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Announcements
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Announcements of activities below.
Look at "Calendar" section of
our website for future events
and detailed information.
SENIORS' VALENTINE'S DAY
FEAST AND DANCE
February 12, 2012
At the Knights of Columbus hall
in Wilmington
Helpers always needed and welcome
Setup begins at 11 AM
FOUR CLUB LUNCH MEETING
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Our club will have a joint meeting with
the Bedford, Billerica and Burlington
Breakfast Rotary Clubs at the
Marriot Courtyard Hotel in Billerica.
Lunch starts at 12 Noon
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Welcome to the website of the
ROTARY CLUB OF BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Enjoy your visit
OUR CLUB MEETS
Fridays at noon
at the
American Legion Hall
162 Winn Street
Burlington, Massachusetts
Lunch is served.......
CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS AND MAP
Previous calendar years' photos
with captions/information.....
Are archived by year in the Photo Gallery
HOLIDAY SONGS
December 16, 2011
At this club meeting we were priviledged to the Burlington High School Select Singers as our lunch guests. This group of teen aged singers is led by chorus director John Middleton-Cox (front-center) serenaded the club with holiday music and let the Rotarians join them for a few songs.
OUR NEWEST MEMBER
December 2, 2011
Our club's newest member David Icken (center) was inducted at our lunch meeting today. He is shown here with Roger Bell (l) and club President Jim Tigges (r).
BURLINGTON-LEXINGTON ROTARY JOINT MEETING
November 18, 2011
The 39th installment of the Burlington/Lexington Football Rivalry kicks off on Thanksgiving Day in Burlington. Both towns' Rotary Clubs hosted a joint meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn in Burlington to celebrate this rich tradition.
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TURKEY PICKUP DAY
November 16, 2011
Picking up turkeys at Shaw's Supermarket in Burlington. The birds will be given to needy local families on November 20th along with all the other fixings for a family Thanksgiving Day meal. This annual event is held in conjunction with the Burlington Food Pantry and the Burlington UCC Church. Pictured above are (l-r) Steve Duran. Manager of Shaw's Supermarket and Burlington Rotarians Bob Hogan, Ethan Solomon and John Mitchell.
HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR
October 29, 2011
The high school students of the Rotary Interact Club did a fantastic job of turning the day school building at Simonds Park into a haunted house. The weather did not cooperate for most of our planned outside events and we suffered through a cold, rainy and snowy day. Weather notwithstanding, several hundred children and adults attended our Club's second annual Halloween event.
CHECKS FOR TEACHERS
October 14, 2011
Burlington Rotary President Jim Tigges presents checks to Memorial School Kindergartenteachers, Stacey Loakimidis, Sandra Coates, Debra Sullivan and Amy Perkoskie, to help cover the cost of extra materials for their Kindergarten classrooms.
THIRD GRADE DICTIONARY DAY
October 14, 2011
Burlington Rotary Club members presented new dictionaries to Memorial School third graders. Rotary gives dictionaries to every third grader in Burlington every year. (KarwanPhotos.com)
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PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE FOOD PICKUP
August 9, 2011
Burlington Rotarians Ethan Solomon, John Mitchell and Bob Hogan unload a van during their food delivery to the Burlington Food Pantry. Also helping but not pictured was Rotarian Peter Russo. The Burlington Rotary Club along with Lahey Clinic and the Burlington Community Life Center make monthly deliveries to the Food Pantry from the Greater Boston Food Bank. The Food Pantry provides food and personal care products to 275 people including over 100 area families. The Food Pantry is supported by People Helping People, a non-profit providing essential services to community members in need.
SPECIAL OLYMPICS TOURNAMENT
July 30, 2011
Our Club sponsored a Special Olympics Softball tournament in Burlington again this year. Teams from 9 towns competed in this annual event. Shown above are some of the players and Rotarians.
Burlington Rotarians Bob Hogan, John Mitchell, President Jim Tigges, and Al Fay man the lunch grill. Hungry players and their families enjoyed plenty of burgers dogs and soft drinks.
DISTRICT INSTALLATION BANQUET
June 29, 2011
Rotary District 7930 held its installation banquet in Danvers, Massachusetts on June 29, 2011. Photo shows installation of club Presidents. Jim Tigges, our club's President for Rotary year 2011-2012 is shown front row, second from right. (Photo by Betty Bullock)
CLUB INSTALLATION BANQUET
June 17, 2011
This year's installation banquet was held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Burlington. Jim Tigges our Club's President for Rotary year 2011-2012, is shown receiving the official club meeting gavel from outgoing President John Mitchell, with District Governor Stephan Madding offering his congratulations to the new President. (KarwanPhotos.com)
25th ANNIVERSARY GOLF TOURNEY
June 6, 2011
Our 25th annual golf tournement, held at the Sky Meadow club in Nashua, New Hampshire was once again a successfull fund raiser for our club. Shown above (l-r) is a foursome of club members Bob Buckley, Roger Bell, Bob Hogan and Ethan Solomon.
ANOTHER NEW MEMBER
May 27, 2011
Our newest member, Donna Marciano, (2nd from left) was inducted into the Club at our lunch meeting. She is shown here flanked (l-r) by Club President John Mitchell and members Karen Stavropoulus and Roger Bell.
MULCHING AT BIRCHCREST
April 30, 2011
Our club has been providing and spreading mulch on the shrub beds at Burlington's Birchcrest Senior Housing facility every Spring for well over twenty years. Shown here are Rotarians Lynne Kelly, Kristina MacKay and Christian Daust who joined forces with lots of other club members on a beautiful morning and made short work of the mulching this year. (KarwanPhotos.com)
NEWEST MEMBER INDUCTED
April 22. 2011
Our club's newest member Kristina MacKay was inducted at our luncheon meeting. She is pictured here proudly towering over club members Jim Tigges, Roger Bell and Christine McCarthy.
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE FIGHTS
March 25, 2011
Another successful fund raising event was enjoyed by a record crowd this year.
SENIORS' DINNER DANCE
February 20, 2011
Burlington Rotarians and Rotary Interact students hosted nearly 200 local folks at the annual senior's dinner dance.
ROTARIANS AT INTERACT MEETING
January 31, 2011
Burlington Rotary officers and members joined 59 Burlington Interact Club students at their meeting in the Burlington High School. Piled on the left table are dozens of white athletic socks collected by the Interact students to be delivered to the Bedford Veterans Administration hospital.
THREE TOWN JOINT MEETING
December 17, 2010
Photo taken at a special joint Rotary Club lunch meeting between the two Burlington Clubs, and the Bedford and Billerica Clubs at the Doubletree Hotel in Bedford. Special guests were the Burlington Select Singers from BHS. Pictured in front of the singers (l-r) are Rotary Club Presidents, Ray Garber-Burlington Breakfast, John Mitchell-Burlington Lunch, Mike Reed-Billerica-and Cliff Rober-Bedford. (KarwanPhotos.com)
BURLINGTON-LEXINGTON JOINT MEETING
November 22, 2010
Lexington Rotary hosted Burlington Rotary this year prior to the traditional pre-Thanksgiving day football game between
the towns' high school teams. Pictured here are team members from both towns, Lexington football Coach Bill Tighe, Club Presidents and keynote speaker Andre Tippett(center) who played twelve seasons for the New England Patriots and is a
New England Patriots Hall of Famer.
THANKSGIVING MEALS
November 21, 2010
Burlington Rotariansgathered at the UCC again this year to help distribute Thanksgiving Day food supplies to families in need. Seen behind the frozen turkey holders are boxes full of more birds. The event was crewed by Burlington Rotarians and UCC congegants. Nearly 150 turkeys plus all the other foods needed to prepare Thanksgiving meals were distributed this day.
HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR
October 30, 2010
Our Club, with an impressive and invaluable amount of help from Burlington Rotary Interact Club students and the cooperation of the town's Recreation Committee staged an event at Simons park the day before Halloween. Featured at this event were a haunted house decorated and staffed by Interact members, trick or treating from the trunks of volunteer's cars, pumpkin painting, a hay bale maze, hands free donut chomping, a huge bonfire and other fun events for children. Pictured above are two Interact students in costume inside the haunted house.
For lots more photos and stories from earlier years CLICK HERE
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Yours in Rotary,
Jim Tigges, President
Rotary Club of Burlington
Subbiah “Swami” Doraiswami, Governor
Rotary District 7930
Please direct web site submissions and corrections to:
jwisnia@conversent.net
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