All Rotary Club of Andover in-person meetings and gatherings are on hold due to COVID-19 precautions. Please check back again as the situation unfolds.
 | Do you miss our Friday morning meetings and Happy Bucks? I know I do! Did you know that through Happy Bucks our members donate over $500 every month? Wow! As fun and emotional as Happy Bucks are, they also provide important funds so that we can do the work we do in the community. Well, we found a way to keep the Happy Bucks and stories flowing through our Eventbrite donation page. Follow the link to make your Happy Bucks donation, and email your story to President Demetrius. He’ll email Club member testimonials and stories frequently. Because we all know how important it is to stay in touch and in fellowship with each other, especially during difficult times. Click here to make your Happy Bucks contribution https://andoverrotaryhappydollars.eventbrite.com and email your Happy Bucks story to Demetrius. Yours in Rotary, Elaine |
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Our club has raised over $1,300 now this year, and the district is north of $91,000, closing in on a million contributed since the first plunge. And don't forget that's matched 2:1 by the Gates Foundation! It's not too late to donate. Here's our club fundraising link:
And importantly...
YES! Your fundraising will be matched 2:1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation;
YES! Your cash donations and fundraising will earn Paul Harris Credit;
YES! You can make a difference in preventing polio world-wide.
YES! Your fundraising will be matched 2:1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation;
YES! Your cash donations and fundraising will earn Paul Harris Credit;
YES! You can make a difference in preventing polio world-wide.
Service project spotlight
Saturday, November 15th, Andover Rotarians gathered for a Habitat for Humanity build day, working on construction of six units of affordable housing in Andover on Lupine Road by Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity and the Andover Community Trust.
Rotarians at work: Demetrius Spaneas, Claudia Soo Hoo & friend, Paul Salafia, Mark Spencer, and Andy Betts
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Thank you all who attended our October Rotary Means Business event at LaRosa's restaurant at 7 Barnard Street, Andover. Guest speaker Paul LaRosa, owner and entrepreneur, spoke on opening a business in Andover and navigating both the economy and all of the logistics to creating a sustainable local business. We had over 40 attendees and Paul LaRosa did not disappoint--he was a dynamic speaker as one could've hoped for.
Stay tuned for Andover Rotary's next Rotary Means Business event!
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andover cares
Andover Cares is a group formed by the Andover Rotary Club that has, as its goal, to raise funds to battle this epidemic by providing awareness, education, and intervention.Between 2014 - 2016, Andover has lost over 20 people who died because of addiction and substance use that is gripping our town, region, and country.
Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
Solving real problems takes real commitment and vision. For more than 110 years, Rotary's people of action have used their passion, energy, and intelligence to take action on sustainable projects. From literacy and peace to water and health, we are always working to better our world, and we stay committed to the end.
Learn more about our structure and our foundation and our strategic vision.
What we do
Rotary members believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s most persistent issues. Our 35,000+ clubs work together to:
- Promote peace
- Fight disease
- Provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
- Save mothers and children
- Support education
- Grow local economies
Our mission
We provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
The Andover Rotary's Andover Cares movement introduced the potential of Rotary to new people who want to make a difference in their community. However, for many, the traditional service club model of required weekly meetings and just doesn't fit into the busy lives we all live today. So Andover Rotary created two new membership levels.
A Service Membership has fewer meeting requirements, lower membership fees, and evening meeting options.
An Corporate Membership is very similar to our traditional membership option. The principal corporate member gets all of the benefits that are included with a traditional membership, along with the flexibility to send a designee/associate to meetings that he/she is unable to attend each month. Corporate members may also bring associates to help at Rotary service projects. We encourage all of our principal corporate members to attend at least 1 meeting per month.
Want to learn more about joining the Rotary Club of Andover? Please feel free to contact Membership Chair Doug Mercurio with any questions about these great options for busy local business leaders ready to join a great service club helping to improve our community.
Ready to apply for membership? Download an application here.
For more information visit the Andover Cares website
The Andover Cares Fund, part of the Rotary Club of Andover Charitable Foundation, is seeking grant applications. Andover Cares and the Andover Cares Fund were established in fall 2015, inspired by several members of the Rotary Club of Andover who lives have been touched by the heroin epidemic plaguing our community, our state, and our nation.
