Updated: Middlebury Rotary seeks local grant application

The local Rotary is looking for worthy causes to help out. It’s calling for applications.

Last weekend, the Vergennes Lions and Rotary members worked together, with considerable help from Boy Scout Troop 539, to collect food for the Vergennes Food Shelf to help meet the need for Thanksgiving meals.

MIDDLEBURY — Local Rotarians were out on Middlebury’s Court Square last Saturday, a damp, cool fall day, to mark World Polio Day and bring attention to another virus that has plagued the world since the early 1800s. The coronavirus is our current epidemic … (read more)

VERGENNES — During the COVID-19 pandemic, a small group of Rotarians in Vergennes stepped up to generate a $700 donation to the Vergennes Area Food Shelf. This small Rotary Club does much for the community and during this time of unemployment for so many … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — For the past 11 years, Middlebury-area businesses have generously donated items to the Middlebury Rotary Club’s annual online auction, the proceeds from which aid numerous nonprofit causes ranging from literacy to health care. But this year, … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY/VERGENNES — As part of the Addison County Solid Waste Management District’s Merry Mulch Program, volunteers from the Middlebury Rotary Club and the Vergennes Lions Club will be picking up old Christmas trees in their respective towns this Satur … (read more)

HONDURAS — In honor of the Rotary Club’s 21 years of service to Honduras, a kindergarten was built in the remote community of Maranones serving 40 children. Rotarians, including the Middlebury Rotary Club, provided the funding for the kindergarten and res … (read more)