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Coming Soon - Save the date!

Sample Food from West Hartford Restaurants!
There will be a wonderful wine, beer and spirit assortment for you to sample and purchase!

A big shout out to:
Adam at Harvey's Wine and Spirits in Bishop's Corner! Adam will once again be organizing our wine, beer and spirit tasting.

Silent and Live Auctions!

Bring Your friends!

Help support our community!

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Thank You for a Successful Bowling for Books!

The West Hartford Rotary Club is thrilled to share the success of our Bowling for Books event this past Sunday! Nearly 90 people came together for a day of fun and community, and we’re proud to say we collected over 1,500 books and raised more than $4,000 to support students in need across Greater Hartford.

A special shoutout to Jillian Forrest, who organized this event with our event chair Bennett Forrest as part of her bat mitzvah project. Her hard work, dedication, and leadership were truly inspiring.

We’d also like to thank our amazing partners:

Principal Joy Wright & King Philip Middle School
Principal Shannon Mlodzinski & Aiken Elementary School
Allison and Marcel Lessard at Lessard Lanes
Matt and Kevin from Small State Provisions
The Miale Team at Keller Williams Realty
Rabbi Howard Rosenbaum & Congregation Beth Israel
Westfarms Mall

To everyone who participated, donated books, or contributed to the cause—thank you for helping us make a real impact. Together, we’re putting books in the hands of children who need them most.

Here’s to the power of community, kindness, and literacy!

If you haven’t yet, there’s still time to contribute and be part of this amazing effort.

*** We’ made our goal! $5008! ***

Donate to Bowling for Books!

West Hartford Rotary Sponsors Dental Clinic in Uganda!

West Hartford Rotary, in cooperation with the Kampala Seven Hills Rotary Club, the Rotary Foundation, The Connecticut State Dental Foundation and "Well Wishes for Uganda," opened a new dental clinic in Nkozi, Uganda. Spearheading the effort has been Dr. Carolyn Malon. a West Hartford Rotarian.

Dental disease in the third world can be a life-threatening issue. Infections can spread easily without treatment. And it is not uncommon to see an eighteen year old missing the majority of their teeth.

This is not West Hartford Rotary's first international project. In the recent past, we have helped create clean water sources and purchased dialysis units in the Philippines. And, the Rotary Foundation is on track to eradicate the polio virus this year or next. The number of worldwide cases of polio each year is now down to single digits.

Rotary is amazing - it provides a vehicle for our actions on the local level to help out people halfway around the world! Today, Rotary holds the highest consultative status offered to a nongovernmental organization by the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council, which oversees many specialized UN agencies.