Rotary Club of Marblehead
Marblehead
We meet In Person
Thursdays at 12:15 PM
Boston Yacht Club
1 Front St
Marblehead, MA 01945
United States of America
We are back to in-person meetings at the Boston Yacht Club at 12:15 PM every Thursday. Hybrid meeting option is available on-demand. Please contact the club president, if you would like to attend via Zoom.
President Don Dowling

Welcome to the Marblehead Rotary Club

From left: Past President 2023/24 Don Dowling, current President John Buckey and Past President Nancy Archer-Gwin 2022/23
 
Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
 
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Rotary members believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s most persistent issues. Our 35,000+ clubs work together to:
 
There's a Doctor in the House?
John Buckey is a career educator, with over twenty years as a school and district leader. He completed his Bachelor's degree in secondary education and Spanish at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky.  He was a Spanish teacher and World Language Department Chair at The Lexington School in Lexington, Kentucky.  John went on to the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he earned his Masters in Administration, Planning and Social Policy with a concentration in the Principalship.  After graduate school, John was the Dean of Students at The Andrew Schools in Cleveland, Ohio before returning to the East Coast to become Assistant Principal at Littleton High School.  After four years, he was named Principal.  John moved to Nantucket to become the Principal of Nantucket High School in 2008.  He was named Massachusetts High School Principal of the Year in 2013.  John earned his doctorate in Educational Administration from Northeastern University in 2014.  He served on the Board of the Massachusetts Schools Administrators Association from 2015 to 2020 and as President of the Association in 2018.  In 2020, Dr. Buckey left Nantucket to become Superintendent of Schools for the Marblehead Public Schools. He was voted President of the North Shore Superintendents Roundtable in 2022. He is currently the Interim Principal of Hingham High School.  John and his husband Kevin, Deputy Chief of Police for North Shore Community College, live in Marblehead. 
Rotary Club of Marblehead 5K

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Sunday, November 3rd, 2024

Check out our Facebook page for photos and race results.

Jenny Armini will start-off this year's race, and talk briefly about the importance of taking care of our mental health. A member of Marblehead Schools and if possible Seth Moulton will join us again this year.

Thank you in advance to our Sponsors and to all our Contributors who make it possible to make all of this a reality.

 

 

SPONSORS

Bluestone Capital
Marblehead Collision
Marblehead Bank
Marblehead Workloft
National Grand Bank
Dr Keith E. Taylor, Optometrist

CONTRIBUTORS
Archer Insurance Agency
Congressman Seth Moulton
Deutsch Creative Services
Marblehead Animal Hospital


As always, a big thank you goes out to Brian Flynn and the Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA for their assistance. Thank you to Sustainable Marblehead for providing water containers, thank you to RaceMenu for making this a successful race and finally, a big thank you to The Boston Yacht Club for their support and generosity. Also an extreme shout out to J. Alain Ferry for all of his help behind the scenes and for running our race.

The Marblehead 5K committee: Nancy Gwin, Charles Floeckher, John Owen, Heather Gold, Brian Flynn, Don Dowling,  David Deutsch, Alison Richards and Paula Gaull.

The Boston Yacht Club hosts weekly Rotary meetings on Thursdays at 12:15 PM. If you’ve never been to a Rotary meeting, come by and be our guest for lunch.

 

 

Marblehead's Got Talent 
 
Back row from left: Johnny Ray, David Deutsch and John Buckey, Front row from left: Marblehead's Got Talent Winners Lani Gilmore, Jake Piascik and Brady Weed
 
Marbleheads Got Talent winners met with the The Rotary Group of Marblehead at the Boston Yacht Club to receive their checks. Jacke Piascik, our first place winner received a performance scholarship of $6k, Lani Gilmore received a second place scholarship of $4k and Brady Weed received a third place scholarship of $2500. The event was a smash hit at the Cabot Theater in Beverly where hundreds of theater goers grooved to the tunes of our ten contestants. Johnny Ray and David Deutsch produced the event. One of the great take aways from this is that these students get to take the stage at Johnny Ray's restaurant in Marblehead, The Beacon ever Tuesday night at 7 PM. Every week, while they're still in town, Brady MCs the night and schedules the talent.
 
Currently, David Deutsch and Johnny Ray are producing a documentary of this year's finals that will play at The Warwick theater for a week at the end of August and then will be streamed. The movie will be cut with new filmed interviews of the three winners as well as many of the semi-finalists and finalists. We'll update you on the students as well as the movie as it gets closer to that date.
 
Please thank our major sponsors, Marblehead Collision, All Auto, Bluestone Capital, The Beacon Restaurant, The Warwick Theater, Lighthouse Fitness, National Grand Bank, Deutsch Creative, Dr. Keith Taylor, Marblehead Bank, Blair Lord, Linda Sullivan and Alexander Falk.
Lobster Raffle Winners
 
The four winners of the 2024 lobster raffle
 
The Rotary Club of Marblehead has a raffle each year giving away 80lbs of lobster, 20lbs each to four lucky winners. The money we raise goes directly to pay for camperships and scholarships for Marblehead kids. If you would like to learn more about Rotary grants for Marbleheaders, just click on the links below:
 
 
Each of these four lucky raffle winners will receive a certificate for twenty pounds of lobster, provided with love and kindness from Little Harbor Lobster Company. Please show your support for Little Harbor by visiting their site or visiting them in Marblehead at 3 Beacon Street, Marblehead, MA or calling them at (781) 639-1961. We'll have the lobster winners join us as our guest for lunch as their additional bonus. All four winners have been contacted. We're sure they'll have new friends with their 20lb haul. Thank you to all of the wonderful people that invested in our raffle to make this possible. 
 
Marblehead Rotary Club News
 
It's been only three months and our numbers are growing faster than a minnow can swim a dipper. Am I the only one that's ever heard that expression? Regardless of that, we literally had to bring in another table to fit the new members of our club. Let us introduce them all starting (from left) with our fearless leader, President Don Dowling, Candy Bishop-Conlon in the back row, Helen MacLaughlin in the front row, Greg Quillen, Alison Richards, John Buckey and everybody's favorite Gregg Thibodeau as the Beaver. Not in the picture are Jac Bentley, Clyde Elledge and Kimberly Grad. We're so proud to be an organization that appeals to the residents of Marblehead, regardless of their age or politics. Rotary is a group of selfless individuals who get together to make our town a better place to live. Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders and problem solvers. If you're interested in joining, come and check out a lunch meeting as our guest. We meet Thursdays at noon at the Boston Yacht Club. #allmarblehead #marbleheadrotary #district7930 #lovemylibrary #marbleheadyouth #rotaryfun #rotaryfamily
Thursday, May 11, at 11 AM, we will officially cut the ribbon and present a gift to our beloved town of Marblehead, a Town Clock, to commemorate our 100th Anniversary. It was installed two days ago in front of the National Grand Bank on Pleasant Street. It will be hard to miss it. We hope to see you there. More news and details of the story of the town clock installation and our long history of philanthropic engagement in the community after tomorrow are forthcoming. Watch out for it.
Holiday cheers came early at Marblehead Rotary, as our District Governor, Terry Curran (second from left), showered our club with recognition in many areas of contributions to Rotary Foundation 2020-2021. Among them: Marblehead Rotary is one of the handfuls of clubs to achieve the district's top three highest per capita on annual giving and for individual member participation. In addition, the Marblehead Rotary was recognized as one of the top contributors to the district’s campaign for the Rotary Foundation’s “End Polio Now” fund-raising campaign. Accepting these citations is the past 2020-2021 president, Arthur Schwartz (right), whose leadership steered the club in staying the course during the challenging year of the pandemic, and Blair Lord (left) the 2021-2022 club president.
The Polio sub-committee met recently at the Marblehead Club’s luncheon meeting. The working group is chaired by Ingrid Brown (second from left), Past District Governor of District 7930 (2009-2010), and the District 7930 Rotary Foundation Chair (2013-2016). With her are Marblehead Rotarians (left): Rosie Segil, Marsha Christensen, and Jeannette Andrews. In the wake of the COVID-19, a program plan is essential to reinvigorate support to the Rotary Foundation’s mission in continuing the 30-year-old promise to a Polio-free world.
Marblehead Rotary Club News
 
It's been only three months and our numbers are growing faster than a minnow can swim a dipper. Am I the only one that's ever heard that expression? Regardless of that, we literally had to bring in another table to fit the new members of our club. Let us introduce them all starting (from left) with our fearless leader, President Don Dowling, Candy Bishop-Conlon in the back row, Helen MacLaughlin in the front row, Greg Quillen, Alison Richards, John Buckey and everybody's favorite Gregg Thibodeau as the Beaver. Not in the picture are Jac Bentley, Clyde Elledge and Kimberly Grad. We're so proud to be an organization that appeals to the residents of Marblehead, regardless of their age or politics. Rotary is a group of selfless individuals who get together to make our town a better place to live. Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders and problem solvers. If you're interested in joining, come and check out a lunch meeting as our guest. We meet Thursdays at noon at the Boston Yacht Club. #allmarblehead #marbleheadrotary #district7930 #lovemylibrary #marbleheadyouth #rotaryfun #rotaryfamily
Thursday, May 11, at 11 AM, we will officially cut the ribbon and present a gift to our beloved town of Marblehead, a Town Clock, to commemorate our 100th Anniversary. It was installed two days ago in front of the National Grand Bank on Pleasant Street. It will be hard to miss it. We hope to see you there. More news and details of the story of the town clock installation and our long history of philanthropic engagement in the community after tomorrow are forthcoming. Watch out for it.
Holiday cheers came early at Marblehead Rotary, as our District Governor, Terry Curran (second from left), showered our club with recognition in many areas of contributions to Rotary Foundation 2020-2021. Among them: Marblehead Rotary is one of the handfuls of clubs to achieve the district's top three highest per capita on annual giving and for individual member participation. In addition, the Marblehead Rotary was recognized as one of the top contributors to the district’s campaign for the Rotary Foundation’s “End Polio Now” fund-raising campaign. Accepting these citations is the past 2020-2021 president, Arthur Schwartz (right), whose leadership steered the club in staying the course during the challenging year of the pandemic, and Blair Lord (left) the 2021-2022 club president.
The Polio sub-committee met recently at the Marblehead Club’s luncheon meeting. The working group is chaired by Ingrid Brown (second from left), Past District Governor of District 7930 (2009-2010), and the District 7930 Rotary Foundation Chair (2013-2016). With her are Marblehead Rotarians (left): Rosie Segil, Marsha Christensen, and Jeannette Andrews. In the wake of the COVID-19, a program plan is essential to reinvigorate support to the Rotary Foundation’s mission in continuing the 30-year-old promise to a Polio-free world.
 
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