THE AMESBURY ROTARY CLUB IS PROUD TO PLACE THE 1st ANNUAL FLAGS FOR HEROES 

 

Flags are proudly displayed at the Amesbury Servicemen's Memorial Honor Roll on Main Street (across the street from Amesbury Middle School).  Flags will be on display starting  May 25th through Flag Day, June 14th.  The honorees are  veterans, active-duty service members,  first responders, police, firefighters, EMTs, teachers, coaches,  essential workers, family members, humanitarians, or best friends. Hero's names are personalized on a medallion, which are attached to a full-size American flag, and which will be given to each flag sponsor as a remembrance, when the display is taken down.  

To learn how Amesbury Rotary puts the support of this project to work in our community, please click on the "Read More" button.

Proceeds from this fund raising efforts will continue to support and expand Amesbury Rotary's projects and programs, including but not limited to:

    • Readers are Leaders -- reading to an elementary student who needs a little but of TLC (22 years)
    • Interest Free Student Loans (forever -- as long as I've been a member)
    • Student Scholarships -- 5 -- I believe
    • Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) -- leadership weekend for sophomores & juniors (since the beginning in 1997)
    • Interact Club -- AHS club created in 2001 -- high school students committed to service
    • Senior Citizen Holiday Luncheon -- we serve the lunches
    • Bike Safety Day (*) for elementary age students
    • Dictionary Project -- we hand out dictionaries to all 3rd graders in Amesbury & Rowley
    • Educator of the Year (42 years strong)
    • Pettengill House (*) (Backpacks for start of the year; PJs and Books during the holidays; emergency food bags)
    • Link House (*) (provided furniture for women moving to transitional housing & Valentine socks & candy)
    • Painted rain barrels for distribution in the community (*)
    • Polio Eradication (*) This is a 30+ year commitment by RI to eradicate Polio from the Earth. 
    • Water project in Africa (*) -- inspired the creation of Amesbury for Africa
    • A Dialysis Center was created in India and we helped fund it (*)
    • Initial funding for the Great Himalayan Trail Project 
    • Erected the fountain at Amesbury Library as our gift to the community on our 75th anniversary; planning a project for our 100th anniversary in 2025