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12 - Celebrating 76 Years of Community Service

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Membership chair-man John Peters III(right) was all smilesas he introducedJenney Cataldo as anew member in April.Rotarian BarryFeingold sponsoredCataldo, Director ofSales at the HolidayInn Express in Milford.

Ready To Serve. John Peters IIIwas pleased when Ann Gonyeatransferred her membership fromThe Franklin Rotary Club in earlyJanuary. Ann is an Assistant VicePresident /Mendon Branch Officerat the Charles River Bank inMendon.

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Hopedale High School Juniors Chase Dreams. In the fall, the Milford Rotary Club celebrates Vocational Services Monthby inviting members of the Hopedale High School Junior Class to participate in its Career Day program. On November6th, class members spent the morning with local businesses to observe and learn about their career interests. This year'sprogram was organized and chaired by Rotarian and Past-President Josh Lioce.Following the morning visit with their career hosts. the students were luncheon guests of the Rotary Club at Restaurant

45 in Medway. Several students talked about their experiences at the different work sites.Rotary would like to thank all Hopedale High School administrators for making this event possible and extends a "spe-

cial thanks" to the wonderful business owners and managers who make time in their busy schedules to host the students.Without your assistance, Rotary would not be able to offer this important program.Front row, left to right: Connor Maloney, student speaker; Josh Lioce, Rotarian and Career Day Chairman; Jill St. Martin,Guidance Counselor; Sarah Merchant, student speaker; Leah Wilson, class officer and Sharyn Mulvaney, guidance coun-selor. Back Row: left to right- Hopedale Police Officer John Gagnon (School Safety Officer), Nicholas Bertonazzi, studentspeaker; Matt Pool, class officer; Derek Atherton, principal and Al Holman, president Milford Rotary Club.

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Jenny Trapp Says Good-By To Milford Rotary Club. The Milford Rotary had a happy and sadluncheon in June when Exchange Student Jenny Trapp dined with Club members to share herexperiences over the past school year and to express her thanks to the Club for its sponsorshipduring her sophomore year as an exchange student at Milford High School. Jenny returned toher home country of Germany in early July. Jenny also expressed her thanks to her host fami-lies who attended the dinner as guest of Rotary. From left: Gary McMichael and Vicki Nelsen,

Jenny’s host family for thesecond semester and JennyTrapp. Amy Croteau, nextto Jenny and her husbandJeff were the host familyfor Jenny’s first semester(Jeff was unable to attendthe dinner). JaneSchroeder (far right) is aMilford Rotarian, pastpresident and EssexExchange StudentCoordinator for theMilford Rotary Club.

Home From Chile by Patrick ReimonnMy trip began in August 2012, when I boarded a plane in Boston

and arrived, 21 hours later, in Conception Airport, in the south ofChile. Other exchange students also arrived, some from the UnitedStates, and others from Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. We weremet by Rotary member volunteers and were given an orientation tothe culture and guidelines of the exchange program. The nextmorning, our host families came to pick us up. My host parents, aloving and young couple, owned a hardware and electronics storeand were eager to teach me Chilean customs, practices, and lan-guage. I must say, I don't think Rotary could have selected a betterfamily for me. Throughout the year I learned to love them and Iknew, and still know, that they will always be my beloved Chileanfamily.

During my first week in Chile, I started attending the local highschool. Of course, everything was taught in Spanish and it soonbecame clear that my meager high school Spanish skills neededimprovement. The constant need to translate left me surprisingly tired, and I had some days of home-sickness and had to fight my way through some initial “culture-shock.” But, the food in Chile wasexcellent and I was proud to have some friends by October.

Some of the most exciting parts of my year-long exchange were the trips we took as Rotary students.In November, the students in my Rotary District took a trip to Patagonia, in the farthest southernregions of South America. We saw penguin breeding grounds, German colonial cities, and breath-tak-ing national parks filled with snow-covered mountains, glaciers, sea lions, and the world famous“Torres del Paine” National Park.

In May, our group also flew to Easter Island, a remote island five hours flying time west of Chile inthe middle of the Pacific Ocean. A relaxed and mysterious place, Easter Island is a tropical paradisewith warm and clear ocean water, a gorgeous white sand beach, and, of course, the famous EasterIsland heads, known as Moai. Easter Island was truly unforgettable.

A truly incredible year, my experience as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student changed my life. I can nowspeak fluent Spanish and I had the opportunity to see the world from a new perspective. Currently, Iam a senior at Hopkinton High School, and plan to study engineering at The University ofMassachusetts . I will be forever grateful to the Rotary Club of Milford for enabling me to have thiswonderful year.

Exchange Student Jenny Trapp Returns to Germany and Patrick Reimonn Returns Home

Michael Peters, President


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Last October’s guest speakers(left photo) includedRotarians Meg and Ian Ryvesfrom the Southampton, UKRotary Club. Meg and Ianspent two weeks being hostedby Rotarians throughoutRotary District 7910 as part ofRotary's Bandey-Hefler adultexchange program. RotarianJane Schroeder (right) servedas their host for several days,taking the couple to a numberof locations and events in ourarea and Boston.

Bandey-Hefler Guests From Across The Pond Visit Milford Rotary ClubHopedale High School Students, Cassandra Trant, (left) andNora DeBoer (right) visited with Rose Marie Gruttadauria, IntakeSpecialist atMilford-FranklinCounselingServices onFortune BLVDduringRotary’sCareer DayEvent spon-sored by theMilfordRotary Clublast fall.

ScholarshipsIn March, Milford Rotaryawarded RYLA scholarshipsto five area high schoolsophomores. Finalists werechosen from a pool of appli-cants who had been selectedby their high school educatorsand interviewed by a commit-tee of Milford Rotary ClubMembers. Awards were givento Roma Gujarathi, NipmucRegional High School; EllaDehestani, Blackstone ValleyRegional Vocational; AlexaDaFonte and MadeleineMulroney, Hopedale HighSchool and Kara DiGregono,Milford High School.Recipients attended a three-day conference at WorcesterState University in June.

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Rotary District Governor, Richard Dietz, left, met with the Club in October of 2012 toreview the Club’s plans, visions and goals for the upcoming year. Deitz attended thedirectors meeting as well as the luncheon meeting. During the noon luncheon meetingDeitz shared his vision for Rotary District 7910. Following the meeting, Deitz presentedMilford Rotary Club President Al Holman (center) with this year’s Rotary InternationalTheme Banner as ADG Brian O'Rourke looked on. The theme “PEACE THROUGH SER-VICE” will remain Rotary’s theme for the foreseeable future.

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Rotary Names Six Paul Harris Fellows in 2013This past year was another wonderful chapter in the history of the Milford Rotary Club

as highlighted in President Holman’s message on page three and in the pages of this pub-lication. In commemoration of its 75th birthday, the Club held a Foundation Recognitionluncheon in December at Restaurant 45. During the celebration, the Club presented fourPH Fellow Awards

Upper right: Four Receive Awards: From the left: Tony Gallo, Immediate PastPresident; Shirley Dennett, DGE for Rotary District 7910 Doug Detweiler, Tyler DeLoiaand Mel McKee. Shirley Dennett’s PH Award was given to by her husband Russ, a Multi-PH Fellow and an active member of Rotary since 1976. Missing from the photo is RotarianJohn Peters III who was presented a Multi-Paul Harris pin for his continued support ofthe Foundation.

Lower Left: Family Support For Club’s Youngest and 75th PH Recipient. Tyler DeLoiawas awarded a Paul Harris Award by his grandfather Lenny DeLoia who joined Rotaryon May 1st, 1970, and is the Club's most senior member and a past president. Lennyearned his initial PHF Award in April of 1986 when he stepped up to help kick off Rotary'sworldwide program to eradicate POLIO. Twenty-six years later, funds donated to theFoundation in Tyler's name by his grandparents Florence and Lenny will be matched bythe Bill Gates Foundation. Tyler is the youngest individual to become a Paul Harris Fellowin the 75-year history of the Club. Tyler is also the 75th individual to become a PH Fellowin the Milford Rotary Club. From the left: Tyler’s Dad Tony DeLoia, Lenny DeLoia, TylerDeLoia, Florence DeLoia and Club Foundation Chair Tom Sawyer. Back Row: DougDetweiler-DGE. Thanks to Rotary’s efforts, the world is now 99% polio free.

Top right: Bresnahan Receives Honorary PH Award: In 2009, the Milford Rotary Clubsponsored Ryann Bresnahan for the District 7910 Ambassadorial Scholarship to study dis-aster management in Newcastle, England. Ryann attended a Rotary luncheon inSeptember and was presented with an honorary PH Award for her Rotary Ambassadorialaccomplishments. Ryann is currently overseeing public health disaster planning for 32municipalities in the Greater Boston area.

Bottom right: Rotary Presents PH Award To Trapp. Jenny Trapp, (left) an ExchangeStudent from Germany, was presented with a PH Award in June. The Honorary awardwas presented in recognition of her outstanding representation of Rotary as well as heracademic, social and athletic achievements while attending Milford High as a sophomorethis year. Trapp achieved honor roll status, played on the MHS girls’ field hockey and ten-nis doubles teams, and played the flute in the MHS Concert Band. Rotarian JaneSchroeder presented the award.


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18 - Celebrating 76 Years of Community ServiceRotary Swim Program Big Success

The Milford Rotary Club’s annual swim program ended ona high note this past summer as 113 children completed thetwo-week Red Cross program. The swim program is one ofthe Club’s longest running programs with 11, 553 partici-pants having participated in the program since its inceptionsome 63 years ago at White’s Beach in Mendon. Throughvarious fundraisers such as this tabloid, the club is able tosubsidize the program in order to make it affordable foreveryone. We would like to thank Peter Filosa, the town ofMilford, and the Parks Department for letting Rotary use theFino Field Pool. This year’s program was managed byKaitlyn Kline and Sofia BonTempo, who were assisted by 12lifeguards and assistants.

From, the left: Lili Schmalenberger, Alex Autenzio, OliviaRecchia, Nick Antonellis, Allie Piergustavo, Jackson Lynch,Pietro BonTempo, Gretchen Segers, Jacen Antonio, AlyssaTocci, Sofia BonTempo, Zack Loiselle, Pauline Auger, andKaitlyn Kline.

Right - Ready To Learn: Some of the swimmerspaused for a group photo during the breakbetween the two morning sessions.

Left - Smiling Alexia Sousa age 6 of Milford was noticedenjoying her pretty pink scooter under the trees at theFino Field Pool as she and her family were waiting forthe 10:30 Rotary Swim program to end so the generalpublic could escape the heat and cool off in the pool.

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From left front row: Mike Kaplan, Sgt. at Arms and Allan Villatoro, Secretary. Back row:Al Holman, President; Dennis LaPlante, President-elect and Ralph Mastrioanni,Treasurer.

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