Newburyport Rotary Club

Our first meeting with new co-presidents Lyndsay St. Pierre and Susan Viccaro! 🎉🎉 Our speaker, James Russell is the executive director of the Custom House Maritime Museum. He spoke about the history of the Custom House, the future projects down the road and some big events coming in the fall.

It may be July 1st, but Pettengill House is already busy thinking of the upcoming school year for the community. Rotary is helping to collect school supplies for Operation Backpack. Please see the attached list for items needed. Feel free to drop off donations at Minuteman Press in Newburyport, give them to a Rotarian, or bring them with you when you check out a meeting! Thank you in advance for your help and donations.

What an amazing turn out for the District Installation of the new presidents. A lot of laughs, great speakers and a huge show of support for the incoming presidents. Our table definitely had spirit to spare! thank you to for hosting us. And a huge congratulations to all the 2024-2025 presidents! 🎉🎉🎉

Tonight is the Rotary District Installation for the incoming 2024-2025 presidents. It is also the time when the new Rotary theme is recognized. Our new incoming presidents are Lindsay St. Pierre and Susan Viccaro. The theme is “The Magic of Rotary”. We look forward to their year, new accomplishments and supporting our community.

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The Newburyport Rotary Club's generosity makes a real difference in the lives of countless individuals in our community. Their support is a testament to the power of partnership and the impact that can be made when we work together towards a common goal.

Thank you, Rotary Club, for your kindness and support! We are honored to partner with you to make our community a better place for all.

Happy birthday to Rotarian Chris Turner of

Chris is one of our newest members and has already given so much back to the club. We appreciate you. Happy birthday!!

This month’s Happy Dollars went to the Salisbury Council on Aging. We donated floss and toothbrushes/ toothpaste, totaling 100 items. They are always in need of volunteers and donations. Visit Salisburyma.gov/council-on-aging for more info and how you can help.

Thank you Deb Andrews for writing this article about the high school scholarships! We were proud to have donated a total of $15,000 this year to the scholarship recipients. Each student received $5,000. Congratulations again to Jeremy, Anna and Simone! 🎓

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Last picture! A huge welcome and thank you to incoming co-presidents, Lindsay St.Pierre and Susan Viccaro! They start July 1st and already they are stepping up and doing an amazing job!

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Part one of many pictures to come! Our changeover party at The Deck was so much fun. Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the past Rotary Year. We not only celebrated the past year with good food and drinks, but also did our end of year donations. We were proud to have given to The Pettengill House, Link House, Turning Point, Salvation Army, the Firehouse, Anna Jaques, Community Service of Newburyport and The Salvation Army. Thank you to The Deck for the amazing job they did hosting us.

BEAT THE HEAT WITH US!

We're open today, and we're here to help you cool off! Swing by our air conditioned community room, enjoy a refreshing lunch or just stop in to grab a cold water!

We're so grateful to our amazing staff and volunteers who are dedicating the holiday to serve our community. Thank you for all that you do!

Come visit us and let's stay cool together!

Newburyport Rotary Club is proud to donate to have donated to this.

Happy Birthday to Rotarian Kiki Cashman!

Happy Father’s Day!

We were honored to be a part of the Bartlett Mall Inclusive Playground. It was a beautiful day for the ribbon cutting and hearing Mayor Sean Reardon and Special Projects Manager Kim Turner speak about how it was really a community effort was amazing. We also got a sneak peak at NYS mascot, Plum, who didn’t let the heat stop their enthusiasm! Rotary donated the spinner at the playground.

Newburyport Rotary was present at the ribbon cutting of the inclusive park at the Bartlett Mall.

We are late posting, but this what we love to see, Rotarians supporting Rotarians! had their Celebration Lunch and fundraiser on June 6th. Featured in this picture is Rotarian Deborah Andrews, Rotarian and executive director of The Pettengill House Tiffany Nigro, Rotarian and marketing director Sierra Partlan and Rotarian Donna Holaday.

So happy to induct our newest member, KC Baril from

Before she was even a member, KC was attending meetings, Rotary at Night and Chefs Dinner. We know she is going to be a great addition to the club, welcome!

🚗TOURISM!!!🛬 Today, Nancy Gardella, the Executive Director of the North of Boston CVB came to the Newburyport Rotary Club lunch meeting and spoke about the importance of tourism AND how much the North Shore (and Newburyport in particular) provides for both domestic AND international travelers.

❓Did You Know That:
⭐️ Massachusetts ranks 6th in domestic travel; and
⭐️ 9th in international travel? Top 10 in both categories!

🔥Not only that, but tourism contributes BILLIONS of dollars back to the local economy. Newburyport brings in more than $22 MILLION in tourism dollars each year!!

Attractions like Custom House Maritime Museum Newburyport, Museum of Old Newbury, Theater in the Open, The Dance Place, The Actors Studio of Newburyport, Acting Out Productions Newburyport, MA, Tinkerhaus, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport Arts and Culture Shanties, and so many more DRIVE tourism to our region.

Accommodations like Essex Street Inn and restaurants like Sea Level Newburyport, Michael's Harborside, BRINE Oyster Bar, and more DRIVE tourism to our region and make Newburyport the amazing place that it is!

We are all so lucky to be here and to contribute to this thriving community. Thank you, Nancy Gardella, for championing Newburyport and all of the other Essex County communities!

Congrats to Rotarian and executive director of John Moynihan. Opening weekend of In The Heights and it did not disappoint. The songs and choreography were amazing and the cast and production did a great job. It runs until June 23rd.

Happy Birthday to Rotarian Kate Kelly! A long time member, loves the Santa Parade.. perhaps you’ve seen her there 😉, and also on the Board of the Salvation Army. If you see her today or stop by wish her a happy birthday!!🎉🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈🎂🎂

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We love these types of meetings. We were so happy to give three $5,000 scholarships to some very deserving graduates. Thank you to our scholarship committee- Chief Thomas Fowler, Susan Viccaro and Guillermo Molina.

Anna Romano from Triton received the George Cashman scholarship and will be attending Assumption University.

Simone Chabot from Newburyport received the George Cashman Scholarship and will be attending Providence College.

Jeremy Barry from Newburyport received the Norman Russel Memorial Scholarship and will be attending the College of William and Mary.

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June is Pride Month 🌈 and the Rotary Club welcomes all. Everyone is treated with respect, welcomed and is a friend.

was the perfect spot for a Rotary meeting with the incoming presidents! Amazing how chips and salsa make you so much more productive. Or was that the mojito?

Tarah McGregor and Paul Goldberg from were our speakers yesterday. Pride officially kicks off today and they have a full event schedule. One event is on Saturday, the Pride Parade with over 500 participates marching, it is a fun way to kick off the weekend. Scan the QR code or go to www.newburyportpride.com to get the full schedule of events!

Thank you.