 The Gloucester Rotary has published a 12-month Cape Ann photo calendar for 2025, featuring the photography of several local photographers. In addition to the beautiful photography, each calendar includes a raffle ticket for a $50 weekly raffle drawing throughout the year. The calendars are $25 each and proceeds from sales will be used for the Gloucester Rotary’s many community and international activities. The calendars are available for purchase at the Weathervane Gift Shop, located at 153 Main Street in Gloucester (phone 978-281-1227), at BankGloucester, located at 160 Main Street in Gloucester (978-283-8200), and from any Gloucester Rotary member. Calendars may also be purchased online at https://gloucesterrotary.org/page/calendar.
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2025 Calendars Now Available
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Tracy Arabian
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2024-11-26 05:00:00Z |
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Gloucester Rotary Pancake Breakfast
Come for the Pancakes, Stay for the Waterfront Festival! Saturday, August 17, 2024 Stage Fort Park 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Purchase Tickets Dig into a fresh stack of blueberry pancakes at this year’s Gloucester Rotary Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser at Stage Fort Park on Saturday, August 17, 2024, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. This community-friendly tradition brings people together for a good cause and offers a hearty al fresco breakfast with stunning views from the bandstand. Finish up a plate of pancakes and head down the hill to the Gloucester Waterfront Festival, sponsored by the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, running on Saturday-Sunday, August 17-18. A special free parking area is available for Pancake Breakfast attendees. For information on Gloucester attractions, visit www.capeannvacations.com. Tickets for the Pancake Breakfast are $10 per person, $6 for children six and under, and are available in advance online or from any Gloucester Rotarian. Tickets will also be available on the morning of the breakfast. Proceeds from the Pancake Breakfast will benefit local projects that support people. The Gloucester Rotary has served Gloucester and the world beyond for 100+ years.
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Gloucester Rotary Pancake Breakfast 2024
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Anthony Macchi
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2024-07-29 04:00:00Z |
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Attention Professional and Recreational Photographers  The Gloucester Rotary will publish a 12-month Cape Ann photo calendar for 2025 as a fundraiser. All profits will go to the Gloucester Rotary’s many community and international activities. 2025 Calendar Theme: Flowers of Cape Ann. In Order to publish a beautiful calendar, the Club is requesting high quality digital photos that reflect the natural beauty of Cape Ann throughout the year. As we will be featuring one photo per month, we need images from each season: winter, spring, summer and fall. Photographs from Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester will be accepted. (Click the "Read More" link below for full details) Entry Deadline Tuesday, August 15, 2024, 12:00 PM
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Gloucester Rotary 2025 Calendar Photo Requests
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Matt Langis
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2024-07-04 04:00:00Z |
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 The Gloucester Rotary is a group of civic-minded business and community leaders, whose mission is to support the community and the world beyond the North Shore. Celebrating their 101st anniversary in 2024, the Rotary has awarded $6,000 in scholarships to local students, donated $6,000 to international causes, and provided $67,000 to local projects in the past twelve months. Rotary President Tracy Arabian credits the generosity of spirit of the Rotary’s 55 members. “These amazing people donate their time, their money, and their knowledge to making the world a better place. It has been an extraordinary honor to have served the Rotary the past six months as President.” Local non-profit organizations that the Gloucester Rotary contributed to between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, include: 1623 Studios, Action Inc., Addison Gilbert Hospital Cancer Center, American Legion, Art Haven Teen Artist Guild, Backyard Growers, Bandstand Concerts at Stage Fort Park, Cape Ann YMCA, Care Dimensions, CORE Peer Recovery and Resource Center, Day by Day Adult Care, Gloucester Fireworks, First R, , Fishbox Derby, Fishermen's Memorial Service, Fishtown Horribles Parade, Generous Gardeners, Gloucester Adventure Girls on Adventure, Gloucester Education Foundation, Grace Center, Inc., Harborlight Community Partners, HAWC, Gloucester Holiday Parade, Maritime Gloucester, North Shore Health Project, Pathways for Children, Sawyer Free Library Children's Room, Sawyer Free Library Building Fund, SeniorCare Inc., St. Vincent DePaul Society, The Open Door, and Wellspring House Inc. The Gloucester Rotary’s signature project is supporting the Stage Fort Park Playground and Bandstand. Since 2007, the group has gifted several major pieces of playground equipment to the City of Gloucester and has provided assistance with maintenance. In 2023, the Rotary celebrated its 100th anniversary and began raising funds for an expansion at the Playground. This spring, working with the City of Gloucester old equipment was removed and replaced with new. Rotary International’s motto of “Service above Self” is the basis of the Gloucester Rotary’s support of and involvement in numerous local causes. Photo caption: Rotarian Steve Buckley helps several children cut the ribbon to the Stage Fort Park playground expansion while Gloucester Rotary President Tracy Arabian and Gloucester Rotary Centennial President Mike Sarraf watch.
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Gloucester Rotary Contributes $79,000 in 2023-24
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Tracy Arabian
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2024-06-22 04:00:00Z |
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 Carole Sharoff will be presented with the Gloucester Rotary’s Paul Harris Distinguished Service Award at a special dinner on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at Cruiseport Gloucester, located at 6 Rowe Square in downtown Gloucester. The Paul Harris Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Gloucester Rotary and recognizes Ms. Sharoff’s many contributions to the community at large as well as to Rotary as a former club board member, secretary, and President. Carole is the founder and CEO of Atlantic Vacation Homes and AVH Realty, Inc. and was recently awarded the vacation rental industry’s Pioneer Award with the notation that “This entire industry owes her a debt of gratitude for everything she has done.” She served on the Vacation Rental Management Association’s Board as Secretary and on the Executive Committee. She was a Presenter at the Annual Million Dollar Women’s Symposium at Salem State University Enterprise Center. Locally, she serves on the board of Action, Inc., has been a board member of the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, Discover Gloucester and was copresident of Temple Ahavat Achim when it was destroyed in the tragic fire of December 2007. Under her leadership, a new Temple rose from its ashes at its original site on Middle Street. In all areas of her service, Carole focuses on improving the organization’s approach to Diversity and Inclusion. Rotary International was founded by Paul Harris in 1905 as a humanitarian organization. In recent years, it has led the initiative to eradicate polio and has helped to provide clean water to poor communities around the world. Locally, Rotary helps fund local charities and built and maintains the children’s playground in Stage Fort Park. Tickets to the Paul Harris Distinguished Service Award Dinner are $60 per person and may be reserved by contacting event Chair Steve Kaity at 978-879-1051. The dinner is open to the general public, and friends and colleagues of Carole are encouraged to attend.
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Gloucester Rotary to Honor Carole Sharoff
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Steve Kaity
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2024-04-29 04:00:00Z |
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 The Stage Fort Park Playground Improvement Project-- Gloucester Rotary's 100th Anniversary Gift to Our Community-- has moved forward another step! In March, old equipment was removed and the new playground equipment was installed! More work is to be completed before the project is finalized, but this was a major step. Important note: The equipment is not yet open for children to use. Please respect the caution tape surrounding the new equipment.
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Stage Fort Playground Project Update
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Tracy Arabian
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2024-04-09 04:00:00Z |
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 Thanks to generous donations from the Gloucester and Manchester & Essex Rotary Clubs, a District 7930 Managed Grant, and private non-Rotary donations, a $45,000 generator was purchased for Kivu Hills Medical Center in 2023. The generator finally arrived in February after contending with massive rainstorms, which led to treacherous potholes and mudslides. It was an extreme challenge for the truck carrying this generator. Thankfully, the road will be paved soon. There is currently no medical clinic locally for the 30,000 rural residents of Boneza, and the Kivu Hills Medical Center will also provide services to millions of people in the surrounding regions when it opens its doors later in 2024. In addition, the Gloucester and Rockport Rotary Clubs donated funds—again with support from a District 7930 Managed Grant—to purchase a generator for the Kivu Hills Academy. This generator was officially dedicated to the school in May 2022. The Academy is the first and only high school with three hundred students enrolled annually in Boneza, educating thousands in the greater geographic area with their hands-on curriculum. Power in rural Boneza goes out several times each week. These generators provide consistent power and are critical for the medical center and academy. We look forward to dedicating the newest medical center on our next visit. The mission of Arise Rwanda is “To positively transform the community of Boneza out of extreme poverty by focusing on education, clean water, healthcare and economic development.” For more information, please visit Ariserwanda.org.
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Gloucester & Manchester-Essex Partner with Arise Rwanda
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Dave McKechnie
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2024-03-20 04:00:00Z |
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The Gloucester Rotary Club invites the public to attend their FUNdraising event – “A Night at the Races” on Friday, April 5, 2024, at Cruiseport Gloucester, located at 6 Rowe’s Wharf in Gloucester. Doors open at 6:30 pm. All proceeds from this event will support local and international programs of the Gloucester Rotary. Buy tickets and sponsor the event. A Night at the Races promises to be a fun-filled evening for adults with all the suspense and excitement of being at the racetrack. High quality, video-taped horse races are narrated from start to finish by lively announcers. During the evening there will be complimentary hors d’oeuvre, a cash bar, and variety of raffles. At various points during the evening, betters will be able to use their winnings to bid on merchandise and services that have been donated for the event. For the most fun, reserve a table – bring a group. Tickets are $20 per person and may be purchased in advance online or from any Gloucester Rotarian or at the door.
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A Night at the Races
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Tracy Arabian
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2024-02-25 05:00:00Z |
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 The Gloucester Rotary has published a 12-month Cape Ann photo calendar for 2024, featuring the photography of several local photographers. In addition to the beautiful photography, each calendar includes a raffle ticket for a $50 weekly raffle drawing throughout the year. The calendars are $25 each and proceeds from sales will be used for the Gloucester Rotary’s many community and international activities. The calendars are available for purchase at the Weathervane Gift Shop, located at 153 Main Street in Gloucester (phone 978-281-1227), at BankGloucester, located at 160 Main Street in Gloucester (978-283-8200), and from any Gloucester Rotary member. Calendars may also be purchased online at https://gloucesterrotary.org/page/calendar.
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2024 Calendars Now Available
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Tracy Arabian
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2023-11-17 05:00:00Z |
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The Gloucester Rotary 100th Anniversary Playground Project is in full swing and we need additional financial support!
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We Need Your Help!
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Tracy Arabian
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2023-09-12 04:00:00Z |
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Click each image for information | | | Celebration Concert! Fri, Aug 11, 2023 Stage Fort Park | Pancake Breakfast Sat, Aug 19, 2023 Stage Fort Park | Comedy Show Thur, Aug 31, 2023 Cruiseport Gloucester | | | | |
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Upcoming Events
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Tracy Arabian
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2023-07-18 04:00:00Z |
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Attention Professional and Recreational Photographers 
The Gloucester Rotary will publish a 12-month Cape Ann photo calendar for 2024 as a fundraiser. All profits will go to the Gloucester Rotary’s many community and international activities. In Order to publish a beautiful calendar, the Club is requesting high quality digital photos that reflect the natural beauty of Cape Ann throughout the year. As we will be featuring one photo per month, we need images from each season: winter, spring, summer and fall. Photographs from Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester will be accepted. (Click the "Read More" link below for full details)Entry Deadline Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 12:00 PM
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Gloucester Rotary 2024 Calendar Photo Requests
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Matt Langis
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2023-07-16 04:00:00Z |
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Tickets are now available to the annual Gloucester Rotary Comedy Night, featuring Carolyn Plummer, Jim Colliton, Jimmy Cash, and Boston's Dave Rattigan on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at Cruiseport Gloucester. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8pm. Don't miss this evening of fun and laughter! Tickets are $30 each, and are available from any Gloucester Rotarian or contact Ruth Pino (ruth@ruthpino.com, 978-764-6710). (This event always sells out!!)
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Gloucester Rotary Comedy Show
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Ruth Pino
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2023-07-04 04:00:00Z |
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Gloucester Rotary Pancake Breakfast
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Alex Aparo
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2023-07-04 04:00:00Z |
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 The Gloucester Rotary has named Tracy Arabian as a Paul Harris Fellow, the prestigious award named after the Chicago lawyer who founded Rotary in 1905. Tracy was selected by a committee of previous recipients of the award, and will be honored at a special dinner on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at Cruiseport Gloucester, located at 6 Rowe Square in Gloucester. The social hour will begin at 5:30pm, followed by dinner at 6:30pm. Tracy Arabian was born and raised in the southwest U.S. The daughter of a career Marine, Tracy grew up in southern California, Hawaii, and Arizona—graduating from high school in Phoenix, Arizona. She then joined the U.S. Army, where she was trained as a Russian linguist. Her seven years in the service saw her stationed in Missouri, California, Texas, Washington DC, Kansas, and Berlin, Germany. Tracy married a fellow soldier she met in Berlin and moved to Gloucester, where she was welcomed warmly into the large Gloucester Doucette/Jenkins/Klopotoski/Arabian family. Tracy fell in love with the Cape Ann area quickly. In 1997, she accepted a position at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and learned firsthand the importance of community service. She met business leaders who commit to the betterment of their community through their service as little league coaches, scout leaders, Chamber volunteers, members of local service organizations, and more. Tracy now works at SeniorCare, a non-profit human services agency that serves nine communities on the North Shore. Tracy was heavily involved in the planning of the annual Gloucester Schooner Festival for several years, first as a part of her job at the Cape Ann Chamber and, later, as a consultant and volunteer when Maritime Gloucester took the festival helm ten years ago. Tracy joined the Gloucester Rotary in 2011 and has been very involved since that time. She has volunteered in the Rotary Youth Leadership Award program, working with high school student mentors in developing and running a leadership training weekend for underclassmen; the Gloucester Polar Plunge for the eradication of polio held annually at Long Beach; trivia fundraising events, and the marketing of Rotary both locally and statewide. Tracy was the Gloucester Rotary President last year (2021-2022) and will be co-President next year (2023-2024). Tickets to the Paul Harris Dinner are $53 per person and may be reserved by contacting event chair Steve Kaity at 978-879-1051. The dinner is open to the general public, and friends and colleagues of Tracy are encouraged to attend.
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Gloucester Rotary to Honor Tracy Arabian
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Mike Costello
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2023-05-09 04:00:00Z |
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The Gloucester Rotary Club invites the public to attend their FUNdraising event – “A Night at the Races” on Friday, March 24, 2023, at Cruiseport Gloucester, located at 6 Rowe’s Wharf in Gloucester. Doors open at 6:30 pm. All proceeds from this event will support local and international programs of the Gloucester Rotary. A Night at the Races promises to be a fun-filled evening for adults with all the suspense and excitement of being at the racetrack. High quality, video-taped horse races are narrated from start to finish by lively announcers. During the evening there will be complimentary hors d’oeuvre, a cash bar, and variety of raffles. At various points during the evening, betters will be able to use their winnings to bid on merchandise and services that have been donated for the event. For the most fun, reserve a table – bring a group. Tickets are $10 per person and may be purchased in advance online or from any Gloucester Rotarian or at the door.
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A Night at The Races
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Tracy Arabian
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2023-03-06 05:00:00Z |
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 The Gloucester Rotary has published a 12-month Cape Ann photo calendar for 2023, featuring the photography of several local photographers. In addition to the beautiful photography, each calendar includes a raffle ticket for a $50 weekly raffle drawing throughout the year. The calendars are $25 each and proceeds from sales will be used for the Gloucester Rotary’s many community and international activities. The calendars are available for purchase at the Weathervane Gift Shop, located at 153 Main Street in downtown Gloucester (phone 978-281-1227), at BankGloucester, located at 160 Main Street in downtown Gloucester (978-283-8200), at the Building Center, located at 1 Harbor Loop in Gloucester (978-283-3060), and from any Gloucester Rotary member. Calendars may also be purchased online at https://gloucesterrotary.org/page/calendar.
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Gloucester Rotary Announces 2023 Calendar Fundraiser
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Tracy Arabian
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2022-11-20 05:00:00Z |
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Attention Professional and Recreational Photographers Deadline extended to Monday, September 19, 2022 What? A 12-month Cape Ann photo raffle calendar that will be sold through the Gloucester Rotary. A raffle ticket will be attached to each calendar and a winning number will be chosen each week in 2023. All profits from the calendar sales will go to the Gloucester Rotary’s efforts to raise money to support the many community and international activities in which the group is involved.
2023 Calendar Theme: Gloucester 400In 2023, Gloucester is celebrating its 400th birthday, and the Gloucester Rotary wants to celebrate this with its calendar. Please, submit photos that reflect the best of Gloucester. Only photographs from Gloucester will be accepted. A selection committee from the Rotary will make the choices. (a photo release must be included for all individuals in image) Technical specifications & rules: Horizontal, color, minimum size 12 x 8” digital .jpg files at 300 dpi, maximum size 12 mb. In your entry submission email, title and identify where the photos were shot (e.g., Smith Cove) and, if possible, the month they were created. Photo title must be in your file name (example: kayakers-smith cove-may.jpg). Make sure to give your name and contact info in the email with your entries, including your mailing address, phone number and email address. Because of the large number of entries we expect, entries that do not meet the minimum size requirements and/or photographers who fail to provide the required entry info will be automatically rejected. In addition, no copyright watermarks are to be embedded in the photos or they will be disqualified. A signed photo release form must be provided for all individuals in the image. Photographers who submit photos understand that we may need to slightly crop or downsize the winning entries for printing purposes and accept this. We reserve the right to use low res files of winning entries to help advertising the sale of the calendar. Winning entrants will have the photo title or location and photographers name printed under the photo. How many? Maximum 3 entries per person For you$50 will be paid for each winning entry chosen for the calendar, as well as photo credit. Where to? Entry Deadline Extended: Monday, September 19, 2022, 12:00 PM
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Gloucester Rotary 2023 Calendar Photo Requests
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Matt Langis
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2022-08-14 04:00:00Z |
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Gloucester Rotary Comedy Show 2022
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Ruth Pino
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2022-08-03 04:00:00Z |
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Come for the Pancakes, Stay for the Waterfront Festival! Gloucester Rotary Pancake BreakfastSaturday, August 20, 2022 Stage Fort Park 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Dig into a fresh stack of blueberry pancakes at this year’s Gloucester Rotary Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser at Stage Fort Park on Saturday, August 20, 2022, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. This community-friendly tradition brings people together for a good cause and offers a hearty al fresco breakfast with stunning views from the bandstand. Finish up a plate of pancakes and head down the hill to the Gloucester Waterfront Festival, sponsored by the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, running on Saturday-Sunday, August 20-21, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. both days. A special free parking area is available for Pancake Breakfast attendees. For information on Gloucester attractions, visit www.capeannvacations.com. Tickets for the Pancake Breakfast are $8 per person, $5 for children six and under, and are available in advance online or from any Gloucester Rotarian. Tickets will also be available on the morning of the breakfast. Proceeds from the Pancake Breakfast will benefit local projects that support people. The Gloucester Rotary has served Gloucester and the world beyond for 100 years.
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Gloucester Rotary Pancake Breakfast
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Julie LaFontaine
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2022-07-18 04:00:00Z |
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On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, Dr. Michael Sarraf was sworn in as the Gloucester Rotary's 100th President! Congratulations Dr. Mike!
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Dr. Michael Sarraf Takes the Reins for Gloucester's 100th Anniversary Year!
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Tracy Arabian
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2022-07-05 04:00:00Z |
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