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Album Name: 2008 Events Return to Albums
Album Date: Dec 31, 2008
Description: Things we did in 2008
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The installation ceremony of the World Peace and Understanding Bookcase was the culmination of a project three years in the making. It took place on January 11, 2008 at the Burlington High School Library. Our club donated this beautiful bookcase and the books in it. Flatbread Manager, Sean Toomey, and a Burlington Rotary Club member too, pulls a Pizza from the brick oven during an Interact Fundraiser at the Bedford resturant, Interacters, Kyle Stanley (freshman), Tracy DiBona (sophmore) and Conor Murphy, Interact President (senior). Burlington Rotarian Janet Sullivan Fitzpatrick serves dinner to seniors, Dorothy Barron, Brita Flemming and Olive Bruce at the Senior Citizens Valentines Day Dinner Dance. Burlington Rotarian David May (R-back row) joined with his friends Rick Murray and Fred Lonergan and over 300 other hardy souls who took a dip in the 38 degee water at Revere Beach to raise money for Special Olympics of Massachusetts (SOMA). The air temperature that day was 20 degrees, brrr.. A spectacularly successful event, this year's
The 2nd annual Fashion Show attracted over 250 attendees who enjoyed an evening eating delicious snacks and deserts, while watching Rotarians and their family members, Interact Club members, and our Club's Burlington Pride Special Olympics Team players strutted their stuff up the runway. Fifty years to the day after our club was issued its charter an anniversary luncheon meeting was held at Burlington's Cafe Escadrille. Shown here are Club President John Tuccinardi and District Governor Julia Phelps holding the original charter (R) presented to our club by the District. Construction of our Club's 50th anniversary gift to the Town of Burlington is underway. The gift, a fountain on the Town Common, is scheduled to be dedicated on June 23, 2008. Shown here (r-l) are Current President John Tuccinardi, Incoming President Beverlee Vidoli and Past President Bob Hogan Our Club's annual Golf Tournament. Held at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire. Club member Andy Weiner and the members of this event's committee held another successful fund raiser this year. Margaret Dougherty, President of the Wilmington, Massachusetts Rotary Club presents a new gavel to our Club's President John Tuccinardi in celebration of the Burlington Rotary Club's 50th anniversary. The Wilmington Rotary Club was our Club's sponsor 50 years ago.
Continuing a long standing tradition, our club provided free popcorn and fruit juice drinks to the attendees at one of Burlington's summer evening Dedication of the gift from our Club to to the town. (l-r) are Town Administrator Robert Mercier, Selectman/Club member Walter Zenkin, Incoming Club President Beverlee Vidoli and Club President John Tuccinardi.(Nicholas Karwan photo) Installation Dinner Meeting. A celebratory cookout was held at Past President Paul Swanfeld's home to honor the Special Olympians sponsored by our Club. Paul is masterfully flipping burger on the grille while other club members look on and arrange the other goodies for the party. (KarwanPhotos.com) A fun evening was shared by twentyfive Burlington Rotarians, friends and family members on the 2nd annual Club fishing trip out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Pictured here from front to back are Club members Sean Toomey, John Tuccinardi and Jeff Wisnia waiting for the bluefish to start striking.
The Burlington and Lexington Rotary Clubs co-sponsored their annual football luncheon, this year in Lexington. (KarwanPhotos.com) The Club's Past Presidents Luncheon celebrating 50 years of community service. (Tigges/KarwanPhoto) Irene Washler is inducted as a member of Burlington Rotary by Roger Bell (r). as her sponsor, Lloyd Rosenberg watches proudly. (KarwanPhotos.com) Burlington Rotarian Brad Bond and Club President Beverlee Vidoli showing the club members one of the many thank you notes received from Burlington third grade students this year. The club gave over 200 dictionaries this year, one to every Burlington Public school third grader. (KarwanPhotos.com) Our meeting speaker was Burlington's K9 Police Officer Joe Papsedero, who was accompanied by his dog Alex.
   

 

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