Club Sponsors Ninth Annual Hollis Fast 5K Run
Record 1,600 Runners Expected

The ninth annual Hollis Fast 5K is set for a 6:30 pm start from the Hollis Brookline Middle School in Hollis on Thursday evening June 13, 2013.

This year we expect to reach our cut off of 1,600 runners, which will top last year's 1,305 registered runners. Runners from Hollis, Nashua, Brookline Merrimack, Amherst in New Hampshire and from fifteen other states (MA, RI, FL, ME, MI, NV, CT, PA, OH, VT, IL, MS, IN, UT, NJ) are currently registered to participate.

Left to Right:  Stephen Pickiconis (USATF-NE), Lisa Doucette, (USATF-NE), George LeCours, Race Director (Hollis Brookline Rotary) Bob Cormier (HB Rotary), Ron DeBlois (HB Rotary), Tom Derderian, President, (USATF-NE). 

To Register for this year's event CLICK HERE

 No Glory This Year, But...

2013 Bowling for Kids Sake A Great Success...& Fun!

A huge thanks to all who came out to participate - either as "crack bowlers" or will wishers and cheerleaders - on Feb. 3rd for the annual  Bowl For Kids Sake in Merrimack, sponsored by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Nashua and Greater Salem.

Where the HBRC team lacked in bowling skills we more than made up for in heart, grit, fun, and interesting technique. There were no major fist fights, very little spitting or name calling, and only one or two threatened law suits. We'll save all that for next year.

We also need our own bowling shirts like Milford had....

 Bowlers from left to right: Venu "The Outsourcer" Rao, Kevin "The Professor" Rowland, Peter "Mr. Bigshot" Bennett, Vince "the Vice" Chamberlain, Mike "The Strike" O'Neill, and Basil "Put The Camera Away Already" Harris (not shown)

Continuing the decades-old Rotary focus on enhancing international peace and understanding, the Hollis Brookline Rotary Club will present its First Annual Celebration of Peace on Wednesday, May 22nd at the Lawrence Barn in Hollis, NH.

Featured will be remarks by Charles Worcester on the memory of his ancestor, Noah Worcester, Hollis-born peace-advocacy pioneer, and a centerpiece presentation by world-recognized Dr. Donna Hicks, of Harvard University, on her two decades of experience in the field of non-violent conflict resolution.

For more information, CLICK HERE

Club Member Honored By State Democratic Party
Rolf Bremer Celebrates 20 Years of Service

On April 5th, the Brookline Democratic Party honored Brookline Rotarian Rolf Bremer for 20 years of service as Chairman of the Brookline Democrats.

In attendance at the dinner and award ceremony were, among others, State Representative Melanie Levesque and State Senator Peggy Gilmore. Both spoke eloquently regarding Rolf's many contributions over the years. Congratulations were also received from state Party officials, including  Governor Maggie Hassan.

Congratulations and best wishes from the entire Hollis-Brookline Rotary Club for 20 years of honorable service to Brookline community, Rolf!

PHF Awarded to HBRC Member
Venu Rao Honored for Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts

Club Member Venu Rao was recently presented with a Paul Harris Fellowship Award by DG Tony Gilmore (see picture) for his outstanding efforts in coordinating and helping to distribute Hurricane Sandy relief supplies to needy families in the New York/New Jersey area.

Following the historic storm Governor Gilmore called on Rao to coordinate the efforts of District 7870 clubs in N.H. in assembling clothing, food, household articles, and other necessary supplies at a central location in Nashua for shipment south. The project went off remarkably smoothly with an almost full 50-foot tractor trailer load of supplies making the delivery in late November.

Thanks and congratulations to Venu for taking the lead in this ambitious effort and bringing the project to a successful conclusion.