in Maysville, KY to New Orleans. Unforeseen circumstances caused us to cancel the trip. We have stayed in touch through the years. Now we are both retired and have re-kindled the adventure and want to do a trip, by canoe, from Pittsburgh to Maysville, KY, a trip of 425 miles. We will be following the same route that Stewart’s Scottish ancestors took in 1790 in by keelboat. They were headed into the wilds of the Northwest Territories. George Washington was president. There were 5 people employed by the government and the lands of Ohio and Kentucky were up for grabs.
We are planning the trip to begin in April 2010. As member of Rotary, I will be collecting sponsors and pledges for the Rotary Polio Plus program. We also plan to write a book about our adventure and document the journey with daily blogs, video and photos. People, clubs, schools and businesses can pledge so much per mile.
I would like to involve Rotary Clubs along the Ohio as well as Vermont to get involved and pledge money through their club to the Polio Plus Program. Schools could possibly incorporate the month long journey into their curriculum as well as pledging money.
Right now we are in negotiations with a possible corporate sponsorship for supplies as well as possibly matching funds for what we can raise for the Polio Program.
With a background in photography and education and Stewart’s marketing/advertising experience, I feel we are well-balanced team to provide great public relations and exposure to any organization at associates with our adventure. My goal is to raise $10,000 for the Rotary Polio Plus Program. We will see what the future holds.
Mail Your Pledge To:
Rotary Club of Vergennes
PO Box 313
Vergennes, VT 05491
3120 Jersey St.
Panton, Vt. 05491
dreammaker@madriver.com
802-475-2408
It’s time for ‘Casino Night’
March 22nd, 2010Come one, come all, Saturday March 27th, 2010 make way to the American Legion Hall Post #14 on 100 Armory Lane in Vergennes for a great night of Blackjack, Poker, Craps, Bingo and Fun.
Win some great prizes – donated by local businesses and Rotarians. The fun starts at 7:00PM and the proceeds go towards the Rotary of Vergennes Scholarship Fund.
Tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased at the door or from a Rotarian. Advanced tickets get $1,200 Casino bucks or $1,000 at the door.
Rotary Public Speaking Contest Winner
January 19th, 2010
Receiving a check of $100 is Jacob Steponaitis the winner of the annual Rotary Public Speaking Contest conducted each year for the area high schools. Pictured is Jacob’s Mom, Cookie and Kalvin Jay our facilitator.