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<\/a>Kim Ryan-Caro Member since 2007\/11\/08<\/p><\/div>\n
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I joined the Derby Shelton Rotary club in 2007. What I knew about the club was that it was a \u201cService above self\u201d organization and that was interesting to me.<\/p>\n
In 2010 I took the position as chairperson for community service projects.\u00a0That position was and still is so rewarding to me.\u00a0We read to the children in kindergarten through third grade in all nine Derby\/Shelton schools and then donate the books to the class library.<\/p>\n
When I read to the children, they came up to me afterwards and hugged me and told me they loved me. That brought me so much joy.<\/p>\n
Another experience I treasure is when we deliver sand and salt to the elderly. I get phone calls from them expressing their gratitude with me. Sharing stories about how their spouse passed away and knowing they can sprinkle the sand and salt on their walkway so they don\u2019t slip and fall is so appreciated by them.\u00a0Being part of fundraising to help students in Derby and Shelton high school receive scholarships from our club is another thing I love doing in our club.<\/p>\n
Honestly, I never thought I was much of a volunteer person growing up, but what I learned about myself is that this Club brought out the best of me.<\/p>\n
Also, past president 2023\/2024<\/p>\n
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This is a space for Rotarians to share those special experiences that stand out as their \u201cRotary Moment.\u201d Although I admired the beautiful and patriotic Flags for Heroes in years past, once I joined Derby-Shelton Rotary, I purchased 4 flags, one each for my daughter\u2019s grandmother, my daughter\u2019s two grandfathers and my daughter\u2019s great grandmother. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5587","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5587"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5596,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5587\/revisions\/5596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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