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September 2018 meeting schedule

MEETING SCHEDULE

September 2018

Friday, September 7 ~ 7:30am Lanam Club, North Main Street, Andover

Friday, September 14 ~ NO MEETING

Wednesday, September 19 ~ NO MEETING

Friday, September 21 ~ 7:30am Board meeting, Andover Center for History & Culture

Friday, September 28 ~ 7:30am Lanam Club

Rotarians Serve Those Who Serve - Merrimack Valley Gas Emergency

Thursday, September 13, 2018, the Merrimack Valley was rocked by unprecedented gas explosions that caused over 40 fires in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover. Crews from all over New England were joined by crews from as far away as the Midwest to secure and safeguard lives, homes, and businesses. Our hearts go out to the young man who died during the emergency, and the many people who lost homes and businesses.

#AndoverRotary #MVFires

Andover Rotarians brought water, supplies, coffee, and donuts to first responders during the Merrimack Valley Gas Emergency.	Thank you Coca-Cola for donating water!
Thank you Maplewood Dental of Nashua, NH, for donating toothbrushes and other dental supplies!	Dental supplies on their way

Supplies for Andover's first responders	Andover Rotarians Paul Salafia, Al Ruthazer, and Andy Betts deliver supplies to Andover's first responders
With Andover's finest	Getting ready to head to North Andover first responder staging area

North Andover staging area	President Marc Gillette delivering water to Lawrence Police
Delivering supplies	North Andover first responder staging area

POSTPONED - ANDOVER CARES BLOCK PARTY!

Due to recovery from the gas emergency, Andover Cares Block Party is postponed indefinitely. Stay tuned for updates

The 4th annual Andover Cares Community Block Party will be held SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2018....with a Pooch Parade!
Co-sponsored by the Rotary Club of Andover and the Town of Andover's Department of Community Services

Click here to learn more! (FAQ)
Click here for tickets
Click here to learn how YOU can support Andover Cares and the 2018 Andover Block Party!

What is the Andover Cares Community Block Party?

This year's block party will feature GREAT music, competitive family games (tug of war, balloon toss, pie eating contest, talent contest, and more)...combined with food, family fun, resources, and more!

The block party will start with an INCREDIBLE Dog Parade and Best Trick Contest at 11:00
(Sign-in starts at 10:30).

After the Dog Parade and Best Trick Contest, stay to enjoy the stage performances, field games, and more.

Andover Cares...A fight against addiction

Raising awareness, hosting educational events, and supporting great work in Andover to tackle addiction in our community!

100% of the Andover Cares Fund supports grants that address Andover's multi-tiered approach to this crisis in our community: education, prevention, intervention, and enforcement.

2018 Citizens Who Care

congratulations to the 2018 citizens who care honorees

The Citizens Who Care awards recognize civic-minded individuals or groups for their extraordinary contributions to the Andover community — above and beyond their normal job descriptions. Recipients have an Andover connection — living, working or volunteering in Andover.

The Educator of the Year award honors one educator in the Andover public school system who possesses these same exceptional values and qualities, both in and outside of the classroom, and who has made a significant and lasting difference in the lives of Andover students.

The Student of the Year award honors one student who possesses these exceptional values and qualities.

Rotary Club of Andover has recognized more than 160 people in their 22 years of Citizens Who Care awards and, for the last 11 years, with Educator of the Year.

“We look forward to this night every year, to be together and celebrate the unsung heroes among us,” says Rotary President Amy Salant. “I invite you to a Rotary breakfast meeting any of our Friday mornings to learn more about the work we do,” she adds. “Join us, as our guest, and hear about the community activities we support. You’re certain to hear about a cause that speaks to you, one you can volunteer for and collaborate on, to feel the same sense of accomplishment this year’s honorees do.”

Rotary celebrates the spirit of volunteerism embodied in each honoree in professional gallery portraits, unveiled at the gala on May 17 and displayed throughout the year in Andover Town Hall and several banks and commercial buildings. Eventually the Andover Center for History & Culture archives the portraits.

Thank you to DANIEL DOKE, FINE ART PORTAITS, of North Reading for donating portraits of this year's Citizens Who Care honorees!

Meet the 2018 Citizens Who Care award honorees:

Vicky Bernard, initially an Ironstone volunteer supporting kids with special needs and now a dedicated member of their Board of Trustees
Amy and Chris Bositis, committed to reducing the transmission of HIV, from Zambia to the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Dianne Caraviello, 2018 Educator of the Year, Bancroft Elementary School kindergarten champion and founder of Family to Family
Steve Caron, newsletter publisher of The Serving Brother, Catholic instruction designed to comfort incarcerated people in the U.S., Canada, and the world
Dave Floreen, a banking veteran and financial mentor to high school youth through the Credit for Life program
MaryRuth Luther, Ironstone Farm volunteer and pony whisperer, founder of Greater Lawrence Tech’s
Parent Connection programming, and volunteer and Board member for the Andover Center for History & Culture
Natalee Rozon, 2018 Student of the Year, straight-A Andover High School senior and vice president of AHS Interact Club,
Rotary’s high school club, which raised $10,000 for the Special Olympics
Sheila Sarrrao, supporter of Andover and Lawrence schools and multiple nonprofits, including Lazarus House, Girl Scouts, Cape Cod Baseball and St. Augustine Parish
Ted Teichert, advocate for a vibrant downtown Andover through the Andover Chamber of Commerce, Andover Business Community Association, Bazaar Days and Andover Day
Klara Vadja, passionate member of St. Augustine Parish and leader of numerous ministries

Here are more ways to do some serious good (while having serious fun!)

Ongoing VOLUNTEER for Rotary Readers at a local school reading to elementary school children (once/month)-Contact Alan Michel to help out

First Wednesday every month volunteer from from 11-1:30pm VOLUNTEER at the Lazarus House Soup Kitchen serving lunch to those in need of a hot meal-Contact Lorraine Enos at Lorraine.Enos@ebtc.com to help out.

Three Ways to Join Andover Rotary

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 Al Ruthazer with any questions about these great options for busy local business leaders ready to join a great service club helping to improve our community.

Andover Cares Fund seeking applications

For more information visit andovercares.org/grants

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.

A Mother's Moving Plea to Her Son

" I kick it first...you have to bury me"