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Rotarians are all smiles after packaging dictionaries for distribution Derby-Shelton Rotarians will be busy putting smiles on the faces of all third grades in Derby and Shelton schools over the next couple of weeks as they visit the schools to present each third grader with their own paperback dictionary. Kim […]

Rotarians Donating Dictionaries to Third Grades

October 13, 2021 in News / Program (updated on October 14, 2021)

In addition to the tremendous work that the Derby-Shelton Rotary Club does here in Derby and Shelton, the club is part of Rotary International’s good works around the world. The Rotary Foundation is currently offering 130 fully funded fellowships for dedicated leaders from around the world to study at a […]

Rotary International Offers Unique Program of Peace Fellowships

February 4, 2021 in Foundation / News / Program / scholarships (updated on February 4, 2021)

Derby-Shelton Rotarians have been quite busy filling buckets of sand/salt and distributing them to senior citizens in Derby and Shelton. This year was a new record with over 140 buckets distributed in the two towns. Kim Ryan-Caro did another incredible job in coordinating the project. She worked with senior centers […]

Sand for Seniors 2020

December 3, 2020 in News / Program (updated on December 9, 2020)

One of Derby-Shelton Rotary Club’s favorite projects is to enhance the education of third graders in all the elementary schools in Derby and Shelton by giving students their very own copies of a paperback student’s dictionary. Rotarians normally deliver the books and talk to the students about the importance of […]

Dictionary Project Continues – Even During a Pandemic

November 10, 2020 in News / Program (updated on November 10, 2020)

Sand Project 2019 — There was a time when public works departments delivered fifty-gallon drums os a sand/salt mixture to street corners around the community for use by citizens throughout the winter. Those days are long gone, but Derby-Shelton Rotarians have brought their own version for seniors in Derby and Shelton. Each year, right […]

Rotary Delivers sand to Seniors

December 6, 2019 in Program (updated on July 3, 2020)

Derby-Shelton Rotarians are gearing up once again to deliver a powerful learning tool to every third grader in Shelton and Derby schools. This annual program sends Rotarians into each of the grammar schools in each of the towns to deliver a dictionary to each and every third grader. More than […]

Rotarians Delivering Words!

October 10, 2019 in Program / Reading (updated on July 3, 2020)