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Agawam Senior Center
954 Main Street
Agawam, MA 01001
United States of America
We meet the 1st Wednesday of the month at the Agawam Senior Center (in-person and via Zoom) and on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at a Storrowton Tavern in West Springfield. Visit our calendar page for more information.
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Rotary Day of Service
Agawam Rotary Club In Action
2023 RYLA Students
 
 
On Wednesday, August 2, 2023, the Agawam Rotary Club hosted several Agawam High School students at a luncheon at the Agawam Senior Center.
 
Shown above left to right are Agawam Rotary Club members Marlene DeJesus, Michael Squindo, George Bitzas, Donna Bys, RYLA Students Hazel Meyer, Isabella Olivera, and Samantha Dean, Club President John Barber, RYLA Student Mia McGregor, Club member Joe Clark, Mayor Bill Sapelli and Club member Dave DeLancey.
 
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2023 Scholarship Winners Recognized
 
The 2023 Agawam Rotary Club Scholarship winners were hosted for lunch at Storrowton Tavern in West Springfield on June 21, 2023.
 
Pictured left to right – (Front) Gabriel Zollo, Olivio Salva , Marissa Rufo, Emily Gariey, Maureen Cayer – Scholarship Chair,  (Rear) Matthew Benard
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Rotary Day of Service 2022
Rotary Day of Service 2022
Rotary members, family, and friends joined together on April 9, 2022 for the District Day of Service to clean out, and freshen up the old senior center located in the Agawam housing Authority. This was the first step in transforming this space into a FUNctional space for the Agawam Housing Authority. 
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Agawam Rotary Receives 5,000 Medical Masks
Agawam Rotary Receives 5,000 Medical Masks
On September 29th , a cargo ship arrived in Boston with 800,000 masks on board to be distributed to communities across New England. The mask cargo was part of a project launched by Rotary District 7980 which includes southern Connecticut, Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut. With an additional 200,000 mask donation from East Hampton, CT Rotarian Ted Rossi and the Rossi Family Foundation the project was named the “Rotary Million Mask Challenge Tour.”
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Speakers
District Governor Christine Burns
Official Club Visit
Dec 06, 2023 12:15 PM
Ayla Alkan
Family Resource Center
Oct 04, 2023 12:15 PM
Therese Ross
Rick's Place
Sep 06, 2023 12:15 PM
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President's Message

 
The pandemic staggered us, like so many other businesses and organizations (interestingly, BEFORE the pandemic, I was on a panel discussing the challenges facing non-profit organizations).

We were staggered, but not knocked down. In a perverse sort of way, you could say that the challenges strengthened us. What is it they say? “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” 
 
Building on our rich history (47 years and counting), using lessons gleaned from the pandemic, and applying them to life and society as it is today, we are looking forward to many more years of Service Above Self to our community, region, and world.

I’m not sure if my Presidency of the Club for the third time is a case of “third time is the charm” or “three strikes and you’re out”. I do know that I am looking forward to the year as one of focusing on our mission of service to others and of developing new leadership in the Club. The fact that our President-Elect and Vice President are both pandemic recruits with whom “mission over meals” resonates is, to me, very exciting. 
 
The future is bright. Let’s share it, not only among ourselves, but with friends and family, with supporters and helpers, and with our community.  Together, we can accomplish our Rotary International theme for 2023-24 – Create Hope in the World.
 
John A. Barber
President, Agawam Rotary Club 2023-2024
Guiding Principles of Rotary

The Object of Rotary

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideals of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster the following:

  • FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
  • SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
  • THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
  • FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

The Four-Way Test

This test, which guides all Rotarians and Rotary activities, has been translated into more than 100 languages and asks the following four questions:

Of the things we think, say, or do:

  1. Is it the TRUTH?
  2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
  3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
  4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Mission

The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.

Avenues of Service

Based on the Objects of Rotary, the Avenues of Service are Rotary’s philosophical cornerstone and the foundation on which club activity is based:

  • Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning of the club.
  • Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards.
  • Community Service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community.
  • International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary’s humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace.
  • New Generations Service recognizes the positive change implemented by youth and young adults through leadership development activities, service projects, and exchange programs.

Diversity and Rotary

Rotary International recognizes the value of diversity within individual clubs. Rotary encourages clubs to assess those in their communities who are eligible for membership, under existing membership guidelines, and to endeavor to include the appropriate range of individuals in their clubs. A club that reflects its community’s diversity with regard to professional and business classifications, gender, age, religion, and ethnicity is a club with the key ingredients to its successful future.

Club Officers and Directors
President
John Barber
Immediate Past President
Michael Squindo
President Elect
Jennifer Connolly
Vice President
Marlene DeJesus
Treasurer
Mary Ann Ludtke
Secretary
Lynne Merceri
Rotary Foundation Chair
Linda Vitro
Director
Maureen Cayer
Director
Joe Clark
Director
Dave DeLancey
Director
David Moore
Director
Mario Tedeschi
Director
Linda Vitro
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