Events

Kiersten Khoury - current Miss Massachusetts. 

Miss Massachusetts 2024 is Westwood Native Kiersten Khoury | Westwood Minute (town.news)

State Primary – early voting

Our helping hands project for September - please sign up to join us! 

Food Assistance Packaging:
Groups of 5-8 volunteers package groceries, personal hygiene products, and paper goods in
boxes and bags which will be delivered to local families later that afternoon. Once packaged,
volunteers use wheeled dollies and carts to store the food in refrigerators and freezers. Some
volunteers may be asked to help assemble Ikea furniture.

Where: 534 Washington Street, Easton (directly across from KinderCare)
Time: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Parking: There is plenty of free parking on both sides of the building

Volunteers are invited to join My Brother’s Keeper staff in a brief community prayer at the
beginning and end of each day of service. All are welcome to join in prayer, but it is not a
requirement for volunteering.

Info about My Brothers Keeper

My Brother’s Keeper is a vibrant, welcoming Christian ministry with locations in Easton and
Dartmouth, MA which delivers furniture and food to families in need.
• My Brother’s Keeper was founded in 1988 by Jim and Terry Orcutt, a married couple
from Taunton who were inspired to devote their lives serving local families struggling
with poverty.
• Today, 5,000 volunteers and 18 employees work together at My Brother’s Keeper
facilities in Easton and Dartmouth to make more than 18,000 furniture, food, and
Christmas deliveries each year.
• Since their founding, they have made more than 200,000 deliveries to people in need
across Southeastern Massachusetts.
• The mission of My Brother’s Keeper is “to bring the Love and Hope of Jesus Christ to
those we serve.” Anyone living in their service area is eligible for assistance, regardless
of religion.

All Rotarians are welcome to a morning of workshops offered by District Committees.   No charge to you or the club. All are encouraged to go! https://portal.clubrunner.ca/50054/Event/empowering-rotary---making-your-club-irresistible

District Governor Sharon Johnson Invites You to a Special Day of Learning

Empowering Rotary: Making Your Club Irresistible

Saturday, September 7, 2024  8:00 am through 12 Noon

New England Tech in East Greenwich, RI

Each club is welcome to send as many members as you would like to attend the Workshop offerings

Each workshop will address one topic and run for the morning, so send enough members of your club to attend each.

Membership

Foundation                                                                      

Public Image 

Diversity Equity Inclusion Belonging                         

Secretaries

Treasurers

Peace and Conflict Resolution

Youth Engagement

Youth Exchange

Environment

Topic:  Wellness in the Workplace

Jennifer Lynn is the founder of Nurtured Roots LLC, where she integrates holistic wellness with compassionate care. As a certified Reiki Master, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor, and Grief Educator, she helps individuals reduce stress, build resilience, and find balance. Jennifer works with businesses to create wellness programs that foster healthier, more productive workplaces. She is also active in her community, partnering with local schools and libraries to promote mindfulness and wellness for all ages. She lives in Braintree with her husband and two children.  

The next South Shore Council Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 18 at 6:30 PM @ Grille 151 Restaurant 151 Main Street in Weymouth. 

We ask that you try to arrive by 6:15 so we can order dinner and start the meeting on time. 

If you are planning to join us, please Kim Anderson know

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The South Shore Council of Rotary Clubs of MA (SSC) is comprised of 22 clubs and operates independently of District 7950 leadership. It is intended to be a resource and tool to facilitate, coordinate and communicate current events/ news/ requests attained from delegates, district leadership, or from our speakers.

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In honor of International Day of Peace on the following Saturday the 21st. 

Frances Jeffries, Ph.D. 
pronouns: she/her/hers
Rotary Peace Fellow, Chulalongkorn 20
Rotary Club of the Bridgewaters MA USA (7950)
Rotarian for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons by 2030

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Come join us to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival. Bring your family and friends and enjoy the incredible performances we have planned for on French's Common. Our event will feature a variety of cultural activities, street food, and performances

• Learn history of Mid-autumn(mid-auguest) festival
• Market Place (Flowers, food and more)
• Games for all ages
• Free Gifts for first 100 Visitors

Parking: Free Public parking is available at townhall parking lot

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Business Development Specialist | Good Sports

Driving Access to Youth Sports

David Olds is a South Carolina native, now Dorchester resident, working to drive equity in youth sports through the donation of brand-new equipment to youth organizations in low-income communities nationwide. His work at Good Sports, a Braintree-headquartered organization founded by Melissa Harper and Christy Keswick in 2003, has contributed to the organization’s ability to donate over $110M in new equipment to 10M children from high need communities across the country.

Packing Swag Bags - The Sun Will Rise Foundation

5  volunteers needed to help pack the swag bags for the Grief Conference attendees! 

About The Sun Will Rise:

The Sun Will Rise Foundation exists because Robyn Houston-Bean’s twenty year old son Nicholas Bean died to an accidental polysubstance overdose in May of 2015. Trying to find purpose and a reason to go on after a traumatic sudden loss, she knew that when she could function again, she would do something in his memory. Knowing the value of peer grief support groups, and the need for some in her area, she decided to start a Massachusetts grief support group called The Sun Will Rise, for those that have experienced the death of someone they care due to overdose or other substance use related causes. She had attended a group in Brighton and found it so helpful, but knew that one was needed closer, and set out to initiate one, so those on the South Shore and Braintree/Weymouth/Quincy Massachusetts area would not be alone in their grief. In December 2015, the grief group held its first meeting at the Braintree Town Hall. New groups followed in Quincy, MA and then Weymouth, MA.

The Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit charity, expanding from just overdose/substance use grief support, was created shortly after that. Its further dedication of providing education, awareness and prevention was a normal progression for those who loved Nick, not wanting other families to feel the utter devastation that they do. Speaking in front of parents, community members and teens at schools and other venues, Robyn has shared her family’s story to let people know that substance use disorder can happen to any family. She shares with parents, the risk factors that she feels she missed and urges teens to be part of the solution by helping their friends if they are worried about their use of alcohol or drugs. She tries to help erase the preconceived notions people have about those who use substances and erase the stigma.

In 2020, the peer grief support for a death from overdose or substance use related causes expanded to six more in person groups around Massachusetts providing even more Massachusetts residents a place where they could meet with others going through the same type of grief. With the covid pandemic, the in person meetings paused and the foundation started to offer online zoom grief support meetings, welcoming people from all over the country! Some of our groups decided to stay on the virtual meeting path and no longer meet in person, while new, in person groups started up and multiple zoom speciality groups came into existence. In 2023, we expanded our grief support to Portland Maine with our partnership with The Family Restored. Many independent grief groups that existed in Massachusetts have joined under the umbrella of The Sun Will Rise to combine forces to provide even more support. Today we have over 30 monthly peer grief support meetings.

These groups could not run without our volunteer facilitators! All our facilitators have the lived experience of having someone they care about die due to substance use related causes. These peers make the grief support for deaths due to substance use possible!

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Wednesday, October 2nd.  – Pancake Breakfast at the Braintree Senior Center (Department of Elder Affairs).  BELD sponsors the financial end of this event, Rotary provides the volunteers to cook, serve and clean up.  Typically two shifts (7:00 – 9:00, 9:00 – 11:00)  Ginny Polio has already agreed to lead the kitchen. Jack Keller typically assists her.

Wednesday, October 9th – Senior Safety Fair, a collaboration with Friends of South Shore Health and Braintree Department of Elder Affairs. 2:00 – 4:00.  Looking for 4-6 Rotary volunteers to help with registration and “directing” visitors to various booths, classes.  AND requesting monetary donation to supply some refreshments ($100)

Craig Malcolmson, Employment Specialist at Friendship Home in Norwell.

Craig has worked at Friendship Home for two and a half years. As the Employment Specialist, he goes out into the community to establish partnerships with local businesses. The partnerships he seeks are part-time employment for the participants who attend our Bridges to Work program. The businesses he goes to are based on the kinds of jobs the participants let him know they are interested in. If a partnership is formed, he is the liaison between the business and the participants while they are employed there.

Author of From the Top of the Bog to Boston:  A 20th-Century Irish Journey

Former Braintree Rotarian and Resident

Former Professor of American History

Book Description:  Born into a simple world where communication was face-to-face, transportation was on foot, bicycle or horse, and all of their fellow villagers shared Irish Catholic values, Larry and Betty emigrated to America where they found themselves in an increasingly diverse and complex world. They arrived separately from their poor Irish communities in Galway and Kerry during the 1950s. Larry had been banned from the home he loved, shunned by his family and fearful that he would never make it. Betty eagerly left her home, running from a deep and shameful secret. Their lives converged in Boston where they struggled to make a life that would bear no resemblance to the world they left behind. Cummings weaves together the compelling stories of her parents’ journeys, setting them within the historical forces that shaped Ireland, Boston and the greater global changes that transformed a generation. 

Help the environment and your community & safely dispose of your old electronics!
Braintree & Surrounding Residents
Household Electronic Waste Only/No Hazardous Materials.
Cash/Check/Credit/Venmo accepted.

Joshua Kaye Foundation

Our annual presentation of Rotary and delivery of dictionary and theasauruses to the 3rd and fifth graders in Braintree Elementary schools

We start at the

9am Hollis - 482 Washington St

9:45 Morrison - 260 Liberty St

10:30 Ross - 20 Hayward St

11:15 East - 305 River St

About - An event to help get vital resource and benefit information to Braintree’s 1,800 veterans, by going door to door for outreach, following that is a BBQ as 12pm at the Braintree Public Safety Complex

Link to sign up to volunteer - https://bit.ly/BraintreeVeterans

Join us for our 5th annual Veterans Day packing event! Monday, 11/11 from 11am-3pm.

A festive day of packing Holiday Baking Bags for our neighbors in need!

We’ll have cookies, cocoa, holiday music, and photo ops while we package hundreds of Holiday Baking Bags.

Sign up for an hour, or all day!

We may need help transporting bags to their distribution locations locally. If you can fit 30 or more grocery bags in your vehicle and would be interested in helping with this task, please reply to this email to let us know!

Please note- this event is not open to the public. We are inviting our existing volunteers and some wonderful folks we’ve met at events this season. Please sign up each individual, or make a note of how many people are in your family/group when you sign up, as we have limited space.

Packing event will take place in the gym at MeetingHouse Montessori School at 25 Brow Ave in Braintree. **Please note- there are two parking lots for 25 Brow Ave- the lower lot (with basketball hoop) on Brow Ave, and the back lot, between 50 and 60 Weston Ave. There is NO street parking allowed for this event.

Visit the page to donate if you cannot help volunteer - or do both! 

It's Time to Pack Holiday Baking Bags!

Join Us for the Rotary Foundation Luncheon: Honoring Our Clubs' Commitment to Service and Giving

Celebrate the impact of Rotary as we gather for a special luncheon dedicated to recognizing the outstanding contributions of our clubs to the Rotary Foundation. This event will highlight the dedication of Rotarians who have gone above and beyond in supporting the Foundation's mission to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, education, and the alleviation of poverty Register here

Braintree and Milton Football and Cheer captains and coaches.

Town has a Christmas Event

Thayer’s Center for the Arts
745 Washington St., Braintree, MA 02184

Featuring:
Atlantic Symphony Orchestra
Jin Kim, conducting

Our JOYFUL NOISE holiday concerts will fill you and your family with the spirit of the season. And this year, we've added an afternoon matinee performance!

Our new 3PM performance is designed for all ages. Come early for an instrument showcase, with instruments available for to try!

For both concerts, warm up with some cider or coffee, specially curated wine from Bin Ends Wine (for the adults!), and our yummy concessions.

Or maybe you're looking for that perfect gift for a special someone? Check out our unique auction items, including experiences/lessons, artwork and goodie baskets.

And of course, a special guest from up North will be stopping in!

Thayer's Center for the Arts is fully accessible and features ample free parking.

Musical selections will include, but are not limited to:

TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Nutcracker Suite
WILLIAMS Selections from E.T.
ANDERSON A Christmas Festival; Sleigh Ride
BIZET L’Arlésienne Suite No. 1
ADAM O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël )
BERLIN White Christmas

Purchase Tickets  - to receive a 10% discount use the code ROTARY at checkout.

We are looking forward to another great Fellowship & Festivities night at our annual Holiday Party!

When: Thursday, December 19th @ 6 pm

Where: Feng Shui - 703 Granite St Braintree Ma

Buffet Style Food & Cash Bar (yes they take cards)

$20 per person, spouses and significant others welcome - must RSVP by Tuesday, December 17th.

Pay MB at the door, Pay through Stripe (credit card), or Pay through Zelle (checking a/c)

Zelle: The bank routing number is:  211371447 and the bank account number is 0033700991

Stripe (credit card payment):  https://buy.stripe.com/6oE5lH4ADbTi3eMdQQ    If you bring a guest change the amount to include the guest payment.

Yankee Swap - Gift Card Style!   

Bring a $25 Gift card to a small local business—no wrapped gifts. We want to help support our small business community! 

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ConfiKids, Inc. is a nonprofit organization providing opportunities for children of limited financial means to participate in enrichment activities so that they may pursue their interests and passions, develop new skills, establish new relationships, and, ultimately, build confidence.

Rachel Calabrese founded ConfiKids drawing from her own childhood experiences. Despite her passion for dance, financial constraints forced her to discontinue lessons, impacting her self-confidence and social connections. As an adult working as a marketing professional in various non-profit roles, Rachel witnessed the need firsthand as families struggled to financially cover recreational programs for their children. Responding to this gap, she quietly raised funds to offer scholarships for activity-based programs, recognizing the vital role such opportunities play in children's social development and confidence-building. In 2016, Rachel left her career supporting other non-profits to establish ConfiKids, Inc. and officially launched scholarship initiatives in 2017.

At ConfiKids, we advocate for every child to have the chance to flourish, regardless of their financial means to access suitable extracurricular programs. ConfiKids works directly with parents, guardians, educators, coaches, and mentors who apply for children to receive financial support to participate in such activities.

Children eligible for participation are those in grades 1 through 8 who are enrolled in the free lunch program at their school.

Eddie is the Author of Laughs, Lies and American Justice.

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Book Details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ctmD8Ix2YMD4a6ML5PWXnsJRaph5DKtH/view?usp=sharing

Resume:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xIEcCOJVEznUzadgVnDjgZf0hM5B7928/view?usp=sharing

 William Flanagan Weymouth Commissioner and  Chairman of The Weymouth Braintree Regional Recreational Conservation District WBRRCD (Pondmeadowpark) will be speaking accompanied by myself Frank H. Collins Braintree Pondmeadowpark Commissioner and President of The Friend’s of Pondmeadow (501c). We will provide an informative overview of our mission responsibilities, current projects/needs and future enhancements to our “Hidden Jewel”.