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New members - Tina and Matt — The Club was pleased to induct two new members at our meeting on Feb. 23. Tina Cerrone and Matt McGee were introduced by their sponsors Kate Marks and JoAnn Shapiro. Assistant District Governor Jen Champagned served as the MC and she spoke about Rotary generally and then invited those attending […]

New Members Join Rotary

February 27, 2023 in News (updated on February 27, 2023)

Derby-Shelton Rotary Club celebrated its annual Christmas/Holiday luncheon but also shared some special announcements and awards prior to sitting down to a special meal and the return of the famous “Yankee Auction” gift exchange. In addition to the awards, the club also elected Lucy Andrade as President-Elect, Joanne Shapiro as […]

Rotary Celebrates Holidays With Announcements, Awards and Gifts

December 15, 2022 in events / News (updated on December 16, 2022)

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)