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December 2019 meeting schedule

MEETING SCHEDULE

December 2019

Friday, December 6 ~ 7:30am Lanam Club, North Main Street

Friday, December 13 ~ 7:30am Lanam Club

Wednesday, December 18 ~ Annual Holiday Party! Location TBA

Friday, December 20 ~ Board meeting 7:30am, Andover Center for History & Culture, 97 Main Street
NO MEETING FRIDAY, December 27 - See you in January!

Service Above Self

Drive for Lazarus house

Please remember that we have begun our drive to collect new underwear, socks, and hygiene products for Lazarus House. Lazarus House literally needs THOUSANDS of items.

This drive will culminate during the week of Thanksgiving, but we expect to have regular - if not weekly - car loads delivered.

Please think of other local organizations, religious institutions, or schools that may be willing to help.

Where doing good is serious fun

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

Polar Plunge 2020!

From Polar Plunge Co-Chair Amy Luckiewicz

As you know, 2020 is a LEAP YEAR and the Polar Plunge Team has just the idea of how you can spend your extra day for GOOD!

Polio Chair Sheryl Meehan and our Polar Plunge Team is thrilled to announce that our 2020 Polar Plunge to End Polio is on Saturday, February 29, 2020 (snow day March 14th) and we can't wait to celebrate our 10th Anniversary with a BIG goal. As you may have heard we're hoping to reach $1 MILLION in cash gifts by June 30th and we're so close! We're asking you to help us end polio by giving you a few options to participate through your home club:

1) Register today to participate in the 2020 Polar Plunge, a Rotary District 7930 tradition since 2009! Click to register as a Plunger.

2) Register today as a Virtual Plunger...no jumping into the water for you, just fundraising! Click to register to register as a Virtual Plunger.

3) Come to Long Beach in Good Harbor on February 29th to hold a towel, take pictures, scream and shout and cheer us on!

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 invite your friends, family, and non-Rotarians (in high school or older) to plunge with you! and...

YES! You can make a difference in preventing polio world-wide.

Please visit https://rotary7930.org/page/polar-plunge for our FAQ, accounting, waivers and more.

My final request is that you welcome my friends on the Polar Plunge Team into your club to speak about polio and the Plunge. Already a few of us have visited clubs to provide a deeper dive into the status of polio, why we're still fighting, and our great plans for the Plunge. They'll be reaching out to you soon if they haven't already.

Please don't hesitate to contact me personally at (781)588-0257 or at polarplunge7930@gmail.com with any questions or to share your success stories in fundraising.

THANK YOU so much for helping and I can't wait to share updates with you soon on the 7930 website, social media and newsletter!

Yours in Service,

Amy Luckiewicz
Polar Plunge Co-Chair

Rotary Means Business

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!

Andover Cares

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.

Click here to learn more about Andover Cares.

Follow Andover Cares on Facebook!

What is Rotary?

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

Get involved

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.

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 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.