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MEETING INFORMATION

Visitors Are ALWAYS Welcome!

ALL MEETINGS ARE CURRENTLY VIRTUAL

The 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the Month

Click HERE to get the Zoom link.

Check the calendar on the left for meeting specifics!

MLK Celebration & Food Drive

Food Drive January 10-17: Rotary Newton will be organizing a food pantry drive in conjunction with our City's Martin Luther King, Jr Day celebration. There will be collection boxes located at all Village Bank locations, the Scandinavian Living Center and at Newton City Hall. Volunteers needed to:

Collect the donated food from all Village Bank locations and from Scandinavian Living Center and bring to the War Memorial at City Hall at 11:30 on Tuesday, January 18.
Help sort through the donations and divide / pack between the three pantries.
Deliver to Arabic Baptist Church on Tuesday.
Deliver to Newton Food Pantry (in City Hall) on Tuesday.
Deliver to Centre Street Food Pantry on Wednesday at 10:00 am (will need to keep the donated food in your car overnight).
Please click HERE to email Susan Paley if you'd like to help out!

MLK Virtual Celebration Monday, January 17th at 9:30am: Be sure to join in this wonderful event. It is always beautiful and moving. Program theme is inspired by MLK Jr's. final work "Where Do We Go From Here: Community or Chaos". Click HERE to register (required).

This is a community book read. Here is a Guided Study Copies are available at the Newton Free Library or please support Newtonville Books.

The Holiday Toy Drive a HUGE Success!

Thank you to all the kind and generous individuals, groups, and organizations that contributed to this year's Holiday Gift Drive!

So many people came together to donate, collect, organize, and distribute more toys and gifts than ever.

Thank you again and Happy New Year from Newton Rotary!

Thanks for donating to our Clothing Drive!

Thank you to everyone who donated clothes and textiles during our drives this year!

Over the 6 collections we held YOU kept over a 28,039 pounds of textiles out of the waste stream and helped raise $2800 for Newton Rotary Foundation's Scholarships. So thank you!

We'll probably start up the collections again in the spring, so keep an eye out on our Facebook page, on Instagram, in the press, and of course here!

Clothing Collection Drive - Last for This Year!

Have clothes that don't fit? Too ratty to wear? Just not "you" anymore?
Don't throw them away - recycle them!

Textiles like comforters, blankets, sheets, towels, are also welcome. Even old shoes, handbags, and stuffed toys. You'll keep them out of the waste stream AND help raise money for the Rotary Club of Newton's Scholarships!

All clothing and textiles in any condition are welcome, but please be sure they're clean.

Click "Read More" below to see a location map, the list of accepted items, AND to find out what happens to your items after you donate them.

Saturday, November 6th

8:00am - Noon

The Shops at Chestnut Hill

(formerly the Chestnut Hill Mall)

Back Parking Lot - Enter by the Hammond Pond Entrance - Look for the signs

Rain or shine!

Questions? Email RotaryNewtonMa@gmail.com.

Newton Rotary to Distribute Meals

We're honored to be partnering with the

Newton-Needham Regional Chamber on the new state grant to support our local restaurants while helping our neighbors struggling with food insecurity. Click HERE for a nice article about the program.

Many, many thanks to Senator Cynthia S Creem for securing this much needed funding.

We're looking for volunteers for this important program - email us at RotaryNewtonMa@gmail.com if you're interested!

Holiday Party a Big Success!

Lots of fun was had at our holiday party on January 26th.

Leo Faccenda, a distiller at Olk Elk Distillery in Fort Collins, Colorado (son of president Ron Faccenda), did a great time introducing and walking us through the making of the Maple Lemon RotoCo - a cocktail he created especially for Rotary. Click HERE to watch the video and see how it's done!

An unusual but very fun Yankee Swap ensued, with not a lot of cut-throat swapping but some really fun (and delicious) gifts exchanged.