Adi Dobrilovic, father of Hana Dobrilovic winner of the Rotary Club of Barre 2025 speech contest with the 3 judges, Garret Grant, Joe Shadroui and Paul Haigh.
The Barre Rotary Club celebrated its 100th year of serving the Barre community by hosting it's 3rd Annual Pie for Brunch Community Grants Celebration on Saturday, April 5th at the American Legion in downtown Barre.
Seventeen nonprofit organizations were selected to receive donations ranging from $250-$750, totalling $10,000 in grant funding, and representatives from each organization were recognized and honored at the annual event, which featured all-you-can-eat pie, a silent auction, and a 50/50 raffle. While some pies were homemade, others were donated by area restaurants and grocers such as the Wayside, Pearl Street Pizza, Hannafords and more.
For the 4th year, the Interact Club at Spaulding High School is spearheading Tree Plenish. The goal of Tree Plenish is to plant trees to offset our school's carbon emissions.
Last year, we were able to plant 750 trees. Our goal for this year is to plant 500 trees!!
Saplings cost $7.00.
We are offering 3 tree species: Red Maple, Eastern Redbud, and River Birch
If you live in Barre, students would love to plant the trees at your home. You also have the option of picking up your sapling(s) at Spaulding the day of the event on Sunday, May 4th.
Please share widely- we would LOVE to plant more trees in 2025! If you have questions about this event, please contact:
Margo Austin at maustshs@buusd.org
On Wednesday, February 12, 2025 the club went on a field trip to the BARRE SOCIAL CLUB and "WHAT A GREAT PLACE!'
This is a coworking and events space and retail shop located at 105 North Main Street Barre.
The club is owned by Cat and Nick Allen and offers coworking space memberships for remote workers, as well as social memberships and event space available for rent.
https://www.barresocialclub.com/
Club President Caroline Earle, presents a check for $40,463.32 to Dave Rubel of The Barre Community Relief Fund to help people that have been struck by floods these past two years. The club donated $16,837.00 a while ago bringing the total club donations in the last year to $57,300.32.
Rotarians Paul, Caroline & Gary & a few very strong community partners (Brian & Devin) were out in force on New Year’s Eve to assist local members of our community with a move. Strength in numbers!
Rotarians bridging communities and miles to assist Vermonters.
Ross Feezer, a Rotarian and member of Partnering for Peace, returns to the Dominican Republic to see how his donation of 11,500 books is being used in Dominican schools by Peace Corps volunteers.
Mário César Martins de Camargo, a member of the Rotary Club of Santo André, Brazil, has been selected as president of Rotary International for 2025-26. He will be the fourth Brazilian to hold the office and the first since Paulo V.C. Costa in 1990-91........
On Saturday December 6, 2024, Rotary Clubs from Barre & Northfield, and community volunteers wrapped 165 coats with mittens and hats to be given to the Salvation Army at The Granite Museum of Vermont.
They will be distributed to Central Vermont Children.
This event was started by the Word Newspaper 42 years ago. Funds for the event are raised by the World, the Rotary Clubs and the general public.
Thank you to all of the contributors.
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