- The Attleboro Rotary Club is a service
association of men and women, business and professional leaders, who
conduct humanitarian projects, encourage high ethical standards in all
vocations and work toward world understanding and peace.
- It is made up of approximately 80
service-minded leaders, each representing their own vocation.
Membership is by invitation.
- Our club meets each Wednesday at
Highland Country Club to enjoy each other’s fellowship and to
discuss ways to serve others.
- The Attleboro Rotary Club has compassion
for the underprivileged, the ill, and disabled, many of whom are the
beneficiaries of the service projects conducted each year. It supports
programs such as the Literacy Center, St. Joseph’s Food Pantry, Big
Brothers, Big Sisters, Children’s Bereavement Program, Spring Fling
Luncheon for the Elderly, Special Olympics, AIDS Relief, and Children’s
Special Needs Programs.
- The Attleboro Rotary Club provides
scholarships of one thousand dollars each to students of Attleboro
High School and Bishop Feehan High School. The Club is establishing an
Interact Club in Attleboro High School. Interact Clubs familiarize our
youth with community services leading to the fulfillment of Rotary
concepts.
- The Attleboro Rotary Club supports the
Rotary Foundation which spends more than US $60 million annually on a
variety of educational and humanitarian programs worldwide to promote
international understanding. During this past year, our Club
contributed $4,000 to the Adopt a Village in Peru Project for needy
citizens of that country, as well a supporting hurricane relief in
Honduras.
- The Attleboro Rotary Club Supports the
community of Attleboro with projects such as the purchase of four elm
trees for the Land Trust.
- This year, the Attleboro Rotary Club
provided monies to the Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, Community Theater,
Art & Industrial Museums, Youth Football, Baseball, Soccer, Drug
Awareness Program, and Christmas Gifts for Kids.
- The Attleboro Rotary Club is a member of
Rotary International with membership of over 1,200,000 service-minded
leaders belonging to over 29,500 Rotary Clubs in 161 countries and
geographic regions.
- The Attleboro Rotary Club was chartered
in 1935.
Anyone
wishing more information about the Attleboro Rotary Club can write to
Attleboro Rotary Club at P.O. Box 635, Attleboro, MA 02703.
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A Brief History of the Rotary Club of
Attleboro
In the fall of 1934, a group of
Rotarians from
the North Attleboro Rotary Club, under the direction of Past District
Governor, George Ellis, formed the provisional Rotary Club of Attleboro.
Under the guidance of the Past District Governor. J. Bruce McCallough,
special representative for the formation of the new club, the ground work
was laid for receiving of the Charter from Rotary International.
On January 16, 1935, a nominating
committee was appointed and brought the following list of temporary
officers and the first Board of Directors, who upon presentation of the
Charter, became permanent officers of the club until July 1, 1935.
President, - Frank Nerney, Vice President, - John Money, - Secretary,- J.
Robert Allen, Treasurer,- Charles Brigham. The remainder of the board was
Grover C, Richards, Jessie W. Battenshall, Joseph E. Gaynor, and Leland B.
Smith
February 9, 1935 the Rotary Club of
Attleboro was formally elected to membership in Rotary International as
club number 2657.
On March 17, 1935 the first Charter
Night was held in the Masonic Hall with over 350 present. The club
consisted of 26 charter members. Over the years the club grew slowly,
adding one or two members each year.
Early projects included a boys work
committee, Thanksgiving dinner for the children, Senior Citizen Christmas
Party, and a Halloween Parade. Fundraising consisted of a Car and Home
Show, Rotary Radio (and later, TV) auction, and later Meadow Muffin
Contest.
The Attleboro Rotary Club has given
generously to the community over the years. Community giving includes
Attleboro Scholarship Foundation, Attleboro Fire Department, YMCA, Sturdy
Memorial Hospital, Project Dare, Senior Citizen’s Spring Fling, The
Attleboro Museum, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Christmas Is For Kids,
Hillside Adult Day Care Center, Local Soup Kitchens, Capron Park Zoo, and the
list goes on with many interesting projects as well.
Our international activities include sending two local high school
students each year to the Whitewater, Wisconsin International Youth
Conference, Adopting a Village in Peru, and funding the building of homes
in the aftermath of hurricanes in Honduras.
Today, the Attleboro Rotary Club is made up of about 75 members... and
growing!
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