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BARRE ROTARY/WORLD SANTA

Posted by Caroline Earle on Nov 21, 2022

Pictured above, Rotarians, & friends of Rotary give a "holiday wave" after wrapping all the coats in 2021 at The Vermont Granite Museum.

Barre Rotary/World Santa Project is seeking donations from our community to support this annual project to provide 150 warm new coats to men, women & children in our community. The cost of coats has doubled this year & we are scrambling to fill the need. Please consider making a donation. Send your checks, made out to the World Santa Project, to The Barre Rotary/World Santa Project at 403 US Route 302, Barre, VT 05641.

If you would like to donate with a credit card please click hers.

Thank you for sharing holiday joy & warmth with your neighbors!

ROTARY PARK SHELTER

Posted by Karl A. Rinker on May 12, 2022

On Saturday May 7,2022 a bunch of Rotarians and friends of Rotary set out to paint the entire shelter at Rotary Park, inside and out.

This included Cody Steed and his son and Josh Piascik from Sherwin-Williams Company. They also brought all the paint and materials.

A BIG "THANK YOU" TO THEM.

This is what it looked like before we attacked it!

And, so it begins!

SUMMER STREET MURAL

Posted by Karl A. Rinker

On October 22, 2922 club members washed the entire Summer Street mural, yes, all the way to the top of the derrick.

The club does this each year and then The Paletteers come in and touch up any blemishes. Thank you so much for all their hard work over the years.

Pictured above are Arthur Zorn and Bob Pope.

Four Paletteers spent a collective 11 hours working on the mural October 20, 2022. They worked primarily along the bottom panels which were within reach. Concentration was on the white and blue sections which had discolored. They also touched up the bottom portion of the Fiddlehead which had become clouded which brought some back some vibrancy.

The cemetary.

The pond.

John Landy.

Pam Murphy.

Linda Kiniry.

Barre Rotarian, Caroline Earle - new District Governor

District Changeover

Over the weekend the District 7850 Changeover Event took place at Rotary Park in Barre on a cold and windy day in summer! Huddled in the newly painted shelter, Rotarians convened for the annual District Changeover Event which included a non-business meeting, reports, guest presentations, accolades, giving of gifts, a Polio Plus raffle, and remarks by outgoing District Governor Mike Carrier and incoming District Governor, our own Caroline Earle.

THINK BOOKS!

Posted by Karl A. Rinker on May 25, 2022

ARE DICTIONARIES & ATLASES STILL RELEVANT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THIS DAY & AGE?

5376 books later, yes, say the administrators in six local schools! The Barre club recently distributed almost 400 books to the schools.

The club has now given 5376 books to the schools!

Join Barre Rotary!

Posted by John F Steinman

GREEN UP GANG DOES IT AGAIN!

Posted on May 09, 2022

President Tony Campos, President Elect Nicole Didomenico & daughter, Past President Tom Babic & Joe Shadroui did the deed this year picking a ton of trash!

Barre Rotary Club Closet

Posted by Edmond Rousse on Aug 27, 2020

Barre's New Clothing Closet

By Guest Blogger, Mary L Collins, DCF, Family Services Division

Exterior picture of Clothing Closet Walk past this historic building in downtown Barre and you might never know that inside lies a bounty of clothing, supplies and toys for children and youth that has been gathered over the past year by Recruitment & Retention Specialist, Alona Tate, for the Barre District Family Services Division of DCF.

WRAPPING UP CHRISTMAS 2021

Posted by Caroline Earle on Dec 11, 2021

The Barre Barre Rotary Club joined GenRotary members as well as friends of Rotary in hosting The World Santa Coat Drive for another successful and fun project on Saturday, December 11th, 2021 at The Vermont Granite Museum. Approximately 120 new winter coats for children were wrapped with hand knit matching hats & mittens, and a book or toy was placed in the boxes as well. I hope those boxes don't fall down before they get delivered to the Salvation Army!

WHEELS FOR WARMTH DONATION

Posted by Karl A. Rinker on Dec 10, 2021

Pictured above are , Barre Rotary Club President Tony Campos, Vermont State Governor, Phil Scott and BARRE ART SPLASH Chair, Karl A. Rinker.

On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Governor Scott picked three raffle tickets for his three model race cars that were built and decorated for the BARRE ART SPLASH project and displayed on Main Street all summer.

The race cars were models of the actual race cars that Scott raced at Thunder Road and other race tracks over the years. As far as I know Scott is the only US governor that has ever won a stock car race.

Click here to see video of the drawing.

District 7850 Governor Mike Carrier Visits Barre Club

Posted by Karl A. Rinker on Sep 15, 2021

District 7859 Governor Mike Carrier is all smiles after receiving a gift of two Barre Gray Granite book ends from the Barre VT Rotary Club after his visit to the club on September 15.

Governor Mike had some very nice words to share with us about the district and Rotary world wide.

He is visiting all the clubs in the district.

He can be reached at;

rotaryrocks2021@gmail.com

Barre City Mayoral Proclamation - Extra Mile Day

Posted by Karl A. Rinker on Oct 28, 2021

2021 OCTOBERFEST

Posted by Karl A. Rinker on Oct 02, 2021

The Barre Rotary Club organized a great Saturday Octoberfest at the Vermont Granite Museum in Barre.

Oktoberfest - Vermont Style!
The Barre Rotary Club provided for a taste of some of Vermont's best craft beers, authentic Bavarian food, and the Inseldudler, German Band of Vermont!

Barre Club Donates $13,180.00 To Aldrich Library

Posted on Jun 29, 2021

In a year that a lot of folks thought the Barre Rotary Club did not hold the annual breakfast on the Aldrich Public Library because of COVID there actually was one. The only problem was, that only one person showed up!

Picture below is Jeff Dunn at the breakfast on the lawn all by himself.

Jeff is deceased club member, Ron Parnigoni's son in-law. As you might know Ron ran the breakfast for a long time after his big brother, Dick Parnigoni stopped doing it. Jeff always helped before, during and after the breakfast!

Ron got the donations rolling this last year with a large check with the idea that the club could get other donations to make up for the big loss to the library. Well with Bop Pope's help the club raised $13,180.00 with out the breakfast!

See large check below.

From Left to right, Lauren Polk, Executive Director of the library, out-going president John Steinman, and board chair Nancy Pope.

Total donations over the years to the library are now $309,549.00. The 2019 breakfast was the 36th breakfast on the library lawn and the 46 breakfast overall.

Barre Rotary Club Video "ROTARY OUT THERE"

Posted by Ted Goulette on Aug 25, 2015

CLICK: https://vimeo.com/120843362

Upcoming Speakers

Elise Brunelle, Executive Director VSO

Dec 07, 2022

Vermont Symphony Orchestra

"The VSO has been a key player in this state's arts community for nearly 80 years" They perform around 40 concerts each year around Vermont. Their mission is to foster and encourage the love of music throughout Vermont and to be a cultural and social leader through music.

Nicole DiDomenico, Club President

Dec 14, 2022

Five Avenues of Service

Barre Rotary Christmas Special

Dec 21, 2022

Christmas music with Art Zorn and Lianne Martinelli

Nicole DiDomenico, Club President

Dec 28, 2022

Club Assembly

Bob Woodward

Jan 04, 2023

Meals on Wheels - What we do and who we serve