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The Salisbury Rotary Club, founded in 1949,
is comprised of a group of business men and women devoted to community service. Our motto, as is that of Rotary International, is "Service Above Self".

Our Club meets weekly on
Tuesdays at 12:00 Noon at
The Wake Robin Inn
for fellowship, programs of speakers and business meetings wherein the direction of the Club and the selection of its community projects takes place.

    Our Club has approximately 60 members from many walks of life. Some of its members have retired from lifetime occupations; others are still deeply involved with their professions. All are devoted to making an impact on the communities that the Salisbury Club serves: Canaan, Falls Village, Cornwall, Lakeville, Norfolk, Salisbury, Sharon, CT, and Millerton, N.Y.

The Salisbury Rotary Club supports a variety of programs, and operates a number of annual events to fund these programs. To raise money, for example, it annually sponsors a Fourth of July Fireworks Extravaganza at Lime Rock Park from which all proceeds go towards scholarships; it has food auctions and hosts "A Night to Change a Life" an auction of fine arts, goods, services, and travel, to benefit the scholarshop fund..

As a nonprofit organization, Salisbury Rotary spends the money it earns. We donate funds to volunteer ambulance squads, libraries, daycare centers, and many social agencies throughout our Northwest Corner of Connecticut communities and beyond.

Currently we have three strong scholarship programs in place. One is for High School graduating students in our area who earn College acceptance. A second is for students who want to enter the workforce immediately but who need some extra techical or vocational preparation in their chosen fields. (This latter program is called The Welcome Home Awards since the project is designed to foster the return of our Tri-State area's young people as talented, productive members of an adult community in which they grew as children.) The third is called the Back to School for Better Health Awards, and seeks to assist men and women in healthcare to improve their skills, status, and salaries; we also encourage people to enter the healthcare profession by studying at nearby facilities, by aiding with awards for tuition, insurance, daycare, books, and travel.

Current officers in Salisbury Rotary are:
       Digby Brown, President
        Bear Bryant, 1st Vice President
        Mona Staaf-Hoffman, 2nd Vice President
        Peter Fitting, Past President & Secretary
        Joy Martorell, Assistant Secretary
Steve Cornell, Treasurer
        William Pulver, Assistant Treasurer
John Horstman, Sargeant-at-Arms
Jose Flores, Ex-Officio

2007 - 2008 Directors
Sarah O'Connell 2-yr term expires 6/30/08
Karl Saliter 2-yr term expires 6/30/08
Rick Del Prete 2-yr term expires 6/30/09
Rod Lankler 2-yr term expires 6/30/09

Thank you for visiting our website!
We hope you will join us at a meeting and support the
good works of the Salisbury Rotary Club.