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Wakefield Rotary Club & Interact Installs New Leadership
Rotary and Interact welcome its new officers and directors for 2015-16
The Wakefield Rotary Club is proud to announce the installation of its new officers and directors in late June. The club met at Bear Hill Country Club for an evening of awards and leadership. Outgoing President Bob Mailhoit presented the Club Service Award to Secretary Suzanne Bowering and the Polio Champion Award to Dr. Bill Fiore. The club also awarded Mailhoit with a Paul Harris Award in recognition of his service to the club. The evening concluded with the installation of 2015-16 Officers: President Bob Kimball, Vice President Joe Buscaino, Secretary Suzanne Bowering, and Treasurer Bruce Donovan. 2015-16 Board of Directors included Ed Harding, Barbara Worley, Melody Gaeta, Judy Gordon, Mario Portillo, and Bob Mailhoit. The Wakefield Interact Club also installed its high school leaders. Rotary District Governor David Manzi and the club’s Assistant Governor Tom Hankard were also in attendance to welcome the new leadership.
About Rotary International & Wakefield Rotary Club
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. There are 1.2 million Rotarians in 160 countries worldwide. The first Rotary Club was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1905 by an attorney named Paul Harris and several of his colleagues. The name “Rotary” was derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among each of the members’ offices. The Rotary motto is, “Service above self”. The Wakefield Rotary Club meets each Tuesday at 12:15pm at Harringtons on Water Street. For more information or to join Rotary, visit www.wakefieldrotaryclub.org
