Club Activities                 

The Weekly Club Meeting

Each Wednesday Evening 6:00pm

Roma Restaurant

College Highway

Southwick, MA 01077

    Members of the Southwick Rotary Club plan and carry out a number of activities

    and programs for the betterment of the community and the world in which we live.

    Programs and activities include:

Community Events

  Rotarians plan and sponsor events such as its annual Steak Roast, Jazz 'n Music Festival, Vocational Awards, monthly raffles, and other activities for the benefit of the club programs and activities.

  The Club sponsors "Christmas Lighting" contest for residents of Southwick. Residents are asked to decorate the exterior of their homes with as many lights as they wish.

  Rotarians invite the community to its annual Christmas Party, which includes a reception, dinner, Christmas Lighting Awards, and holiday music provided by Mike Curran and his holiday jazz band.

  Each September, the Rotary Club float and the membership participate in the Firemen's Annual Parade. Rotarians have volunteered to help the Firemen with their carnival and operate one of the game booths.

Protect the Environment

  Rotarians participate in the Adopt-A-Highway clean up program along Routes 10 and 202 in an effort to remove refuse and beautify the community. The club also hosts a hazardous waste disposal once per year.

World Health Education

  Rotary works with city and county agencies in an effort to develop meaningful programs such as AIDS awareness for an audience of young adults, parents and members of the community.

Group Study Exchange

  Southwick supports Rotary International's Group Study Exchange (GSE) program, a program whereby teens of professionals exchange visits between paired areas in different countries. Southwick sponsors one adult for the program. The exchange involves a four-week visit during which team members share personal knowledge of their own country and experience the customs, vocations and lifestyles of another. The purpose of a GSE is to promote international understanding and goodwill through person-to-person contact. While abroad, team members stay in Rotarians' homes and have the opportunity to meet their professional counterparts. Team members will also give presentations to Rotary clubs and other groups about their home country.

World Affairs Seminar

  Annually a World Affairs Seminar is held at the University of Wisconsin in Whitewater, a program designed for selected high school juniors to learn about the customs traditions, aspirations and heritage of young people from foreign countries. Each year, a student from Southwick-Tolland Regional High School is selected to join over 30,000 students from all over the world to attend this weeklong seminar.