The Wellesley Rotary Club‘s motto is “Service Above Self,” an ethos the group lives and breathes through its various programs dedicated to strengthening communities in the areas of health, education and sustainable living.
The Rotarians’ fall 2023 fundraising event is their Dinner On Us Sweepstakes. Those feeling lucky and/or charitable can, for a donation of $20-$200, depending on the category, enter to win big.
The Wellesley Rotary club has purchased gift cards from 50 Wellesley restaurants, and many restaurants donated gift card prizes of $100, $50, and $25.
Tickets available until November 3, 2023 at 11:59 pm.
Drawing date is November 14, 2023 at 6:59 pm.
Sweepstakes prizes
- Absurd Grand Prize valued at $3,000 (winner takes all $100 gift cards to 30 Wellesley restaurants)
- Ridiculous Second Prize valued at $1,500 (winner takes all $50 gift cards to 30 Wellesley restaurants)
- Incredible 3rd – 6th prizes valued at $450 (four winners will get twenty-one $25 gift cards to enjoy Wellesley’s pizza and coffee shops)
- Awesome 7th and 8th prizes (winners gets 2 tickets to Taste of Wellesley, the Club’s annual event that brings together chefs from Wellesley’s top restaurants for a delicious evening of culinary expertise to help fight food insecurity and support other important Rotary projects)
Rotary Club meetings
The meetings are 7pm – 8pm and are often preceded by a buffet at 6:15pm
Recent Rotary Club speakers:
- Wellesley Health Board member and infectious diseases physician Dr. Shira Doron—“Crisis Is the Mother of Innovation: How I led a Hospital Infection Control Response to a Global Pandemic”
- Teenage cultural ambassador Maria Qaiser, who spoke about her experiences as a Pakastani exchange student studying at Wellesley High School
- Dr. Marybeth Martello, the Town of Wellesley’s Climate Action Director, who spoke about the development of a town-wide Climate Action Plan
Membership information
Mailing address:
Rotary Club of Wellesley
P.O. 81206
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481Telephone number: 781-591-0759
email: wellesley.rotary.club@gmail.com
Some Rotary Club programs
Tree saplings for 4th graders: In spring 2023, the Club gave each student a 12″ tulip tree in celebration of Arbor Day, and as a way to help keep the town’s designation as a Tree City intact. Dozens of Rotary volunteers bagged up over 500 saplings for distribution to the 4th graders. The yearly project is done in partnership with the Department of Public Works and has made thousands of saplings available to kids.
Wellesley Rotary Club, trees for Arbor Day, 2023. Many Rotary Club members were on hand to rally eager volunteers as they bagged up over 500 tulip tree saplings. Every 4th grade student in the Wellesley Public Schools received one, with planting instructions. Photo by Deborah Brown Environmental initiatives
Repair Café – Fixing Household items for continued use
Vernal Pool Boardwalk – designed and built to allow access to conservation areas
The Wellesley vernal pool boardwalk is a 400-foot boardwalk completed in 2019 and accessible from Turner Rd. (located off Weston Rd). A stonedust path from Turner Rd. leads to the accessible boardwalk that takes visitors to a lookout spot at the vernal pool and to the North 40. The project was funded via Community Preservation Act monies from the Wellesley Community Preservation Committee, was overseen by the Wellesley Natural Resources Commission (NRC), and was built by volunteers including from the Rotary Club.
