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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

At the weekly club meeting on April 14, Rotary Foundation Chair and President-Elect Betsey Doane , presented four Paul Haris Awards. The Paul Harris Society recognizes Rotarians and friends of The Rotary Foundation who give $1,000 or more to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus Fund, or an approved Foundation grant […]

New Paul Harris Awards for Derby-Shelton Rotarians – including one ...

April 16, 2022 in Foundation / News (updated on April 23, 2022)

Derby-Shelton Rotary Club in-person meetings resumed on March 3 after the first two months of the year only saw virtual meetings. It was a very busy meeting with planning and discussion for a variety of upcoming events, but the real highlight for the day was the induction of two […]

In Person Meetings Resume With Two New Members

March 3, 2022 in News (updated on March 3, 2022)

John Daniell — The Norman K. Parsells Award is presented annually to honor the memory and spirit of Norm Parsell, a dedicated Rotarian who served his community and Rotary, demonstrating Rotary’s ideal of “Service Above Self”. The recipients of the Award personify the same spirit and dedication to their community and Rotary that […]

Derby-Shelton Rotary Will Host Parsells Luncheon – John Daniell Will ...

February 16, 2022 in events / News (updated on February 17, 2022)

Jen Champagne announcing Newbury Place donation — Derby-Shelton Rotary Club’s efforts to support efforts to eradicate Polio got a boost due to the holiday spirit this week. At Rotary’s annual holiday meeting, Jen Champagne announced the very successful results of a “Polio Shopping Day” at Newbury Place in Southbury. For the last couple of years, owner Lynne […]

Polio Plus benefits from holiday spirit

December 10, 2021 in News

Derby-Shelton Rotarians are used to doing a lot of “heavy lifting” for the benefit of the community, but the Sand for Seniors project gives it a whole new meaning to heavy lifting. The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club is delivering 125 five-gallon buckets of a sand and salt mixture to seniors over 67 […]

Rotarians did some “heavy lifting” for Sand for Seniors

December 2, 2021 in News / Program tagged Sand / Seniors (updated on December 2, 2021)

Derby and Shelton High Schools have been playing football against each other from either 1904 or 1905 depending on which town you ask and which game they want to count. Since 1922 all of the games have been scheduled for Thanksgiving even though weather has postponed a few by a […]

Rotary Thanksgiving Tradition Continues

November 24, 2021 in Football luncheon / News (updated on November 27, 2021)