Always a multi-faceted popular event, The Derby-Shelton Rotary announces the annual Shelton Day festival will be held on Sunday, October 6th from 11-5. Spots are available for vendors who sell handmade crafts; food trucks; businesses; and everything in between. This event is still open for sponsors spots. Last year’s estimated […]
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You never know what you will find Rotarians doing for their community, but Derby-Shelton Rotarians have taken on a new challenge – adopting a street! This month, the Club signed on to become part of the Adopt a Street program which is part of a bigger “Don’t Trash Shelton” initiative […]
Rotary Adopts Road – and Cleans It!
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The ending of one Rotary year and the beginning of another is always a time for reflection, celebration and optimism at the Derby -Shelton Rotary Club. And on June 28 the Club celebrated the outstanding Rotary year under the leadership of President Kim Ryan-Caro and the passing of the gavel […]
Rotarians Celebrate the Passing of the Gavel
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The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club provides an extensive scholarship program for students attending Derby and Shelton High Schools funded by the Club’s efforts to raise those funds. President -Elect Lucy Andrade came up with something new and special for 2024. Check out the flyer and click on the link below to […]
Scholarship Fundraiser Was a lot of fun!
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The 2024 edition of Flags for Heroes was another great success with over 300 flags placed in both Derby and Shelton in time for Memorial Day and removed on June 20. The full-size American flags were proudly flying at the Shelton Veterans Memorial Park, at the Derby Green, […]
Flags for Heroes 2024
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The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club is proud to announce that they were able to donate $2,000 to the Derby Police Department. The money was from proceeds raised from the 2023 2nd Annual Derby-Shelton Rotary Club Flags for Heroes program. Over 300 flags were sponsored and flown on the Derby Green and […]
Rotary Flags for Heroes Program donates to the Heroes of ...
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Derby-Shelton Rotarians celebrated their 2024 Norman K. Parsells Award winner, Dr. Jeff Forte, along with winners from eight other Rotary Clubs on April 5 at the Gaelic American Club in Fairfield. The award honors the memory of Mr. Parsells who was a distinguished member of the Fairfield Rotary Club who […]
Dr. Jeff Forte Named Parsells Award Winner
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Connecticut Loves to Read – and so do Derby-Shelton Rotarians as they are once again fanning out across schools in Derby and Shelton to read to students in Kindergarten through Grade 3. This year’s readers and their schools are: Carolyn Dow, Mohegan School Ernie Luise, Holy Trinity Catholic Academy Jack […]
Rotarians Read to Students
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Painting for Polio! On March 1, President Kim Caro-Ryan hosted a paint and sip night at the Courtyard Marriott in Shelton. 55 attendees painted, sipped, and laughed as they raised $2,000.00 towards the Polio Plus Foundation. Did you know that in 1978 Rotary presented the World Health Organization with $4 […]