Each July there is a “Change of Guard” in the Middletown Rotary Club leadership as well as within all 33,000 estimated Rotary service clubs worldwide. The Middletown club thanks Jeff Walter for his leadership and dedication in 2012-13, and welcomes Garry Mullaney as the club’s 90th President for 2013-14.
“Our club has had a distinguished record of service to the community and internationally. Our membership represents a diverse group of leaders in the Middletown area, and is committed to the Rotary Motto of ‘Service Above Self’,” Mullaney stated.
Rotary Internationals 2013-14 theme is “Engage Rotary-Change Lives”. Mullaney wants to see the Middletown Rotary Club as the “go to" club in the area, and announced three new initiatives which will support neonatal care, seniors and literacy.
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“We will work with Middlesex Hospital for the first two programs. The five areas of focus for next year are: youth, literacy, seniors, clean water and end of polio (the latter two as part of the club’s international service efforts),” Mullaney added.
Some of the current service projects include the Annual Turkey Drive, Warm the Children, the One Book-One Community Program, Student of the Month Awards to students in the eight high schools in our area, and Amber & Silver Alert to name a few.
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Leading the way along with President Garry Mullaney are the following Officers: President-Elect, Trish Witzky-Lambert; Secretary, Patricia Tucker; Treasurer, Dan Litwin; Assistant-Treasurer, Cliff Straub; Sergeant-at-Arms, Pat Tully; and Past President, Jeff Walter. This year’s Board of Directors also includes Patricia Gomola, Kevin Wilhelm, Ken Vaughan, Cathy Stebbins, Steve Lovelace, and Howard Reid.
The Middletown Rotary club meets every Tuesday at 12:15 at First & Last Restaurant for lunch and guest presentations. For more information, contact Trish Witzky-Lambert at Trish Witzky-Lambert by phone at 860.344.1221, by email at trishlambert@heritagecommons.com or visit www.middletownrotary.org for an overview of the club. The Middletown Rotary Club is also on Facebook!
Members of the Rotary Club of Middletown are business, social, and civic leaders who make a positive difference in their community and in the world through humanitarian service, education, high ethics, and goodwill. The club maintains its membership from those who live and/or work in Middletown as well as the surrounding towns of Cromwell, Portland, Durham, Middlefield and Higganum.
