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HOLIDAY POPS
There will be plenty of Pops Sponsor Kits at breakfast tomorrow
if you need more.
Please double-check the sponsor contact spreadsheet
and please make comments and updates we you can.
Next Pops Planning Meeting
Monday, September 29
at 217, 5 p.m.
Thank you, Tricia, for updating the club's website and Pops pages!
We'll be sending out the Sponsorship news release soon!
• Suzanne, thank you for working on a Sponsorship Poster...?
Suzanne and Francie, thank you for managing
the scanning of the Pops signature painting
Now through Wednesday, November 12 - Sponsor Invitations
Monday, September 29, 5 p.m. - Planning Meeting
Monday, November 3
Deadline for Sponsorships
Wednesday, November 12
Artist Reception
Concert Tickets Go On Sale
Friday, December 12
9 a.m. to Noon
Set-Up at Abbot Hall
Saturday, December 13
7 p.m. - Champagne Reception
8 p.m. - Concert
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Rotary District Governor Pooja Singla Joins RCoMH for Breakfast!
The Rotary Club of Marblehead Harbor (RCoMH) warmly welcomed Pooja Singla, newly elected 111th Rotary District Governor, during its Tuesday, September 9, breakfast meeting.
She began her remarks by congratulating the RCoMH on its 29th birthday as a club and Amy Hart as the club’s new board president.
Based upon Rotary International’s 2025-26 goals under the leadership of its president, Francesco Arezzo, Singla highlighted impact, reach, engagement, and adaptation as challenges for the RCoMH to meet as it plans its own initiatives during the year.
She also applauded our club for its recent actions and accomplishments: its donation of a refrigerator to the Marblehead Food Pantry; involvement in service projects with ElderAct; once again welcoming students from Ireland to its Friends Forever day in Marblehead; our contributions to international Rotary efforts; and our involvement in Town initiatives, including community clean-ups, youth projects, RYE and the Interact Club, and our generous awards and scholarships to college-bound local students.
Singla also offered constructive guidance, urging the club to expand its membership and take advantage of Rotary’s grants programs and District committees to help to enhance its public image and involvement.
She also recommended greater showcasing of our projects in the District’s weekly eBulletin, on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. She noted that International Polio Day will be October 24, 2025, and urged the club to create activities based on the District’s theme, Spring Into Action for Polio, and schedule these for March 21, 2026, the day Rotary clubs in the District will honor Polio Day.
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Would you like to do another
"RCoMH Marblehead Little Theatre Opening Night Get Together"
and
Celebrate Donna Cotterell's Premier Performance with MLT in
"The Crucible"
Friday, October 3, 7:30 p.m.
Cast Reception Following
Tickets - $32
Tickets and Cast List
45 tickets are still available at this moment
and we know they sell fast...
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The District Environmental Committee
is celebrating this Saturday, September 20, as a Clean-Up Day
Rotary International encourages us to work with other non-profit organizations
to achieve greater effectiveness of our service.
Consider volunteering with SPUR on one of their Land and Sea Clean-Up Teams.
11 one-hour volunteer spots are still open as of this writing.
To volunteer, go to spurnorthshore.org
and advance the calendar to September and click on September 20.
Or contact Bryan Lamoreau at
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Judith Black shares this information about a District Initiative...
Sunday, September 28, 2025 - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
CLOTHES & BOOK / PUZZLE SWAP FUNDRAISER
Danvers Art Association
105 Elliot Street, Danvers, MA
$10 Admission Fee
Food / drinks available for purchase
Enter the raffle for some fabulous prizes (do not need to be present to win)
WHAT TO BRING
• Clean, gently used clothing - adult clothing only. Must be clean. stain-free and in good condition (no rips, missing buttons or broken zippers)
• Books and puzzles must also be gently used, no ripped pages, no missing puzzle pieces
HOW IT WORKS
> Come as early as 10:30 a.m. to drop off items -
no more than 7 items of clothing, no more than 5 books / puzzles
> Browse and swap from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
> Leave with 'new to you' finds -- take as much as you want!
> Don't have anything to swap but want to come to "shop"?
No problem. You are welcome to come "shop"
> Open to everyone. Bring your friends and family for a fun and sustaining afternoon.
* Leftovers will be donated to Second Glance in Gloucester.
WHY SWAP?
Sustainable fashion
Budget-friendly
Fun with fellow Rotarians, friends and neighbors!
QUESTIONS?
Contact Andrea Lacroix
508-561-1161
amlacroix@yahoo.com
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