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All meetings are on Thursday.
Every 1st & 3rd week, meetings are at noon on Zoom.
 Every 2nd & 4th weeks, they are often in-person, dinner meetings at 6 pm. Location to be announced.
Brookline Rotary est. 1938 ~ Service Above Self

 
 

 
What We Do

Rotary International, established in 1905, is a non-partisan, non-sectarian network of 1.4 million volunteers, neighbors & leaders in over 165 countries on all 7 continents working together to problem-solve, take action and create lasting change in local communities. 

To donate to the Rotary Foundation to support Rotary International service projects both domestic & foreign, click https://my.rotary.org/en/donate

To learn about  Brookline Rotary's local and international service projects, scroll down to Service Opportunities for 2023-2024, and click.

To donate specifically to the Brookline Rotary Charitable Fund, a 501c3 charity, scroll down below Service Opportunities and click "Donate Now".

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Ukrainian Christmas Project Fair - Saturday, December 16
Ukraine Rotary District 2232 is sponsoring a Christmas Project Fair for Rotarians and clubs around the world who wish to learn more about how to help as another winter approaches.
 
For details and/or to register, click Ukraine Project Fair.  There will be a plenary session at 10:45 am and breakout groups focussed on efforts by clubs in Ukraine providing much needed support to families and children.  
 
The project fair begins with RI President Gordon McInally, President-Elect Stephanie Urchick, RI General Secretary John Hawk, Ukraine District governor Myron Uhryn and front-line physician Dr. Olha Paliychuk.  For further information on Rotary projects in Ukraine thus far, click Rotary Ukraine.
 
BROOKLINE ROTARY GETS ANOTHER DISTRICT GRANT TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY

Our project this year will include providing 1-2 meals/ month from December 2023  to June 2024 at the Brookline Teen Center.  This is an extension of the two BBQ dinners the Club hosted this past summer and fall. Our first cooking class/dinner will start at 3pm Monday, December 11th.

Once a month, the dinner will be part of a cooking class that Rotarian and BU Professor, Karen Jacobs will lead.  Each meal will include a vegetarian, low-cost entrée and a dessert that the students can easily replicate at home. The second meal of the month will be food brought in from a local restaurant.  Menus are being created by Dr. Jacobs and the Teen Center staff.  

Brookline Rotarians and BU Rotaract Members along with BU  Occupational Therapy students will cook and serve alongside the Teen Center participants.  The menus will be created by Dr. Jacobs and the Teen Center staff. 

If you are interested in helping to shop, serve or reach out to restaurants, contact Susan Rack, Service Projects Chair.

 
1907 ROTARY'S FIRST SERVICE PROJECT
In 1907, the Rotary Club of Chicago -- which had been established only two years before by Paul Harris -- initiated the very first Rotary public service project: the construction of 'comfort stations' or public toilets.
 
 
This step transformed Rotary into the world’s first Service Club. For details about this event, click Rotary's Comfort Stations 
 
November 19, 2023 is World Toilet Day -- an official United Nations Observance day.  Worldwide, over 4.2 billion people live without safe sanitation, and around 673 million people continue to defecate in the open. Access to toilets is an essential part of improving sanitation, safety and community life. To learn more, use this link: UN Toilet Day 11/19/2023.
Service Above Self
Club Leadership
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President
Richard Segan
President 2024-2025 (PE)
Ken Goldstein
Immediate Past President
Marina Brodskaya
Treasurer
Hadley Weinberg
Assistant Treasurer
Paula Kerwin
Club Advisor
Joyce Graff
Club Secretary
Phil Sandler
Corresponding Secretary
Robert Disario
Executive Secretary
Phil Sandler
Director/Board Member
Elias Audy
Director/Board Member
Shawna V Carboni
Director/Board Member
Candace Cramer
Director/Board Member
Heather Hamilton
Director/Board Member
Sharon Herman
Director/Board Member
Roger R. Lipson
Director/Board Member
Arnie Miller
Director/Board Member
Susan Rack
Director/Board Member
Phil Sandler
ENVIRONMENT Contact
Laura Walters
FOUNDATION Chair
Arnie Miller
Foundation - Grants Contact
Eva Valentine
Foundation - Polio Coordinator
Phil Sandler
FUNDRAISING Chair
Elias Audy
MEMBERSHIP Chair
Sharon Herman
PUBLIC IMAGE (PR) Chair
Shawna V Carboni
PR- Bulletin Editor
Steve von Lichtenberg
PR - Social Media
Andrea Stewart
PR - Website Administrator
Shawna V Carboni
SERVICE PROJECTS Chair
Susan Rack
Service - Food Security
Phil Sandler
Service - International Projects
Richard Segan
Social Equity & Inclusion Team
Sharon Herman
Social Equity & Inclusion Team
Paul Saner
SPEAKERS Contact
Ken Goldstein
YOUTH Chair
Marina Brodskaya
Youth - Rotaract Advisor
Karen Jacobs
Youth - RYLA Chair
James Feldkamp
Youth - RYLA Chair
Eddy Desir
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Rotary International News
Rotary projects around the globe November 2023

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The culinary paradise of Singapore

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Hope in grief

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Inside the mind of a writer living with Alzheimer’s

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Combating polio around the globe

As the fight against polio unites communities around the world, Rotary members are using time-tested methods and attention-catching new ideas to raise awareness, funds, and support toward eradicating this debilitating disease.