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10/05/2017 12:01 AM

Rotary Club of North Branford Names Maureen Hughes as New President


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The Rotary Club of North Branford recently named Maureen Hughes as its new president. Hughes has been a member since July 2015 and is excited to be leading the club and in its new year with several great events and projects in the works.

The first projects for this year will be to send two high school students to RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) Conference that will be held Friday to Sunday, Oct. 27 to 29 at Camp Hazen YMCA in Chester.

Another fundraiser that is planned is the annual Spooktacular event to be held on Oct. 27 at the Country House in East Haven. This is a fun-filled event with costumes, music, dinner, and dancing.

This fundraiser event helps the club to raise funds for Clothes for Kids, RYLA, the annual Christmas Tree Lighting, International Eradication of Polio, disaster relief programs, clean water programs, and for a new town project that is in the works. For more information about the club, visit www.northbranfordrotary.org, or join the club on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at Nataz.