Tom Manuel

 

187 Centre St.

Danvers, Ma. 01923

Phone: (978-337-7052

 

President’s Message

 

 

Thank you for visiting the Rotary Club of Danvers Website. We are embarking on our 87th year of service to our community and our world. Our major activities will align with those of our RI president, Ray Klinginsmith in his focus areas of water, health and hunger, and literacy.

 

Our Club will be working locally this year in the focus area of water, we have a pond that needs dredging. It is the Mill Pond and the Rotary Pavillion rests on it’s banking. 87 years ago, this pond was 16 feet deep and had an ice making business on it. The ice was shipped to many parts of the world. The pond is fed by two local tributaries and they have carried a great deal of sediment from other areas of town. The pond was dredged in the sixties and needs it again.

The water level in the pond is only two or three feet in spots.

 

On the world level, we will be focusing on Health. One of Rotary International’s main thrusts is eradicating Polio. Rotary started “Polio Plus” many years ago and have raised hundreds of millions of dollars for the cause. Most new cases of polio are now found in India and that section of the world. We are in a partnership with the Gates Foundation to raise Four Hundred Million Dollars in this effort to put an end to polio. We at Danvers Rotary will do our best to further this effort for “Polio Plus”.

 

We will also focus our efforts to include fellowship for all! The club will have many events this year that will include family activities, recreational, and social programs. We will partner with many organizations in Danvers and the North Shore to get the “Service above Self” message across to people of all walks of life. We enjoy our club and will share the camaraderie with all who have an interest in our common goals.

 

If you’re unfamiliar with Rotary and what we do, or you are a prospective member, please feel free to contact us by clicking on one of the contact links. Or, come to a lunch meeting – as our guest – at the Danversport Yacht Club, Mondays at noon to see what we’re all about. You will not be disappointed.

If you are a member, thank you for your support. I look forward to a year of hard work, and successes; nothing different than the last 86 years of the Rotary Club of Danvers.

Tom Manuel

President 2010-11

Rotary Club of Danvers