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Vergennes Rotary Sets Goals For A Busy Year

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Tuesday August 18, 2015

By Cookie Steponaitis

The Vergennes Rotary Club is embracing programs they have long supported and expanding their reach to new areas with a summer that includes Booked for Bikes, Rubber Ducky Races, Jail & Bail, Vergennes Day Events and programs for youth, community, and visitors. Club President CJ Herbert shared, “Our goals include continuing to encourage our youth. We are always looking for new ways to help the youth in our area and to partner with them in their efforts to make the world a better place.” Vergennes Rotarian's are committed and active as they strive to impact lives and bring about positive change with programs in place to assist the local Boys & Girls Club, scholarships for graduating seniors, a summer reading program, Rotary Youth Leadership Program, and the Rotary Speech Contest.
    Rotary Clubs across the world have focused time and collective power on eradicating polio from the world in addition to a local focus. August 10th marks one complete year without a new case of polio in Africa and with the possibility of a world free of polio so close at hand, President Hebert shared that the group will work to increase their support of Rotary International’s Polio Plus Program.
    “In this busy world where life has a way of overwhelming us, our goal is to keep our members engaged and having fun,” shared Hebert. “We are a group of hard working individuals who are civic minded. We recognize that our youth are our future and we do what we can to support their efforts to learn and grow. And, with 1.2 million members in 34,000 clubs worldwide all wanting to help make the world a better place Rotary is the perfect partner to get things done.”  Rotary was founded by Paul P. Harris and Rotary Clubs are found around the U.S. and the world, but Rotary actually has strong Vermont roots. Hebert felt it might surprise the readers to know that Paul P. Harris spent much of his childhood growing up in Wallingford, Vermont. He had a bit of a mischievous childhood but went on to found a very active and successful organization with the goal of making the world a better place.
    Highlights of the Rotary summer will include the varied presenters and breakfast programs of their Tuesday meetings and raising funds when 1500 Rubber Ducks go over the falls and float down Otter Creek on Vergennes Day. The ducks earn scholarship money for the club and cash for people who purchased a ticket or companies that purchased a Corporate Duck. Another memorable moment will be the awarding of bikes in the Booked for Bikes Program and seeing the smiles and how many pages of reading have been fitted into busy summers.
    People interested in learning more about the Greater Vergennes Rotary can email [email protected] or if you are looking to purchase a ducky go online to http://vergennesrotary.org/Ducks or stop by Classic Stitching on Main Street to purchase a ticket or a corporate duck.   Better yet, if you care about your community, the youth and want to help make the world a better place you have friends in the Greater Vergennes Rotary who want you to join them and make a difference and you can contact those members and see about coming to a meeting.

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