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The Derby-Shelton Rotary club is at it again helping to make for a warm and fashionable winter for some of the children at TEAM, Inc. This year that means that 72 children will be receiving brand new winter coats just as the temperature starts to drop. The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club […]

Rotary Brings “Warmth” to Young Children

October 15, 2024 in News / Operation Warm (updated on October 15, 2024)

Barbara demonstrating Morse code — Betsey Doane and her sister Barbara Lombardi were on hand this past week to assist the Meriden Amateur Radio Club to promote the hobby of amateur radio to a special group of veterans at the Wallingford Office of Emergency Management. Betsey is a past president at Derby-Shelton Rotary and Barbara […]

Vets Learn About Amateur Radio

August 4, 2024 in Action for Peace / News (updated on August 4, 2024)

You never know what you will find Rotarians doing for their community, but Derby-Shelton Rotarians have taken on a new challenge – adopting a street! This month, the Club signed on to become part of the Adopt a Street program which is part of a bigger “Don’t Trash Shelton” initiative […]

Rotary Adopts Road – and Cleans It!

July 21, 2024 in Action for Peace / events / News / Program (updated on July 26, 2024)

A new canopy donated — Derby Centennial Lions Club and Derby-Shelton Rotary Club Donate Outdoor Furniture to Shelton Oak Hill Group Home In a heartwarming collaboration, the Derby Centennial Lions Club and the Derby-Shelton Rotary Club recently came together to enhance the outdoor experience for residents of the Shelton Oak Hill Group Home. The joint […]

Rotary and Lions Collaborate on Outdoor Furniture Donation

July 13, 2024 in Action for Peace / Grants / News / Program (updated on July 26, 2024)

Derby-Shelton Rotary kept up a long-standing tradition over the last few weeks by visiting all the third-grade classrooms in the public and private schools in Derby and Shelton to deliver a special gift to all of the students. That gift was their very own dictionary. The following schools received a […]

Rotary distributes over 500 dictionaries

November 9, 2023 in News / Program / Reading (updated on November 9, 2023)

Rotarians have returned to the classroom over the last month to read and donate books to Kindergarten and grades 1, 2 and 3 in Derby Shelton. This is the Club’s annual participation in the Read Across America effort. Though the official day for the event was March 2 this year, […]

Rotarians in the Classroom

April 7, 2023 in Program / Reading

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)

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. Click here for the full list of those recognized. Click here for […]

ROTARY FLEW FLAGS TO HONOR COMMUNITY HEROES

June 11, 2022 in events / Program (updated on June 30, 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)