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  Michael Wynne presented award to President Julie Blakeman The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club was presented with BHcare‘s 2021 Community Partner Award for its years of involvement with BHcare. Rotarian Mike Wynne who also happens to be the  Community Engagement Specialist at BHcare presented to award to President Julie Blakeman. During […]

Rotary Receives BHcare 2021 Community Partner Award





Ed Sheehy, Chairman of the Scholarship Committee, has announced the winners of  the 2021 Derby-Shelton Rotary Club Scholarships:  Chromik/Turaj Scholarship ($8,000 over four years) – Destiny Lewis – Derby High School Tierney/Fowler Scholarship ($8,000 over four years) – Maliya Reid – Shelton High School Handi Scholarship ($1,500) Isabelle Chevarella – […]

2021 Scholarship Winners Announced


President Judy Gulish passed the gavel to 2021-2022 President  Julie Blakeman After meeting digitally for more than a year, Derby-Shelton Rotarians came together to celebrate an incredible year under President Judy Gulish and to pass the gavel to Julie Blakeman for the 2021-2022 Rotary year. The Club could not have […]

Derby-Shelton Rotary Passes the Gavel



Join with Rotary to promote the power of vaccines.  During World Immunization Week, 24-30 April, join with Rotary to combat vaccine hesitancy and misinformation by spreading the facts about why #VaccinesWork. With decades of experience fighting polio, Rotary plays a key role in informing people about the power and effectiveness […]

World Immunization Week is 24-30 April


Ansonia, Derby-Shelton and Seymour-Oxford Rotary Clubs participated in a multi-club District Managed Grant to address the food insecurity in the lower Naugatuck Valley. On behalf of the Valley Food Pantry Network, TEAM, Inc. was responsible for handling all ordering, arrangements and distribution with Bozzuto’s. Delivery was made to Contractor Nation’s […]

Rotarians Volunteer for Massive Valley Food Drive


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Congratulations to Derby-Shelton Rotarian Pat Tarasovic on being named as this year’s recipient of the Charles H. Flynn Humanitarian Award, the oldest and most prestigious award for community service given by Valley United Way. The award will be presented at the United Way’s Annual Meeting in May. For further information […]

Pat Tarasovic to Receive Flynn Award