Club members led by Jason L. built a greenhouse for Charter House. They'll be feasting on fresh vegetables next January!
For more photos, see the Photo Album on this page.
The Rotary Club of Middlebury, Vermont is a volunteer service organization whose members donate their time and resources to help others in the community and throughout the world. The club was chartered March 1, 1927.
Porter Medical Center celebrated its centennial with an outdoor birthday party Saturday, June 14.
Participating in the events were Rotarians (L to R) Maureen, Nancy, Paul, and John Z. Also there were Geoff, T, and Bill C.
Former Middlebury club member Tom Plumb spoke to the club today about his 25+ years in Honduras coordinating efforts to build water projects and class rooms.
It's always a pleasure to welcome Tom back to the club.
The club participated in the town's Memorial Day parade on a bright beautiful morning.
A beautiful day at the College's golf course made the 2025 Buster Brush Tournament all the more enjoyable. Thirty teams participated to raise funds for Rotary's community projects and the Addison County Home Health and Hospice services.
A big round of thanks for all the golfers and volunteers!
Presenting the award to Alex at the May 14th club meeting were Past District Governors T and Eric.
Joining Lyn and David was Maya Pemble, a former Rotary exchange student to France and founder of the Bronxville Rotaract Club.
They gathered 10 bags of trash just in the Mill Street parking lot area!
The club recently erected one of its tents in the courtyard of Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History. Putting it up for the summer were Evie, Ben, Jason, Buzz, and Paul.
Lisa Mitchell, executive and artistic director of Town Hall Theater (center), recently gave club members a tour of the new addition. The verdict was unanimous: very impressive!
President Paul welcomed Sem April 16. Sem came to study at Middlebury Union High School from the Netherlands in 2023 through Rotary's youth exchange program.
Our thanks to Alex Armani-Munn, the incoming director of Addison County Economic Development Corporation, for giving us an update on their work.
Who knew professional baseballs could be so interesting? The game yes - but also the balls themselves.
When Karl Lindholm takes the floor, he's got all the bases covered. He's a real professional.
Thank you Karl for another fascinating look at America's favorite sport.
Debra Brown of Bristol, a member of the National Horseshoe Pitching Association Hall of Fame, spoke to the club. She is about to be inducted into the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame. And who better to introduce her but Alex?
Three students from Middlebury Union High School participated in the first round of a district-wide speech contest. The finals will be held at the district conference in North Conway, N.H. on Saturday, May 31.
From left to right are Jason, Rotary co-ordinator, students Max, Sawyer, and Tara, MUHS advisor Maggie, and Rotary club president Paul. Congratulations to Tara who will compete at the next round in Vergennes.
The Middlebury Rotary Club partnered with IPJ Real Estate, Friends of Middlebury Football, and Friends of Middlebury Hockey to purchase and donate AED units to the Middlebury Police Department. AED Units—or Automated External Defibrillators—are devices that can help those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. The town’s fleet of cruisers now all have AED units installed and available in emergencies.
Another successful Merry Mulch in the books.
Every year, Middlebury Rotary club joins Casella Waste Management and some volunteers from the MUHS football team to gather discarded Christmas trees around Middlebury and East Middlebury. These trees are then used to create mulch. Big thanks to Middlebury Bagel & Deli for keeping us caffeinated and fed before hauling out the trees!
Happy New Year from your friendly neighborhood Rotarians! We like to celebrate by helping our friends at Hope pack school lunches for kids around Addison County, and then we wind down with our yearly holiday party where there will usually be some shenanigans 
DON'T FORGET- Saturday is our annual "Merry Mulch". If you live in Middlebury, put your trees out on the curbside Friday night or early Saturday morning, and a team of Rotarians and the folks at Casella will come and pick them up between 8am and 10am, this Saturday the 4th.
JOIN us this Sunday, 20 October for the first annual Middlebury Rotary Polio Walk, a walk to promote awareness of and eradication towards polio!
The walk will be a total of 2 miles around Middlebury and will begin at 1pm on Town Triangle Park, registration begins at 12:30. Please use this link to register or give a donation.
Pricing:
Adults- $20
Students- $10
Under 12- Free
ALL PROCEEDS benefit the "End Polio Now" Campaign.
Did you know ?
Rotary, along with partners such as the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, has managed to reduce polio byt 99% worldwide since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. Rotarians have helped immunize more than 2 billion children against polio in 122 countries, including two members of the Rotary Club of Middlebury who have helped immunize children in India.
The Club's 16th annual online auction raised $9,230 for local and international projects thanks to the 108 bidders who placed 795 bids.
Those of you who won gift cards and certificates will receive them in the mail over the next week.
To schedule a time to pick up your item, email Mike at rotaryclubofmiddlebury@gmail.com
The club fielded two teams, A & B, for the Counseling Service of Addison County's annual bocce fundraiser Saturday, September 14 at the Middlebury Rec field. Bill C. MC'd the morning and members participated on several teams. Joining each Rotary team were friends of the club.
A shout-out to Team B (Jim, Neil, Mike, and Eric) for their 1 point lead in the championship Service play-off.
From left to right: Jason, Fred, Jim, Neil, Bill, David, Mike, and Eric.
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