Several members of the club traveled up to the breakfast meeting of the Vergennes club at Strong House Inn to see round 2 of the district youth speech contest on March 7.  The topic this year is Why is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Important?

Round 3 will be held Saturday, April 1 at the district assembly in Lyndonville.  Round 4 will be held at the district conference at Jay Peak April 29.

Agnes from MUHS won the 1st round at our club and won $200.  She competed against Megan representing the Vergennes club (and a student at VUHS) and Zoe representing the Charlotte-Shelburne-Hinesburg club (CVUHS).

Advancing to round 3 will be Zoe, who was awarded $300.

Congratulations to all.  These are three phenomenal young women.

 

left to right:    Agnes (Middlebury), Zoe (Charlotte-Shelburne- Hinesburg), and Megan (Vergennes)

 

The Middlebury Rotary Club and Casella Waste drove around Middlebury and East Middlebury and cleared the driveways of discarded Christmas trees in record time this year! We had quite the turn out for Merry Mulch '23.

 

Big love and thanks to the Middlebury Highschool football volunteers and to the employees of Casella for once again teaming up with us for one of our favorite yearly projects!

 

November is the month for the Rotary Foundation and our annual Paul Harris dinner. The Paul Harris award is given out to both Rotarians and Non-Rotarians for outstanding community service and dedication to the Rotary Foundation. This year's recipients were Rotarians John (First time Paul Harris Fellow), Ben (fourth time Paul Harris fellow), Tim and Geoff (second time Paul Harris fellow). Dorothy Douglas was our non-Rotarian to receive the Paul Harris award for outstanding service to the community, exemplifying Rotary's ideals and principles.

We also celebrated the birthday of our residential club-photographer, Max!

 

 

 

 

Rotarians Paul, Kevin, Neil, Spencer, Geoff, David, and Jim repainted the bandstand in the Green that the club constructed years ago.  Thanks to Paul and Kevin for organizing the 3-day project.  There was even some white paint left over.

For more photos, see the album.

 

President Spence welcomes Vermont Commissioner of Health Dr. Mark Levine who spoke about the covid pandemic in Vermont over the past two years.

 

On Wednesday, 29 June we had our annual change-over dinner, marking the end of the year and the beginning of a new chapter within our club. Our now past-President, Buzz, welcomed our new President Spence. This year's Buster Brush award went to our very own Maureen and Geoff, for their dedication to the club and the community. Buzz also presented his President's Award to Maureen and Geoff for not only their outstanding service this year, but as confidants and advice-givers to Buzz to help him lead the club in what was an outstanding presidency on his part. Thank you to Buzz, and welcome Spence! We know he will help us accomplish great things this year. 

 

Here we have Rotary members Ben, Helmut, and Eric manning the grill at the Middlebury High School Project Graduation.

 

The Rotary Club is happy to provide a BBQ for the graduating class before they embark on an evening of fun and prizes. 

 

Congratulations to the class of 2022, and best wishes as you enter into the next chapter of your life!

  

Clubs members were joined by family members to honor veterans and active service personnel.  Ben and Eric prepared the float, Rebecca gathered candy, Buzz brought flags to distribute, and Neil, Liam, and T rode the float, representing all the club members who have served in the armed forces.

It was a beautiful morning and we were all glad to be back after 2 years!

 

In the photo below are Buzz, Lyn, Helmut, and Maureen with and Eric in the driver's seat.

 

For more photos, see the photo album to your right (or, if you are looking at this on your cellphone, it's probably way down at the bottom - keep scrolling!).