Paddle The Border

Posted Mon, 06/07/2010 - 18:46
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Congratulations to the Lower Cohase Chamber of Commerce, the Haverhill Recreation Commission and the Newbury Conservation Commission on another successful Paddle The Border outing.

Our Club was on station with burgers and hot dogs at the Bedell Bridge State Park. Thanks to everyone for supporting our scholarship fund.

2010 Scholarships

Posted Tue, 04/13/2010 - 08:29

Our club will award four $1,000 scholarships this year. One scholarship will go to a student from each of Blue Mountain Union School, Oxbow High School, River Bend Career & Technical Center and Woodsville High School. Home schooled students within the enrollment areas of these schools are also eligible.

River Bend students not planning to attend college can apply for a grant for tools or education towards professional certification. We now have a separate form for applicants from River Bend. You can get applications from their guidance department or you can download applications here.

2010 Basketball Tournament

Posted Mon, 01/25/2010 - 09:18
BMU vs Waterford Boys Championship Game

Photos From All Games. Money from photo sales goes to the Club's scholarship fund.

Our Club congratulates and thanks all the teams who participated this year, Barnet, BMU, Haverhill, Lyndon, Monroe, St Johnsbury, Rivendell and Waterford. The Club appreciates that every team played hard and showed good sportsmanship, on and off the court.

First Round of Basketball Tournament

Posted Tue, 01/19/2010 - 16:55
St Johnsbury vs Rivendell in Class A Championship

Photos from the games are posted here.

Rivendell swept the first weekend of the Woodsville – Wells River Rotary Club’s 43rd Basketball Tournament this weekend. The Rivendell Lady Raptors beat Haverhill’s Lady Hawks, 19-13 to win the girls championship and the Raptors beat the St Johnsbury Catamounts 43-22 to win the boys championship. In the consolation games, St Johnsbury’s Lady Catamounts played the Lyndon Lady Bulldogs and for the boys, the Lyndon Bulldogs played the Haverhill Hawks.

2009 Dictionary Project

Posted Mon, 11/30/2009 - 19:30
2009 Dictionary Project

Our club recently gave personalized dictionaries to the third-graders at the Newbury Elementary School.

Rotary views literacy as a basic human right and encourages each club to find service projects to support literacy. Many Rotary clubs work with The Dictionary Project to provide dictionaries to students.

Help Kids India

Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 17:32

Ann Peck from Topsham recently spoke to our club about her amazing work with Help Kids India. Help Kids India is a rural aid project that provides crèches for children of the untouchable caste in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A crèche is a combination school, day-care and health center for children 3-5 years old. They provide basic shelter, food, education and spiritual nurturing.

2009 Scholarship Winners

Posted Sun, 11/29/2009 - 15:36
2009 Scholarship Winners

Congratulations to our 2009 Scholarship Winners

  • Alyssa Clafin from River Bend Career & Technical Center who plans to study photography at the Hallmark Institute
  • Kaitlin Sampson from Oxbow High School who plans to study hospitality at Southern New Hampshire University
  • Morgan Gendron from Oxbow High School won the Charles King Memorial Scholarship and plans to attend Mt Ida College
  • Kayla Thibault from Blue Mountain Union School who plans to study communications sciences & disorders at the University of Maine