The Rotary Club of Rockport will be holding its annual Wine Tasting fundraiser at the Shalin Lu Performance Center in Rockport, on Saturday, October 6th from 5-7:30P.M. This fabulous event will include hors d’oeuvres and over 100 wines to sample. Wines are provided by Seabreeze Liquors of Gloucester. Tickets are $30.00 and are available from any Rockport Rotarian or by contacting club president Laurene Wessel ( 978)-675-9920 or president-elect Susan Lovasco( 978)- 675-9921.
The Wine Tasting is one of several fundraisers held by the Rotary Club of Rockport. Many local and international organizations are supported from the funds raised.
The Rotary Club of Rockport sponsors local students to go to summer camp, curriculum related activities for the school, scholarships and the Exchange Program.
Rotary has led the battle for polio eradication world-wide, and is also a leader in supporting many other international projects.
Locally, the Rockport Club provides the Valentine’s Day Lunch for senior citizens and supports many local organizations such as; The Good Friday Walk, The American Red Cross, The Open Door, Art Harbor of Cape Ann, Boy Scouts, Cape Ann Symphony, Cape Ann Youth Symphony, Camp Rotary, Pathways for Children, Rockport New Year’s Eve, the Salvation Army Holiday Bell Ringing, The YMCA Teen Center of Rockport and the Thacher Island Association.
Left to right; MaryAnne Bland (board member) Rob Audano (Rotary Club
Treasurer) Mina Sheedy (Rockport Rotary Club board member) Tony Beadle
(Rockport Rotarian and Executive Director of Rockport Music/Shalin Lu
Performance center), Laurene Wessel (Rotary Club of Rockport President),
and Sue Lovasco (Rotary Club of Rockport President-elect)
Good Morning Gloucester 