Service Above Self

"Welcome to the Rotary Club of Essex, Vermont"

Located just a few minutes from Burlington, Vermont, the Rotary Club of Essex serves the communities of Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho and Underhill.  We meet every Wednesday at 12:10pm at The Essex.  Visitors are always welcome to join us for lunch and to meet our members.  Rotarians from other area clubs often attend our club meetings as well!  We are known for offering a superb lunch, and we usually have guest speakers twice a month who present topics that are of interest to the community at large.  Other Club meetings are focused on becoming better Rotarians and offering personal experiences of how we can serve others by strengthening our various charitable and service projects.

Essex Rotarians work hard at the Club’s fundraisers. The proceeds from these events provide the monetary means necessary for supporting the Club’s various charitable endeavors which include, but are not limited to; scholarships for area students; the Heavenly Pantry Food Shelf; the Rotary Foundation; and a variety of local, national and international assistance projects.  Our annual fundraising events include:

Essex Rotary Corn Booth at the Champlain Valley Fair - From the end of August through Labor Day.  Essex Rotarians, friends, family and work associates cover over 115 shifts offering Fair goers’ with the freshest steamed corn around!

Essex Rotary Golf Tournament - Every June at the Links at Lang Farm, 30 teams compete for prizes and recognition from their peers in what has become a very popular golf tournament.

Our members are also actively involved in providing monetary and hands-on support to the following events:

Holiday Senior Lunch - Provided by Essex Rotary and Knights of Columbus for over 25 years at the Champlain Exposition, this Event serves over 200 senior citizens each year in a celebration of the holiday season within the community.

Essex Rotary All Star Hockey Classic - Each March, high school men and women in their senior year of high school are selected across Vermont to participate in this event.  The Hockey Classic features a men’s game and a women’s game, each of which affords these outstanding young athletes an opportunity to be recognized for their achievements on the ice and to play one more game against the best high school hockey players in Vermont.  This event is also utilized by the Make-A-Wish Foundation to select members of a Vermont all-star team to play against a team of all-stars from New Hampshire in that organization’s New Hampshire vs. Vermont All-Star Hockey Classic held later in the summer.

Salvation Army Bell Ringing - Every December, Essex Rotarians volunteer to work bell-ringing shifts over a two day period at the local Price Chopper in Essex.

We welcome you to browse our website to become more familiar with our club.  You will also be able to obtain information about Rotary International.  For membership information, just click the 'About Rotary' button above.

Please feel free to contact us should you have any questions.

Justin Martin  
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