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Yearly Archives: 2025

The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club took time at its meeting on October 30 to recognize a remarkable achievement, Steve Balog’s 50 years of service to the Club! Steve officially joined the club back on November 1, 1975. He is still a very active and involved club member and has served in […]

Rotarians Honor Steve Balog’s 50 Years in Rotary

October 30, 2025 in Awards / News (updated on October 30, 2025)

The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club is once again offering free five-gallon buckets of a sand-and-salt mixture to help local seniors and disabled residents stay safe through the winter months. Deliveries will take place December 4–8, 2025 to qualifying residents in Derby and Shelton. Since the program began in 2008, hundreds of […]

Sand & Salt Project Returns for Seniors and Disabled

October 21, 2025 in Uncategorized (updated on October 21, 2025)

Few Derby-Shelton Rotary projects bring more smiles to faces of children than the annual distribution of attractive winter coats to children enrolled in the early childhood programs run by TEAM, Inc. This year the club donated 72 coats to children participating in Team’s programs. The Club has been doing this […]

Project Warmth Brings Warmth and Smiles

October 20, 2025 in Operation Warm (updated on October 20, 2025)

For decades Derby and Shelton High Schools played each other in football and continuously on Thanksgiving from 1922 to 2019. And for most of those years the Derby Shelton Rotary Club hosted the senior members of the football team – and later the cheerleaders at a Thanksgiving luncheon as couple […]

Rotarians Host Derby and Shelton Seniors

October 16, 2025 in Football luncheon (updated on October 16, 2025)

Thank you to our sponsors, vendors, and attendees. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone again on October 4, 2026! Shelton Day 2025 will be held at Veterans Memorial Park, and we’re excited to continue the tradition of bringing our community together! We’ve had some great planning meetings with key supporters—Eric McPherson, Benjamin Perry […]

Shelton Day 2025: A Community Celebration at Veterans Park with ...

August 11, 2025 in events / Shelton Day (updated on October 6, 2025)

Members of the Derby Fire Department are enjoying the benefits of new safety equipment after Linda Holems-Hannon and other members of the Rotary Club were on hand to present each of the four Derby firehouses with a handheld Thermal Imaging Device. Firefighters can use the small hand-held devices to gain […]

Firefighters Receive Thermal Imaging Devices from Derby-Shelton Rotary

August 2, 2025 in Uncategorized

The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club celebrated a very successful year under the direction of President Lucy Andrade and passed the mantle of leadership for the 2024-2026 Rotary year at its Gavel Gala at Brownson County Club on June 26. Ernie Luise led five other past presidents in praising Lucy’s leadership, enthusiasm, […]

The Torch is Passed

July 3, 2025 in Uncategorized (updated on July 3, 2025)

The Derby-Shelton Rotary club was pleased to earn recognition in several areas at the recent Rotary District 7950/7980 Conference, themed “Magical Mystery Tour,” held from May 30 to June 1, 2025, in Southbridge, Massachusetts. In addition, Carolyn Dow, Rosemary Allen and Lucy Andrade received a certificate of appreciation for their […]

Derby-Shelton Club Earns District Recognition

June 24, 2025 in Awards / events (updated on June 24, 2025)

Derby-Shelton Rotarians took advantage of a visit by District Governor Robert Friend’s visit to the club on June 12 to have him conduct the induction ceremony for the newest club member, Roseanne Santamaria from SERVPRO.

Derby-Shelton Rotary Welcomes New Member

June 14, 2025 in Uncategorized (updated on June 14, 2025)