Rotary Club of Housatonic Valley - Greater Danbury (CT - USA)

03/11/2018

Our last official act as a club will be to continue with our long standing tradition of attending the Brookfield Shamrock Breakfast for the benefit of Regional Hospice on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 7:30am at the Candlewood Inn. Hope to see the usual full house for this great cause!

12/20/2016

Our Rotary Club had a holiday gathering tonight at our "adopted" Ability Beyond group home in Brookfield . A great time was had by all!

11/07/2016

I was saddened to read of the passing of Adelaide Marek. She and her family endured an unspeakable tragedy when her daughter, Elizabeth, was killed in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. Adelaide and her family made an extraordinarily generous contribution to our Rotary Club in Brookfield toward our Centennial Project in 2005, which was a Memorial Garden on the grounds of the Brookfield Town Hall (Municipal Center). The Garden was dedicated in part to Elizabeth's memory, and the Marek family was first in line to help make it happen. We always remember and thank them for their generosity to the community, and wish her family comfort and peace during this difficult time.

09/19/2016

We meet at 6:00 PM tonight at Brookfield Town Hall Room 129.

09/15/2016

Kudos to fellow Rotarian, Jeffrey Kass, for this brief editorial in the News-Times concerning ethics in business and the Rotary Four-Way Test. http://www.newstimes.com/opinion/article/A-four-way-test-for-ethical-situations-9219573.php

Paul Daulerio’s article on business ethics in the Sept. 8 issue of The New-Times (“Ethics vital to health of business”) notes that ethics are not fixed principles, but change over time. [...] he states, no absolute or unvarying standard exists to determine how one should behave when caught up in a m...

08/16/2016

It was a great surprise to see dear friend and former longtime Brookfield Rotarian, Joan Mattson, at our Rotary meeting tonight. Joan looks great, is enjoying life in Florida, and we loved seeing her tonight!

08/13/2016

Starting this week, we will meet only on the first and third Mondays. We will meet at Brookfield Town Hall, Room 129. Meetings will be from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. There will not be a meal served.

05/15/2016

Monday's speaker is Susan Shaner, founder of Sage Leadership
Strategies. She helps leaders achieve their goals. With more than
20 years experience —including more than a dozen years at
industry leaders such as GE, IBM and Healthnet—she is adept at
aligning organization capabilities to drive business growth. Her
clients range from Fortune 10 corporations to startups to
individuals.
Susan holds a Masters of Science degree in Human Resource
Education from Fordham University, and a Masters of Arts degree
in Expressive Therapy from Lesley College. She earned her
Bachelor of Arts degree in English with honors from Boston
College. She is a member of the OD Network, National
Association of Female Executives, and a former board member of
the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD).

05/04/2016

The Area 3 Rotary Clubs (Brookfield, Danbury, Newtown and Ridgefield) will be holding a joint meeting at the new Performing Arts Center on Westconn's westside campus on Monday May 9th at 6pm. There will be a reception (hors d'oeuvres and cash bar) followed by a short meeting. This is your opportunity to see this new facility, make new friends and to learn more about Rotary. Spouses and significant others are also welcome.

Questions? Cal Jeff Kass at 203-240-3163 or e-mail
[email protected].
I do need to give the caterers a head count, so please let me know if you plan to attend.

Thanks,

04/30/2016

Our speaker on May 2nd will be Allison Stokel, who has served as the Executive Director of the Ridgefield Playhouse since 2004. She will discuss the Playhouse, and a proposed Rotary grant of which itwill be the beneficiary. She and her husband live in Ridgefield and have two children. Earlier this year, she was honored by the United Way as a “Hometown Hero.”

04/29/2016

The Area 3 Rotary Clubs(Danbury, Brookfield, Ridgefield, Newtown and Bethel) will hold a joint meeting at the Performing Arts Center on WCSU's Westside Campus on May 9th at 6 pm. Prospective members are invited.

03/17/2016

It was great to join my friends from the Housatonic Valley Rotary Club and be part of the overflow crowd at today's Shamrock Hospice Breakfast at The Candlewood Inn. The building was packed, both parking lots were filled, and I, like so many others, parked on the edge of the road on the grass even though I arrived 1/2 hour before the official start time! They mentioned that last year's breakfast raised over $32,000, and that they hoped and anticipated that they would surpass that mark this year.