Club meetings are generally held on the first and third Thursdays of the month, from 12:00 to 1:15 PM. Note that the venue has changed to Luciano's Restaurant, 800 Washington St., Wrentham, MA. Also note that the cost has increased to $20.
Please click on the speaker's link to see our incredible lineup of speakers!
Board Meetings
Board meetings will be held after the President has settled in! Meeting TBA!
International Committee Meetings
Meetings will be determined according to incoming Chair, Joan Gagnon. Information will be forthcoming!
Fellowship Committee Meetings
Fellowship (membership) Meetings are held as needed, typically around 8:00 AM in Roxanne's office.
Community Committee Meetings
The Community Committee meets monthly, on the first Wednesday of the month, from 8:00-9:00 AM at the Foxboro YMCA, 67 Mechanic St., Foxboro, MA 02035.
Fellowship
The Fellowship Committee meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month at Roxanne’s office, 272 Chauncy St, Mansfield, at 8:15.
Waxy's O'Connors 121 Main Street, Foxboro, MA 02035
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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John Keller
Citizens' Climate Lobby
07/19/2018 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Manny Leite
Boyden Library Presentation
08/02/2018 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Ken Paiva
Ken Paiva is the author of the Historical Thriller "When Night Awakens".
08/16/2018 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Sarah Baldiga
Rise Above Foundation
09/06/2018 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Bob Hickey
09/20/2018 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Sean Smith
2 Presenters for U.S. Customs and Border Protection
10/04/2018 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Bill Tennant
District Governor visit
10/18/2018 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Farah Hill
Norfolk Advocates for Children
11/01/2018 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Leah Gibson
Leah Gibson - Foxborough Board of Selectmen
11/15/2018 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Chief Roger Hatfield
12/06/2018 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Donna Mac
01/17/2019 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Zachary Watson
Let’s talk about Being our goodest selves
02/07/2019 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Becca Harris
The Children's Room
02/21/2019 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Joe Bordieri
Skills Empowered
03/07/2019 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Mark Higgins
American Credit Counseling Service, Inc. is celebrating 30 years of providing no-fee credit counseling, money management education, and debt management programs to all individuals in need, within the bounds of our non-profit charter.
03/21/2019 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Vlad Zachary
Author of "The Excellence Habit" - #1 Motivational Book of 2016 per NGIBA. How Small Changes In Our Mindset Can Make A Big Difference In Our Lives
04/04/2019 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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Rumni Saha
Honored :-)
04/18/2019 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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05/02/2019 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Foxboro Rotary Club Guest Speaker
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05/16/2019 (Thu. 12:00pm - 1:00pm)
Luciano's Restaurant 800 Washington St, Wrentham, MA 02093?
Join us at the Ninety Nine Restaurant on Pleasant Street in Fall River on Thursday, April 30th. Bring your friends and come for some after work "Stand Out Starters" or bring your family for dinner. Just be sure to bring the flyer to make sure that the Rotary Club of Fall River will receive 15% of what you spend. (Flyer can be found in the download section on the right hand side of the front page.)
Fall River
Apr 30, 2015
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We held our annual meeting on June 28 to review our accomplishments for the year, induct new officers and the new board, and officially welcome Jason to the club. Congratulations to everyone involved in a fantastic year!
Today we welcomed police from Haiti who were visiting Foxboro as part of an exchange program. Earlier, Foxboro police visited Haiti. These experiences have been critical in bridging gaps in understanding and promoting world peace. A segment about the exchange appeared on Foxboro Cable Access: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYcTloeJjNc&feature=youtu.be
Our club has started a new committee to address issues around human trafficking. The mission of the committee is to bring awareness and prevention on human trafficking and build partnerships with local and international leaders and organizations. Joan is serving as chair, with other members including Juri, Tina and Roxanne. Their first meeting was June 25. Stay tuned for updates as their important work evolves.
Juri joined the Cancer Buzz Off and shaved her head to raise awareness and money for children with cancer. We think she looks beautiful! The One Mission Kid’s Cancer Buzz-Off is a fun and unforgettable event where participants shave their heads in honor and support of kids with cancer. Participants raise money by asking family and friends to make a donation in exchange for their promise to shave their heads. Proceeds from the Kid’s Cancer Buzz-Off benefit Children’s Hospital Boston and the life-changing care and vital programs and services they provide to help kids beat cancer.
Thursday, May 24th, 2018 7:00pm Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center 1 School Street, Foxboro, MA (Formerly The Orpheum Theatre) Improbable Players will perform “End of the Line - How it starts,” a short play followed by a talkback and Q&A. The play is based on true stories and is performed by actors in long-term recovery. Through education and reducing stigma, their mission is to stop addiction before it starts and help end the opioid epidemic. The show is appropriate for anyone 6th grade and up. Presented by the SAFE Coalition, with sponsorship by Rotary Club of Foxboro and Infinity Family Care, PC This event is FREE and open to the public. Reserve your seat at: www.facebook.com/SAFECoalitionMA
The President of Foxboro Rotary, Hesh, Kagan, was on Foxboro Cable Access with Chief Baker on Foxborough Central with Bob Hickey and a special young guest Jaden Onwuakor.
The eye clinic in Guerrero Mexico provides eye care and surgery (mostly cataracts) along with dental care to the indigent population of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.It is a unique opportunity for volunteers to participate in helping our international neighbors. Joan and Jim are there now, volunteering from our club.
Women are diagnosed with Alzheimer's Dementia at double the rate of men. The reason for this phenomenon is not well-understood. Since women are traditionally the caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's and other dementias, and the rate of Alzheimer's is growing exponentially, this represents a profound public health crisis. Rotary International has partnered with Cure Alzheimer's Fund to study this issue. For more information: http://womenandalzheimers.org/
The Foxboro Rotary recently made a donation to New Hope, which provides assistance to victims of domestic violence. Here is coverage from the Foxboro Reporter:
Our club has recently become involved with an amazing organization, NuDay Syria. NuDay Syria supports and encourages women to develop social & business skills. These women and children have not only been displaced from their home and country, but their family nucleus has been destroyed, as they have lost their husbands and providers. Skills are taught such as knitting and other hands-on skills with the intention to support themselves, so that these women can become producers & providers. NuDay Syria employs people on the ground in Syria and Turkey to receive the vessels and deploy the contents to lesser known and smaller camps.
In New Hampshire, Nadia has brought together caring, compassionate individuals all of whom recognize suffering and, under their watch, will not be bystanders to the brutality. The numbers are staggering. In 2016, the United Nations (UN) identified 13.5 million Syrians requiring humanitarian assistance, of which more than 6 million are internally displaced within Syria, and over 4.8 million are refugees outside of Syria. In January 2017, UNHCR (The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, also known as the UN Refugee Agency), counted 4,863,684 registered refugees. The death toll is approaching ½ million.
NuDay Syria connects our lives with others out of compassion and the belief that we are of one world, and as Nadia states “one humanity.”
Help in all its forms is needed. “The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing.” [John Le Carre]
The Foxboro Rotary is now offering short and long-term exchange programs! Please download brochures on the right side of this page to find out more about each program.
The Alzheimer's Dementia Rotarian Action Group (or ADRAG) is a collection of Rotarians and Rotaractors dedicated to supporting the family of Rotary and our communities face the challenge of dealing with family members and citizens that are afflicted with Alzheimer’s and/or dementia. See flyer link on this website for more information.
This challenge is very real. Some are calling it the “silver tsunami”—the wave of men and women living longer than previous generations. Yet our communities and nations are not ready to face the rising tide of those suffering from these diseases. Researchers predict that 6.7 million people in America alone will have Alzheimer’s alone. Today, one in eight older Americans have Alzheimer’s, and the risk of developing the brain disorder doubles every five years after age 65.
The ADRAG was recently awarded a Rotary Foundation Grant, with matching funds from Cure Alzheimer's Fund (www.curealz.org). This is a terrific global grant project with Dr. Rudy Tanzi of Harvard and the Massachusetts General Hospital heading up the research to determine why more women have Alzheimer's than men.
Rotary District 7950 Water Resource Activities are directed by the Pure Water Initiative Committee (see Committee site), a dedicated group of Rotarians who desire to provide Clean Water and provide hygene and sanitation training to people that do not have access to clean water now. This includes providing education in the use of the facilities that provide this Clean Water.
Since Rotary year 2002 the Pure Water Initiative Committee (see History site) has dispensed over $100,000.00 for water projects to sites in Honduras, Cambodia, India, Peru and Haiti. Using the Rotary Foundation Matching Grant Programs has increased the "bang for the buck" by adding 50% or $0.50 for every $1.00 designated to an approve project.
Over 4300 hundred families have received slow flow bio-sand filters in Honduras to date.
Two small, 4WD pickups were provided to better facilitate the delivery of these filters.
Money for two very important pieces water testing equipment, for the water testing laboratory, was provided to the Cambodian effort, currently managed by the District's Middletown Rotary Club.
Money has been provided to a Rotary District in India for a village level water filter project. See pictures.
Money has been combined with Rotary Foundation money to install 500 filters in the outskirts of Lima, Peru.
- See more at: http://rotary7950.com/SitePage/water-resources/rotary-district-7950-water-resource-activities#sthash.o3mU96jP.dpuf
In addition to serving as ADG, Joe is spearheading our club's involvement in this important effort.
Rotary District 7950 Water Resource Activities are directed by the Pure Water Initiative Committee, a dedicated group of Rotarians who desire to provide clean water and sanitation training to people that do not have access. Since 2002, we have dispensed over $100,000.00 for water projects to sites in Honduras, Cambodia, India, Peru and Haiti. Using the Rotary Foundation Matching Grant Programs has increased the "bang for the buck" by adding 50% or $0.50 for every $1.00 designated to an approved project.
Joe is spearheading our work in Disaster Aid USA. DA USA is a Rotarian Operated Project that provides shelter, clean water systems, tools, mosquito nets and other items to survivors of disasters. DA USA also partners with others to provide water filtration projects wherever needed. They are partnered with Disaster Aid Australia, and Disaster Aid UK and Ireland. Some of their numerous deployments include assisting with the earthquake in Ecuador, cyclone in Fiji, and flooding in Louisiana, West Virginia and Texas.
To find out more about their great work and becoming a volunteer, please visit http://www.disasteraidusa.com/ And contact Joe if you are interested in training to become part of a Disaster Aid Response Team.
The South Shore Council represents multiple clubs in the region. Their meetings are held on the third Wednesday of every month at 6:30 PM at Peppercornz in Weymouth, MA. All are welcome.
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