Events

Our club will have a booth at Reid Park, as we have in most recent years.  Volunteers needed!

Prepare and serve dinner to the needy at the First Baptist Church in Beverly

Please join us for a fun evening cruising Gloucester Harbor on the Schooner Ardelle!  

Light food will be served on the dock prior to boarding.  Drinks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, are available for purchase on the Ardelle.  You may also bring your own non-alcoholic beverages.

The Ardelle will set sail from the Maritime Gloucester docks, 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA at 6:00 pm.

Unless the weather is extremely inclement, Captain Harold says we will sail.  It looks like it will clear on time, but bring rain gear just in case.

This meeting will be held on the beach!  Bring your own chair. No problem parking in the lot at this early hour, even if you don't have a parking sticker.

Ron Block is our Rotary District Secretary.

<p>Tom Hankard is this year&#39;s Rotary District Governor</p>

Setup, serving, and cleanup at Open Door's dining room.

The Manchester Essex Rotary will join with the Rotary chapters in Gloucester, Rockport and Ipswich-Rowley.  We begin at 6:00 pm, with socializing and delicious food.  At 7:30 we will be treated to a performance of The Hombres, a play by Tony Meneses.  

Join the Manchester Essex Rotary Road Team to ride either 25 or 50 miles, proceeds to benefit Greenbelt, Essex County's Land Trust.  Please contact Ron Parker with any questions or to join. the team.

An Attempt to expalin lots about Rotary , should be fun 

Rotary 101:  Rotary Overview

Please volunteer to help prepare and serve dinner to those in need in Beverly.  You may volunteer for a 2 hour shift or stay the entire time.  Email Chris Shea if you can come.

26th ANNUAL

Manchester Essex Rotary Club

Golf Tournament

Tuesday, October 1, 2024    

12:00 Shotgun Start

Format: Scramble  

The Meadow At Peabody Golf Course

 80 Granite Street, Peabody MA 01960

$150 Entry Fee includes

Greens Fee, Golf Cart, Beverages, Prizes,

Prime Rib Dinner

$50 Prime Rib Dinner only

To Benefit: ME Rotary Scholarship Fund

For Information Contact:

       Chris Shea 508-843-4979  cknsshea@aol.com

Matt will bring us up to date on the programs and events happening at the museum in 2024.

There seems to be lots going on. This is a dinner meeting at 35 beach street. 

Thanks

Please join us at 35 Beach for a wonderful dinner.  Matthew Swindell, Associate Director of the Manchester-by-the-Sea Museum, will update us on happenings at the Museum.

Cook and serve breakfast at the Grace Center.

Chief McNeilly will give an update on the workings of the department in 2024.

James McNeilly, Chief of the Manchester Fire Department, will update club members on issues his department is working on.

Come to this meeting in Essex, at the litlle school house museum Main St.  Hot topics: new zoning and dredging

Essex Town Administrator Brendhan Zubricki will update us on Essex town matters.

Volunteer at Rotary Table during Essex ClamFest

Plus find out how the managemet of the election coming in November is going. 

Our guest speaker will be Chris LaPointe, new CEO of Greenbelt, Essex County's Land Trust.

Dinner meeting at Essex Seafood.  Chris LaPointe will update us on what's happening at Greenbelt, Essex County's Land Trust

Please join us and learn about the plan Manchester has proposed to meet the MA MBTA Zoning rules.  Thie issue will be considered at the Special Town Meeting November 18.

Come learn about the MBTA Zoning plan.  Manchester citizens will be asked to vote at the Special Town Meeting on November 18.

All members welcome and encouraged to attend.

Man the table at Crosby's to collect food for Open Door.  2 hour shifts, 2 people per shift.  Sign up directly (not on ClubRunner) -- https://vhub.at/MER.  Also other Thanksgiving service opportunities can be found at this link -- https://vhub.at/thanksgivingevents.

46th annual Essex Lions Turkey Trot 5K.  Register for race at  www.essexmalions.com.  For those not racing, we are looking for volunteers to help out.

Honorary member Debbie Marcus will be visiting from Vermont to tell us about Rotplast, Rotary's program for providing cleft palate surgical services to people all over the world who otherwise would not be able to get this life changing procedure.  Debbie served on 2 Rotoplast missions as a non-medical volunteer and will tell us about upcoming opportunities.  Also speaking will be Terry Curran, current chair of an April mission to teh Phillipines. 

Honorary member Debbie Marcus will be visiting from Vermont to tell us about Rotplast, Rotary's program for providing cleft palate surgical services to people all over the world who otherwise would not be able to get this life changing procedure.  Debbie served on 2 Rotoplast missions as a non-medical volunteer and will tell us about upcoming opportunities.

Volunteer at the Essex Santa by Boat tradition.  General details at Santa by Boat | Essex MA.  Signup directly at Essex MA: Santa's Arrival by Boat 2024.

Meet at Walmart to spend $500 of club funds for gifts for boys and $500 for gifts for girls.  In the past we've broken up into guys and girls groups to do the buying but we can do whatever this year's team wants.

Pathways for Children | Family Services in Northeast Massachusetts

We will meet at the Manchester Athletic Club, and our hosts will talk about the club and its plans.

At the Annual Meeting we will elect new officers and directors so very important we have a quorum!! After this business we will have a wonderful meal and exchange gifts.

This is our recurring service opportunity at First Baptist Beverly.  Please sign up for either shift or both.  Parking lot behind building -- access on Hale St.

Please join us to learn all about what the Rotary Website, ClubRunner, offers and how to use it to its maximum effect!  Using the large TV monitor, we will cover MyRotary, Google Drive Rotary Photos, Club Documents in ClubRunner, and more!  

Setup, serve and cleanup at Open Door's live Community Dinner.  M-E Rotary has committed to providing 2-3 volunteers on the fourth Tuesday of each month.  Park in the back and enter directly from parking lot.