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Rotarians continue to be busy doing good works throughout this holiday season. This week it was collecting toys for TEAM, Inc’s. annual Toys 4 Kids program. The toys were collected at this week’s meeting and delivered to TEAM’s “toy shop” in time for distribution to needy Valley children prior to […]

Collecting Toys for Kids

December 1, 2022 in events / News

The Thanksgiving luncheon for Derby-Shelton Rotary was a very thankful one this year as there was plenty of good news to share during the weekly meeting featuring a special Thanksgiving meal and lots of good news. Liberty Bank Thanksgiving Fundraiser Tom Wilson kicked off the meeting with some good news […]

Derby-Shelton Rotary Has a Lot to be Thankful for this ...

November 17, 2022 in News (updated on November 18, 2022)

The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club will once again be joining with more than forty other clubs in the annual Liberty Bank/Rotary Club Thanksgiving Drive to provide Thanksgiving food for families in need within each Rotary Club’s local community. The Liberty Bank Foundation will add 25 cents for every dollar donated, up […]

Rotary Participating in Liberty Bank Thanksgiving Drive

October 20, 2022 in events / Grants / News (updated on October 20, 2022)

Project Warmth 2022 - group shot — These happy kids are smiling with good reason – they have great new, warm winter coats thanks to Derby-Shelton Rotary’s annual participation in the Operation Warm program. Since 2008, the Club has been distributing coats to Valley children through programs run by TEAM, Inc. This year, the club purchased new […]

Derby-Shelton Rotary Is Keeping Kids Warm for Winter

October 10, 2022 in News / Operation Warm / Program (updated on October 11, 2022)

Shelton Day October 2022 The skies might have been a bit dreary and windy, but Shelton Day proceeded as planned – minus the hot air balloon rides due to the high winds. Always a multi-faceted popular event, The Derby-Shelton Rotary produced the 38th annual Shelton Day on October 2nd with […]

Shelton Day – Windy and Wonderful

October 3, 2022 in events / News / Uncategorized tagged Shelton Day (updated on October 3, 2022)

On the last day of the 2021-2022 Rotary year, the Derby-Shelton Rotary Club celebrated an extraordinary year under the incredible leadership of Julie Blakeman before passing the gavel of leadership to incoming President Betsey Doane who assumes the position on July 1. It was truly a memorable evening at Brownson […]

Rotary Celebrates and Passes the Gavel

June 30, 2022 in events / News (updated on June 30, 2022)

The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club recognized seven outstanding students from Derby and Shelton High Schools with scholarships at a luncheon held at Wellington’s Restaurant in Shelton on June 2. Scholarship Committee Chairman Ed Sheehy and Club President Julie Blakeman handled the brief presentation with each student presenting some brief remarks including […]

Rotary Club Announces 2022 Scholarship Winners

June 4, 2022 in News / scholarships (updated on June 4, 2022)

Our youth chairperson, Lucy Jardim Andrade has done a phenomenal job dedicating time, love, and effort to our St Martin de Porres interact club at the St. Martin de Porres Academy in New Haven. Here is their final project of the year. Where will these cinch-sacks go? These are filled with […]

Derby-Shelton Rotary Works With St. Martin de Porres Interact Club

May 28, 2022 in events / News / Program (updated on May 28, 2022)

The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable members to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, the alleviation of poverty and the promotion of peace. The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotary members and […]

Derby-Shelton Honored for Foundation Work

May 18, 2022 in Foundation / News