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Our speaker is Heidi Kalinowski, Area Director (Central & Western Massachusetts) for Best Buddies International.  Best Buddies is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Bring your items that need repair, and knowledgeable volunteers will help you try to fix them for free. The volunteers can work on items such as clean mendable clothing, lamps, small appliances, computers and other electronics, bikes, outdoor power equipment, toys, and jewelry. They can also sharpen knives, scissors, and garden tools. You only pay for needed parts. If you know what parts are needed, please get them ahead of time and bring them to the Repair Café to save time.

Questions? Contact info@nashobarotary.org 

VOLUNTEER LINK

Rotary Club Members, Friends & Partners 

The Rotary Club Of Nashoba Valley is collaborating with the RFK Highschool to mentor students as they become career ready. Volunteers will offer insights and advice about their own careers and industries to the students in support of the “Financial Literacy & Career Curriculum.

Interested?

Contact Jacky Foster at JackyFoster@comcast.net

Provide a brief bio, description of your career and available Dates.

Schedule Goes from October to May. Monday thru Thursday 1:55-2:50

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley Looks forward to “Making A Difference” with you!

Rotary Club Members, Friends & Partners 

Rotary Club Members, Friends & Partners 

The Rotary Club Of Nashoba Valley is collaborating with the RFK Highschool to mentor students as they become career ready. Volunteers will offer insights and advice about their own careers and industries to the students in support of the “Financial Literacy & Career Curriculum.

Interested?

Contact Jacky Foster at JackyFoster@comcast.net

Provide a brief bio, description of your career and available Dates.

Schedule Goes from October to May. Monday thru Thursday 1:55-2:50

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley Looks forward to “Making A Difference” with you!

Rotary Club Members, Friends & Partners 

Slaters has awesome wood fired pizza, BBQ & Libations. Fun, Friendly atmosphere so Bring a friend, neigbor, potential new member. 

Stop by to socialize and relax with new & old friends.

Every 4th Tuesday from 6:00PM - 8:00PM.

$10 includes pizza. Cash Bar.

356 Main St (Rt 117) , Bolton MA 01740.

Bring donations of Travel Size - Personal Care Items - Collected for AIDS Project Worcester. (See flyer)

- Shampoo, lotion, razors, floss, deoderant, tampons, conditioner, toothpaste, handsanitizer, etc.

Bring donations for Bolton Thanksgiving gift bags (See flyer)

Rotary Club Members, Friends & Partners 

The Rotary Club Of Nashoba Valley is collaborating with the RFK Highschool to mentor students as they become career ready. Volunteers will offer insights and advice about their own careers and industries to the students in support of the “Financial Literacy & Career Curriculum.

Interested?

Contact Jacky Foster at JackyFoster@comcast.net

Provide a brief bio, description of your career and available Dates.

Schedule Goes from October to May. Monday thru Thursday 1:55-2:50

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley Looks forward to “Making A Difference” with you!

Rotary Club Members, Friends & Partners 

Rotary Club Members, Friends & Partners 

The Rotary Club Of Nashoba Valley is collaborating with the RFK Highschool to mentor students as they become career ready. Volunteers will offer insights and advice about their own careers and industries to the students in support of the “Financial Literacy & Career Curriculum.

Interested?

Contact Jacky Foster at JackyFoster@comcast.net

Provide a brief bio, description of your career and available Dates.

Schedule Goes from October to May. Monday thru Thursday 1:55-2:50

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley Looks forward to “Making A Difference” with you!

Rotary Club Members, Friends & Partners 

Discovery Museum is a hands-on museum that blends science, nature, and play, inspiring families to explore and learn together. The museum and its Discovery Woods accessible outdoor nature playscape and 550 sf treehouse blend the best of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) learning on a beautiful 4.5-acre campus abutting 180 acres of conservation land in Acton.

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley is collaborating with RFK Highschool to mentor students as they become career ready. Volunteers will offer insights and advice about their own careers and industries to the students in support of the "financial Literacy & Career" curriculum.

Interested?

Contact Jacky Foster at jackyfoster@comcast.net

Provide a breif Bio, career description and availability. Mentoring occurs on the 1st Thursday of the Month during the school calendar year.

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley Looks Forward to "Making A Difference" with you!

JOIN US IN SETTING UP FOR THE:  Annual Veterans Breakfast

IN RECOGNIZING LOCAL VETERANS

Help us recognize and honor our veterans, starting with a hearty breakfast of pancakes, sausage, eggs, and potatoes.

The breakfast will include a brief presentation by Brigadier General Paul G. Smith, who will speak on “Personal Reflections on Service and Patriotism in Today’s World.”

$5 for breakfast, Veterans are free

All are invited!

RSVP: info@nashobarotary.org or 978-627-4135

JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING LOCAL VETERANS

Help us recognize and honor our veterans, starting with a hearty breakfast of pancakes, sausage, eggs, and potatoes.

The breakfast will include a brief presentation by Brigadier General Paul G. Smith, who will speak on “Personal Reflections on Service and Patriotism in Today’s World.”

$5 for breakfast, Veterans are free

All are invited!

RSVP: info@nashobarotary.org or 978-627-4135

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley is selling Birdseed Wreaths as their Holiday Fundraiser. The Wreaths are 100% American made, by a fellow Rotarian in NH, with a premium seed mixture for our winter feathered friends. The wreaths are packaged in a festive box perfect for friends, family, gift swaps, hostess gifts, client appreciation gifts ( easily branded and other holiday gifts occasions. 100% of the purchase goes to support Rotary Charities.

Email JackyFoster@comcast.net with your orders. With a Minimum Order of "10" We will deliver to your next club meeting, event or other spot/ of your choosing. Checks are written to "Nashoba Rotary Charitable Endowment Inc." and are 100% tax deductable. Mail Check to PO Box 322, Stow MA 01775

Thank you in advance for your support. Jacky Foster RCNV - President 2018-2019

Our speaker is Paul Swydan, founder and owner of the Silver Unicorn Bookstore, Acton's new independent bookstore. The Silver Unicorn Bookstore serves customers of all ages. It serves its customers by stressing convenience, curation and community,  and wants to be a meeting place for everyone in the Acton community and beyond.

Slaters has awesome wood fired pizza, BBQ & Libations. Fun, Friendly atmosphere so Bring a friend, neigbor, potential new member. 

Stop by to socialize and relax with new & old friends.

Every 4th Tuesday from 6:00PM - 8:00PM.

$10 includes pizza. Cash Bar.

356 Main St (Rt 117) , Bolton MA 01740.

Donations of  Travel Size - Personal Care Items - Collected for Aides Project Worcester.

( Shampoo, lotion, razors, floss, deoderant, tampons, conditioner, toothpaste, handsanitizer, etc etc) 

Hello Former Mock Competition Judges,

Firstly, I wanted to send out an email and say hello again.  My name is Stavros Andreopoulos and I am one of the business teachers and DECA Advisors at Nashoba.  If you are getting this email, you have volunteered to be a judge for DECA in the past.

This time of year is extremely exciting for us.  Some groups have begun interviewing business owners and marketing managers, others are conducting surveys, some are using 3D modeling to design a prototype, and some are working on their business plans. We have poured the foundation of what should be a very successful year for us.

As you may know, the first competition is scheduled for mid January at Umass-Lowell.  For the 5th straight year, we have decided to have a mock competition here at the high school in order for students to get some feedback before we actually go to competition.

This is where I need your help.  We have close to 90 total presentations (some groups are as small as 1 person, some are as big as 3 persons).  All groups would present to one judge only.  The judge would be allotted 30 or so minutes with each group to listen to their presentation and look through the proposal and give feedback on their business ideas, their presentation skills, and professional appearance.

If we could get about 40-45 judges, each judge could meet with about 3 or 4 groups and we could be done in as little as 3 hours. All judges would be given a "judging orientation" upon arrival and appropriate rubrics to grade presentations. Please respond back to me at sandreopoulos@nrsd.net and let know if you would be willing to help us out for the day!

Nashoba DECA Mock Competition

NRHS Auditorium

8:30-12:30

Thursday, December 6th

2 quick announcements as well --

1) I have attached a "What is DECA?" Factsheet that explains our club a little better.

2) I have also attached a Sponsorship form if you or your business would be interested in donating to DECA to help drive down costs for students as we travel to competitions.

Feel free to email me with any questions you may have.

Thank you!

Stavros

Stavros Andreopoulos

Nashoba Regional High School

Business Teacher

DECA Advisor

Chieftain School Store

Twitter @NRHS_DECA

Twitter @NRHS_MCP     

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley is collaborating with RFK Highschool to mentor students as they become career ready. Volunteers will offer insights and advice about their own careers and industries to the students in support of the "financial Literacy & Career" curriculum.

Interested?

Contact Jacky Foster at jackyfoster@comcast.net

Provide a breif Bio, career description and availability. Mentoring occurs on the 1st Thursday of the Month during the school calendar year.

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley Looks Forward to "Making A Difference" with you!

*** Next Slater's Social will be on January 22nd, 2019

Slaters has awesome wood fired pizza, BBQ & Libations. Fun, Friendly atmosphere so Bring a friend, neigbor, potential new member. 

Stop by to socialize and relax with new & old friends.

Every 4th Tuesday from 6:00PM - 8:00PM.

$10 includes pizza. Cash Bar.

356 Main St (Rt 117) , Bolton MA 01740.

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley is collaborating with RFK Highschool to mentor students as they become career ready. Volunteers will offer insights and advice about their own careers and industries to the students in support of the "financial Literacy & Career" curriculum.

Interested?

Contact Jacky Foster at jackyfoster@comcast.net

Provide a breif Bio, career description and availability. Mentoring occurs on the 1st Thursday of the Month during the school calendar year.

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley Looks Forward to "Making A Difference" with you!

Save the date for our Club's Multi-Celebration.

Formal invitation coming soon!

Ring in the New Year by showing appreciation & gratitude to our 1st Responders. 

The Rotary Club Of Nashoba Valley & Nashoba Interact Club will be baking fresh goodies to be delivered to our Ambulance, Fire and Public Safety Departments with Thank you notes from the community.

Slater's has awesome wood fired pizza, BBQ, and libations in a fun, friendly atmosphere. Bring a friend, neigbor, or potential new member. All are welcome!

Stop by to socialize and relax with new and old friends.

Every 4th Tuesday from 6:00PM - 8:00PM.

$10 includes pizza. Cash bar also available.

356 Main St (Rt 117) , Bolton MA 01740.

Donations being collected:

• Food and toiletries for the Stow Food Pantry (see attached file for requested items)
• Travel-sized personal care items - Collected for AIDS Project Worcester
  (shampoo, lotion, razors, floss, deoderant, tampons, conditioner, toothpaste, handsanitizer, etc.) 

Our speaker will be fellow Rotarian, Razia Jan, founder and president of Razia’s Ray of Hope Foundation. The Razia Jan Institute (RJI) is the first women’s post-secondary vocational school in rural Afghanistan. Opened in March 2017, the (RJI) sits adjacent to the Zabuli Education Center, the thriving K-12 school in Deh’Subz currently providing free education to 625 Afghan girls. The opening of the RJI was possible, in large part, by a Rotary Global Grant funded and coordinated by the Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley.

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley is collaborating with RFK Highschool to mentor students as they become career ready. Volunteers will offer insights and advice about their own careers and industries to the students in support of the "financial Literacy & Career" curriculum.

Interested?

Contact Jacky Foster at jackyfoster@comcast.net

Provide a breif Bio, career description and availability. Mentoring occurs on the 1st Thursday of the Month during the school calendar year.

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley Looks Forward to "Making A Difference" with you!

“Organizationally Yours” is based in Acton and specializes in residential organizing for families with children, seniors, moves, memorabilia/photos, the chronically disorganized, lifestyle transitions and ADHD. Learn the skills, techniques, tricks, and tools that you need to maintain an organized life.

Slaters has awesome wood fired pizza, BBQ & libations. Fun, friendly atmosphere, so bring a friend, neigbor, and potential new members. 

Stop by to socialize and relax with new and old friends.

Every 4th Tuesday from 6:00PM - 8:00PM.

$10 includes pizza. Cash Bar.

356 Main St (Rt 117) , Bolton MA 01740.

Please bring donations of socks for Warm Hearts of Stow. See the flyer for more information!

We will also continue to collect travel-sized personal care items, collected for AIDS Project Worcester.(Shampoo, lotion, razors, floss, deoderant, tampons, conditioner, toothpaste, hand sanitizer, etc.) 

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley is collaborating with RFK Highschool to mentor students as they become career ready. Volunteers will offer insights and advice about their own careers and industries to the students in support of the "financial Literacy & Career" curriculum.

Interested?

Contact Jacky Foster at jackyfoster@comcast.net

Provide a breif Bio, career description and availability. Mentoring occurs on the 1st Thursday of the Month during the school calendar year.

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley Looks Forward to "Making A Difference" with you!

HELP US FEED THE HUNGRY!

Local Rotary Clubs are funding the cost of the food. Now we need volunteers to assemble meals.

You will combine rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables, and a flavoring mix, including 21 essential vitamins and minerals, into small meal packages. The meals are then shipped around the world to support school feeding programs and crisis relief. The food is stored easily, transports quickly and has a shelf-life of two years.

Great fun and rewarding for all ages

Rick Cram is a consultant and speaker specializing in leadership and communication strategies that help business leaders, corporate executives and their teams to triumph over business, professional and personal change no matter how tough things get.

He has consulted for hundreds of companies and been the speaker of 1,000 talks, meetings, and customer and employee engagement events.

THE GUATEMALA STOVE AND WATER FILTER PROJECT TRAVEL DATES ARE MARCH 23-31, 2019

THE PROJECT INVOLVES TRAVELING TO PANAJACHEL, SOLOLA, GUATEMALA AND ASSISTING WITH THE INSTALLATION OF APPROXIMATELY 200 STOVES AND WATER FILTERS IN HOMES AND IN THE SCHOOL.  THE RURAL VILLAGE OF PANAJACHEL IS ON THE NORTHEAST SHORE OF LAKE ATTITLAN.  THE PROJECT IS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NUEVA ROTARY CLUB IN GUATEMALA, WHICH IS THE HOST CLUB FOR THE GLOBAL GRANT.

THE INITIAL COST ESTIMATE FOR AIRFARE AND HOTEL IS $1,200-$1,500 PER PERSON.  

WHY WE ARE GOING:  Many Guatemalans face health risks every day, in their own homes and schools. The open fires traditionally used for cooking inside homes lead to devastating  respiratory problems and severe burns. At especially high risk are children under age 5, for whom acute respiratory infection is the leading cause of death. Meanwhile, with sixty percent of disease in Guatemala waterborne, millions lack access to clean drinking water.  In addition, the open fires are inefficient and contribute to the rapid deforestation in the region, which will have global environmental remifications.

We will be installing ONIL stoves and water filters in the rural homes in Panajachel, Guatemala.  The ONIL cookstove is a safe alternative to open fires, removing smoke from the home and reducing firewood usage by 70%. The ONIL water filter achieves 100% removal of parasites and 99.99% removal of pathogenic bacteria.

The stoves and water filters will dramatically reducing the incidence of respiratory illness and other health problems and cutting the time  the families spend collecting firewood. That means more time in school and earning income, especially for women and girls. 

For more information, contact District Governor Steve Sager: ssager@sagerlegal.com 

Slaters has awesome wood fired pizza, BBQ & Libations. Fun, Friendly atmosphere so Bring a friend, neigbor, potential new member. 

Stop by to socialize and relax with new & old friends.

Every 4th Tuesday from 6:00PM - 8:00PM.

$10 includes pizza. Cash Bar.

356 Main St (Rt 117) , Bolton MA 01740.

Donations of  Travel Size - Personal Care Items - Collected for Aides Project Worcester.

( Shampoo, lotion, razors, floss, deoderant, tampons, conditioner, toothpaste, handsanitizer, etc etc) 

Irene M Congdon, MassDEP Central Mass Municipal Assistance Coordinator, has been working with 75 communities for almost 2 decades to help them get grants and change their solid waste programs. The goal to save money and promote resource management through reuse, recycling, composting, and proper disposal of Household Hazardous Waste.

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley is collaborating with RFK Highschool to mentor students as they become career ready. Volunteers will offer insights and advice about their own careers and industries to the students in support of the "financial Literacy & Career" curriculum.

Interested?

Contact Jacky Foster at jackyfoster@comcast.net

Provide a breif Bio, career description and availability. Mentoring occurs on the 1st Thursday of the Month during the school calendar year.

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley Looks Forward to "Making A Difference" with you!

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley is sponsoring its annual financial Reality Fair at Nashoba Regional High School. Here’s your opportunity to prepare teens for real life, introducing them to the concepts and costs associated with housing, transportation, utilities, food, clothing, and more.

Help us provide a valuable life lesson to all ~225 10th graders at the high school (yes, you have to pay for electricity), and have fun at the same time! Volunteer materials will be provided in advance. To sign up or for more information, contact Laura Spear, laura@spear.net.

From the District 7910 website:

The Assembly is a great way to get all of your club members, officers and committee chairs networking, engaged and aware of what’s happening with the clubs in our District. This District Wide training event is for ALL Rotarians.  Whether you are a new member, committee chair, club officer, or veteran Rotarian there is something at the Assembly for you! Learn more about how you can help enhance your club’s membership experience, public image and social media efforts, and implement new ideas for engaging service projects.  Learn about next year’s grants scoring rubric to obtain a District Grant.  Club Secretaries and Treasurers have programs targeted to make their jobs easier. If your club is not yet qualified to apply for foundation grants, a member of your club will be invited to attend the foundation qualification seminar.  Running concurrently with the Assembly is our second New Member Orientation program.  Please send as many of your members as you can to the Assembly, and your new members to the Orientation program.

Cost is $20 each or a maximum of $100 per club. Register on rotary7910.org.

Note: We have a couple of club members who will be presenting!

The Rotary Club of Nashoba Valley will once again host the Red Sox home opener for the Councils on Aging in Bolton, Lancaster, and Stow, MA. The Red Sox will play the Toronto Blue Jays. The Rotary club will provide all the ballpark favorites, including hot dogs, peanuts, and Cracker Jacks, and so much more! Contact you local COA to preregister. Other than some good vibes and lots of cheer, the cost is free!

In 2001 Deepika launched PatternReview.com an independent social network for sewing enthusiasts. She had little sewing experience and no professional ties to the sewing industry. She refused to accept that sewing is a solitary hobby. Today the site serves as a venue to more than 425,000 members worldwide where they not only talk about sewing, but to a wide majority of them, it is the one place on the internet they can call their own.