2025 Mental Health Fair 2025-03-18 04:00:00Z 0
Influential Woman in Mental Health SG 2025-03-03 05:00:00Z 0
Black History Month: Mental Health Disparity SG 2025-01-30 05:00:00Z 0
Prioritize Your Mental Wellness! SG 2024-12-27 05:00:00Z 0

Seasonal Affective Disorder


 
Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is more than just the winter blues.  It's a fairly common form of depression that affects many of us, but there are ways to help and feel better.
 
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How Can Stress Affect You?

Stress affects your entire body, mentally as well as physically.  To learn tips and techniques about reducing your stress levels, click below to read more!
 
How Can Stress Affect You? SG 2024-11-12 05:00:00Z 0

Mental Health Awareness

Turning the Wheel to Support Mental Health
 
 
 
Rotary Club of Middletown (CT) is launching a Mental Health Campaign as it enters its centennial year.  We are turning the wheel to support Mental Health.  Our goal is to decrease stigma, raise awareness, and improve access to resources and care.  Each month, we will share another new article on our continuing series.
 
Mental Health Awareness SG 2024-10-28 04:00:00Z 0

Students of the Month 2024-2025

The Rotary Club of Middletown is pleased to announce the selection of eight students from each high school in our area for the school year 2024-2025 who have been selected as exemplary "Students of the Month."  The Club asks school counselors to nominate a student who represents the values of Rotary.  These students have each shown a commitment for service to their school, their communities, and to their studies.  They will be honored with their parents and a school representative at a luncheon hosted by our Club this coming spring.  (Please click below to see full list.)
Students of the Month 2024-2025 Garry Mullaney 2024-10-24 04:00:00Z 0

Imagine Rotary: Our Theme for 2024-2025

What makes a Rotarian and drives us to make a difference each day?  Our annual theme sheds some light, and our newest – The Magic of Rotary – says it all.  For more of the story, see below!

 

 

 

Imagine Rotary: Our Theme for 2024-2025 SL 2024-07-20 04:00:00Z 0

Pat Tucker Memorial Fund

 
 
Patricia Tucker was a longstanding member of the Middletown Rotary Club, working tirelessly over the years to support numerous notable projects within in our community.  After her death, the Club searched for ways to honor her legacy and support her passion for literacy and education.
 
Pat Tucker Memorial Fund SL 2023-11-15 05:00:00Z 0

Middletown Rotary Cleans Up!

The Rotary Club of Middletown frequently participates in the Connecticut River Conservancy's (CRC) Annual Source to Sea Clean Up.  One location where we often help is Wadsworth Falls State Park in Middlefield.  All friends, family, and community neighbors are welcome to join us for a morning of fresh air, friendship, and worthwhile environmental service!  Stay tuned for announcement of the next clean-up event.  
 
Pictured here at a recent outing are Rotarians Carmela Gagnon, Helene Vartelas, and Cheryl Duey.
 
Middletown Rotary Cleans Up! Helene Vartelas 2023-09-30 04:00:00Z 0

Family Literacy Project

Middletown Rotary Club Launches Family Literacy Project for Refugee and Immigrant Families.  The Middletown Rotary Club has maintained a close relationship with IRIS, Immigration and Refugee Integration Services of CT, for many years.  

 

Family Literacy Project Cheryl Duey 2022-11-29 05:00:00Z 0
2025 Birdies For Charity Fundraiser! 2022-06-06 04:00:00Z 0

Help Us Help Our Community!

 
Rotary of Middletown needs YOUR support!
 
As in so many of our communities, many of our neighbors and friends in the greater Middletown experience ongoing difficulties making ends meet.  Further, many of our smaller non-profits and other valuable efforts face difficult fiscal challenges, hindering their ability to help serve our community. 
 
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Amazing Grace

One of the ongoing initiatives here at the Rotary Club of Middletown is our partnership to Amazing Grace food pantry in Middletown.
 
Our Club regularly supports Amazing Grace and its efforts, and recently made a $1,050 contribution to assist those in need of food during the pandemic. The Club has been supportive of the food pantry and the St Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen for many years, but recognized the need for increased support due to unprecedented recent challenges.  “This spring has been especially difficult for those who have lost jobs due to virus related business closures, for those with health issues who can no longer head to a grocery store safely and for hundreds more who find themselves in need of our support…your support", said Maryellen Shuckerow, Executive Director of Amazing Grace.
 
While the forty-year-old mission of Amazing Grace remains the same - to feed the hungry in the Middletown community - the way in which it operates has changed. Volunteers have switched from escorting guests through the pantry to packing boxes with fresh healthy food that people can pick up easily out front, under a tent.   This keeps volunteers safe while increasing capacity needed to meet current needs.
 
This past March, the pantry partnered with the Middletown Senior Center to feed area seniors who, for health or other reasons, need to stay home. Over 130 seniors have taken advantage of this bi-weekly home food delivery program at no cost.  “We are absolutely convinced that this program has saved lives by keeping people out of public transportation and grocery stores” Shuckerow stated, adding that “another 200 or so families are also receiving home delivered groceries due to immune deficiencies, disabilities and other health conditions which put them at high risk.”
 
Cheryl Duey, 2019-2020 Co-president of the Middletown Rotary Club, presented the check on behalf of the Club.  “We are proud to join local churches, companies, service providers and individual volunteers to help meet this most basic need in our community”, she said, and added, “Although the demand for service has increased by over 100%, Amazing Grace has been able to assist the most vulnerable among us without increasing staff or overhead because of volunteers and financial support from community leaders.” Anyone wishing to volunteer or contribute to Amazing Grace can contact them at (860) 347-3222. 
 
Pictured here are Maryellen Shuckerow, left, and Cheryl Duey, right.
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The 4-Way Test

 
The "Rotary Mantra" is what's known as our 4-Way Test: "Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it bring goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?"  Watch this short video to learn about how we at the Rotary Club of Middletown interpret the 4-Way Test and apply it to our own lives.
 
 
 
 
The 4-Way Test SL 2019-08-20 04:00:00Z 0