Presenting the award to Alex at the May 14th club meeting were Past District Governors T and Eric.
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.
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.
Club members sanded and stained a donated play center for Atria at the HOPE building on Boardman Street.
A fence and mulch will be added.
L to R: David, Jim, Evie, Eric, Ben, Jenn, Liz, and Jason.
The five students of Middlebury Union High School who attended this year's RYLA (Rotary Youth Leaders Awards) camp at Vermont State University - Lyndon campus last June shared their experiences with the club. From left to right are Jason, RYLA coordinator, Matty, Navah, Alixis, Sawyer, and Maya.
Our thanks to Jason and Sarah, Post-Secondary Planning Coordinator at MUHS, for making RYLA available for these future leaders.
Club members were aided by three members of the Vermont Old Cemetery Association Saturday, July 20, when they collected debris cut by the town’s public work’s crew at the Washington Street Cemetery. Once the vegetation is under control, work to up right and clean the stones will begin next year.
Left to right: Tom, Larry, Alex, Rachel, Paul, Gabby, Ben, and David. Tom, Rachel and Gaby came from Burlington to help. Photo by neighbor Patty.
On Wednesday, the Middlebury Rotary club gathered for our annual change over dinner. This is a celebration of the past year, and a preparation for the upcoming year as we welcome our new President, Paul. Pictured is '23-'24's immediate past president Spence, the '23-'24 President John.
John with Sem, our Rotary Exchange student. Sem read the club a note from his mother, and he told us all about his trip out to the West Coast.
New President Paul with member Dennis and past District Governor, Eric.
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