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Nicole was a Rotary Exchange student for 6 months and has traveled to Tanzania, East Africa to educate and support the children of that region. She worked with kids elementary age through middle and high school. She currently is in her third year at Champlain College. She plans on traveling back to Africa at some point to continue supporting the young people there. An impressive and inspiring humanitarian experience. View her PowerPoint presentation here
(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. [donation-can goal_id='books-for-bikes' show_progress=false show_description=true show_donations=false show_title=false] To the people of Vergennes and surrounding communities; Thank you! For making Vergennes Day and the Rubber Ducky race a success. It was a great day for the community and a success overall. First place – Al Farnsworth Thank you all for your support!
The Vergennes Rotary Club met at the Basin Harbor Club on June 29th for the Annual Leadership Change Over. Additional details and photos will be posted soon – but here is a photo of the club members in attendance.  2010 Maverick's Membership
Forty 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: 1790 Ohio River Run
Rotary Club of Vergennes PO Box 313 Vergennes, VT 05491 Rotary Club of Vergennes is a 501(3)c so your contributions are tax deductable.
Robert C. McNamara
3120 Jersey St. Panton, Vt. 05491 dreammaker@madriver.com 802-475-2408 Come 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.
ShelterBox is responding to the scenes of destruction in Haiti. A ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) with members David Eby from Tennessee and Wayne Robinson of Georgia from the USA and Mark Pearson from the UK are on their way to Haiti right now. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean island of Haiti at close to 2200 GMT on Tuesday, January 12. Initial reports state that hundreds of people are feared dead while thousands of people have been left homeless. We’re doing everything we can to ensure immediate aid reaches the people of Haiti, but need your help! Please make a donation now by sending a check to Vergennes Rotary Charities P.O Box 313 Vergennes, VT 05491. Since its inception in 2000, ShelterBox has provided shelter and dignity following over 100 disasters in more than 63 countries, bringing the organization to the forefront of international disaster relief. ShelterBox instantly responds to earthquake, volcano, flood, hurricane, cyclone, tsunami or conflict by delivering boxes of aid. In many cases “ShelterBoxes” have made the difference between life and death. Each “ShelterBox” supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent and lifesaving equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless. A ShelterBox is a box of disaster relief supplies designed to help an extended family of up to 10 people survive a disaster for at least 6 months. Tom Henderson, an ex-Royal Navy search-and-rescue diver and Rotarian from the United Kingdom came up with the idea in 1999 as he saw relief workers responding to a disaster on television with food and medicine, but they did not have shelters among their supplies. The design of the box is such that two people are able to carry it. The box contains a 10-person tent, blankets, basic tools, water-purification tablets and containers, a multi-fuel or wood-burning stove, mosquito nets and other items tailored to the particular region in crisis. The contents are tailored depending on the nature and location of the disaster, with great care taken sourcing every item to ensure it is robust enough to be of lasting value. Highly trained ShelterBox Response Teams distribute boxes on the ground, working closely with local organizations, international aid agencies and Rotary clubs worldwide. Donations can be made by sending a check to Vergennes Rotary Charities P.O Box 313 Vergennes, VT 05491.
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. Eliminate the winter blues and get your sweetie on the Vergennes Opera House dance floor at the annual Valentine’s Day Dance. The dancing starts at 8pm on Friday February 13, 2010 to the great sounds of “The Hitmen”. Enjoy food, cash bar, raffle, great music, and much more supplied by the Rotary Club of Vergennes. $20 per person or $30 per couple for an evening you’ll fondly remember. For tickets call (802) 877-6737, see a Rotarian, or stop at Classic Stitching in Vergennes. |
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