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Heroes are people we admire for their courage, outstanding achievements, noble qualities, or the way they practice random acts of kindness. The past year has given us a new appreciation for the heroes in our lives. The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club announces its first annual “Flags for Heroes” event. It will […]

ROTARY FLIES FLAGS TO HONOR COMMUNITY HEROES

April 10, 2022 in events / Program (updated on April 11, 2022)

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)

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 December 8, 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)

Sand-for-Seniors- — 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)