The 4 Way Speech Contest has been rescheduled for Thursday April 4th, please look under the Club Events section for more details.

Thank you.

Rotary Nashua West.

Below is a picture from way back in 1976, can anyone identify who the participants were in the Rotary Nashua West Float that year?

If so a small prize will be waiting.  See Zia at one of the weekly meetings.

Here is who we know so far (from left to right)
?   ?   Rolf Pagel   Linda Saren   ?   ?

Sensitized by tropical storm Irene in 2011, the Rotarians of our District performed magnificently in the effort to provide the 6 Districts in New York and New Jersey stricken by Hurricane Sandy with much needed supplies of food, clothing, water and everyday living supplies. Lead by Vermont coordinator, June Howe From the Brattleboro club and New Hampshire coordinator, Venu Rao from Hollis-Brookline with help from DGE David Hoopes and DGN Rich Berryman, Rotarians mobilized their clubs and communities, collecting the much needed supplies at various locations and then transporting them to Brattleboro and Bennington in Vermont and Nashua in New Hampshire where the material was consolidated and transshipped to designated locations in NJ and NY. As with any emergency, there were a few bumps in the road – mostly having to do with used clothing. Rotary Districts up and down the east coast sent their used clothing to a collection point in Paramus, New Jersey. The wealth of clothing became a 48,000 lb. donation to the   w Jersey Salvation Army. When the word came down in our District, our used clothing was diverted as a donation to the Salvation Army so as not to ship it South where it wasn’t needed. Bennington Bus Delivery Team Shipments left the District mainly on trucks, but there was one converted 1966 Greyhound bus left from Bennington with President Krisin Reed’s two daughters, Alexandra and Elisa and driver and bus owner, Nick Arsden with supplies from the Rutland area, Manchester and Bennington clubs, Assistant Governors Kathie Stone and Lainnie LaCroix assisting. The Brattleboro clubs collected from the Connecticut River Valley area clubs in both New Hampshire and Vermont with AGs, Bill Stevens and Jeff Mobus supporting. Not content to wait on the District, Frank Teas with help from Nashua Rotary, mounted an early relief trip to Rockaway, New York in a locally donated truck full of supplies and cash contributions from Rotarians.    

Dave Fox, President of the Tilton Rotary club, volunteered to haul relief supplies from the Lakes Region, Concord, Raymond and Manchester area clubs to McLaughlin Moving and Storage where Rotarian brothers Marty (Nashua) and Mike (Nashua West) McLaughlin provided storage, packing and shipping in a 53 foot tractor trailer for New Hampshire collected supplies. Local clubs in the Hollis, Milford and Nashua areas transported goods they collected as well. These efforts in South and South central New Hampshire were assisted by Assistant Governors Julie Whitcomb, Doug Rupert, David Countway, Betty Arsenault, Dennis McMann and Rich Berryman. Rotarians can accomplish anything when they put their minds to it. I want to thank you all for your outstanding effort. Thank you from Bonnie, Connie, Joan, John, Greg and Mario – all District Governors from the affected area in New York and New Jersey. Your help was invaluable.