

Our annual Red White & Blue Breakfast on June 28th 2025 at Tucks Point stating at 7:30am to 11:30am. There of course will be pancakes with all the fixings, eggs, bacon, coffee, pony rides and face painting for the kids, and musical entertainment! Tickets are $12 in advance $15 at the door ages 10 and over, $10 ages 5-10 and children 4 and under are free of charge! 50/50 Raffle to benefit the Manchester-Essex Rotary Club Scholarship fund will be drawn at 11:30AM. Take the free water taxi service between Tuck's Point and either Manchester Town Hall or Reid's Park to avoid the traffic, starting at 7:30 AM and running until 11:30 PM.
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Our annual Red White & Blue Breakfast on June 29th 2024 at Tucks Point stating at 7:30am to 11:30am. There of course will be pancackes with all the fixings, eggs, bacon, coffee, pony rides and face painting for the kids, and musical entertainment! Tickets are $12 in advance $15 at the door ages 8 and over, $10 ages 4-8 and children 3 and under are free of charge! 50/50 Raffle to benefit the Manchester-Essex Rotary Club Scholarship fund will be drawn at 11:30AM. Take the free water taxi service between Tuck's Point and either Manchester Town Hall or Reid's Park to avoid the traffic, starting at 7:30 AM and running until 11:30 PM.
We have the $12 advance tickets available in this registration link.
Backpack Drive for the Grace Center
If you have one or more spare adult-size backpacks left over from a prior school year and have been wondering what to do with them, wonder no more! The Manchester-Essex Rotary Club is partnering with Manchester-Essex Regional High School’s Comfort Cases club to collect gently used or new adult-size backpacks for The Grace Center through March 15.
Parents and students may drop off gently used or new backpacks in a bin outside of the Middle and High School office. Community members without students in the school system may donate through your favorite Rotarian or by emailing info@manchesteressexrotary.org
The Grace Center is located at 264 Main Street in Gloucester and offers a safe, free day resource center for people who are homeless and others, including older or disabled adults, isolated community members, and people at high risk of or currently in crisis.
Comfort Cases is an organization intending to bring dignity and hope to youth in the foster care system through donation drives, volunteering, and awareness. Recently the club has expanded the organization's mission to include organizing clothing, book, and hygiene donation drives for all people in need.
Formed in 1905, Rotary International is the world's first service club organization with over 1.2 million members in 34,000 clubs worldwide. The Manchester-Essex club serves Cape Ann and surrounding communities giving life to the Rotary motto, "Service Above Self."
Questions may be directed to info@manchesteressexrotary.org.
Back by popular demand, the 3rd Annual MERC St. Pat's Dinner & Irish Music will be held on March 16, 2024 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM at the Amaral Baily American Legion Hall, 14 Church Street, Manchester MA.
There will be corned beef and cabbage, music by The Erstwhiles and The Creaganmore Pipes & Drums, as well as Irish Step Dancing.
Dinner tickets are $30 pay on the payment button or follow the registration from our event to buy tickets or to sign up as a volunteer. Music only $10 at the door. Proceeds to benefit the Amaral Bailey American Legion Post 113, Manchester MA and the MERC Scholarship Fund. Legion members who purchase a ticket in advance at the Legion will get a $5 discount.
Name | College |
Guiseppe Tra | UMass Amherst |
Emery Weber-Provost | University of Oregon |
Cole Olivier-Meehan | Bowling Green State |
Owen O'Leary | UMass Amherst |
Joshua Heath | Essex Tech Nighthawk |
Back by popular demand, the 2nd Annual MERC St. Pat's Dinner & Irish Music will be held on March 11, 2023 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM at the Amaral Baily American Legion Hall, 14 Church Street, Manchester MA.
There will be corned beef and cabbage, music by The Erstwhiles and The Creaganmore Pipes & Drums, as well as Irish Step Dancing.
Dinner tickets are $25 pay on the payment button or follow the registration from our event to buy tickets or to sign up as a volunteer. Music only $10 at the door. Proceeds to benefit the Amaral Bailey American Legion Post 113, Manchester MA. 50/50 Raflle to benefit the MERC Scholarship Fund.
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Returning from a two year hiatus the Club is thrilled to host the 7th Annual Kentucky Derby Party and Auction on Saturday May 7 from 5 to 8:30! This event brings items from all corners from golf outings and beach barbecues to fine clothing and complete wine cellars. There is a silent auction for smaller items and a live auction featuring auctioneer and State Senator Bruce Tarr for the big ticket items including an 80 inch smart television! We will watch the Derby race live, there will be a non-betting lottery on the outcome, a hat contest with the best woman's and men's hat winning a bottle of real Kentucky bourbon and a bouquet of roses. An excellent buffet dinner will be served throughout the evening, cash bar (yes mint julep), and best of all we are raising money for local scholarships, food banks and international projects. So put on your Derby hats and be ready to have a fun time with fun people. Tickets can be purchased online for $30 or at the door $35 click on the event in the calendar
The eradication of Polio has been Rotary International’s signature cause since 1988. The organization has teamed up with partners including The Global Poverty Project, The Global Eradication Initiative, The World Health Organization, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Since 1988, more than a billion dollars have been raised among Rotary clubs worldwide and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
When Rotary International took on the battle against this disease, more than 350,000 people spanning 125 countries were impacted by Polio each year. Today there are two countries left where Polio has not been eradicated—Pakistan and Afghanistan. In 2021, there were only five reported cases of wild Polio virus, down from 140 in 2020. Rotary International has committed to raising fifty million dollars in 2022, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged to match each dollar raised with an additional $2 donation.
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Jennifer Doane, Leilani Brown, Emma Francoeur and Judy Laspesa | Ashley Flood being presented her award by Judy Laspesa at the annual club holiday party |
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The Manchester Essex Rotary Club is excited to announce its involvement once again in the Festival By the Sea, sponsored by the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, which will be held Saturday August 7, in Masconomo Park, and surrounding downtown areas. This yearly festival offers a first hand experience to enjoy the splendor of the local art and artisan scene, embrace the talent of our neighbors and members of the community, as well as spend time appreciating our town.
The Manchester Essex Rotary club is proud to partner with the Cape Ann Chamber to bring awareness to the multitude of service, civic and artistic opportunities Cape Ann has to offer. As you stroll through the idyllic park, please visit us at the booth sponsored by the Rotary Club to learn more about Rotary International, hear about our mission and service programs, both locally and worldwide, and perhaps be inspired to join us. You may be surprised to find that Rotary is involved with many organizations of interest to you and this is a golden opportunity to become more involved. You will surely see friends, old and new!
Fresh off the success of our Red White and Blue pancake breakfast in July, we will be changing up our menu, offering hamburgers, hotdogs and other treats. See you on August 7th for a day filled with art, food, fun and good times!
Service Above Self
Essex & Manchester, MA
United States of America