Scott Ansevin-Allen

WMUR was with us on Winchester school sneaker delivery day. Watch us talk about the importance of Moving Everyday and then fitting the Winchester 2nd graders with sneakers. Check out the video

6 Unsung Hero Scholarships Awarded

Our club recently recognized the efforts of five individuals pursuing higher education by awarding them with financial support. KECR started the scholarship program based at the NH Charitable Foundation in the early 2000's.

Applications for the scholarships are accepted in early spring and each successful awardee must embody the Rotary ideal of "service above self".

The following is an excerpt from the Scholarship Fund description and criteria.

Sneaker Project Takes Big Steps Forward

2018 was another great year for educ

ating 2nd graders of Cheshire County about the importance of incorporating physical activity into their daily lives.

The Follow Me (Move Everyday) and Sneaker project continues to thrive and grow. This year KECR collaborated with composer Peter Siegel and NH Dance Institute instructor Kristen Leach to develop a song, dance and music video produced by Katie Day and 710 Main Productions and demonstrated by NHDI dancers.

The video is upbeat, fun and has a lot of meaningful messages! View the video here!

Much Hunger, Much Food, Much Work, Much Good!

KECR partners with coalition to reduce regional childhood hunger during school breaks.

2018 4-Way Test Speech Writing Contest

On April 20th High school students from all around Keene participated in our 4-Way Test Contest.

Paul Harris Fellowship Honors Volunteer Efforts of Maich Gardner and Ed Tomey

Step by Step-The Sneaker Project's BIG impact

KECR TV has launch

ed a new You Tube program describing our Move Everday Sneaker Project and the incredible impact it has on our region's 2nd graders! Check it out here!

Thank you to Phil Hueber our show's producer and director and panel participants Susan Newcomer, Ted McGreer, Denise Thomas and Rudy Fedrizzi.

Helping Make Kurn Hattin's Hubbard Cottage a Home Away From Home

Members commit to supporting Hubbard Cottage at Kurn Hattin

Demar Marathon-Our 7th KECR Show

The 7th Elm City Rotary Show is produced and up and running on the Club’s YouTube Channel. The topic is the DeMar Marathon and starring Ted McGreer, Ann Henderson and Alan Stroshine. This is the 40th year of this historic race. The video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCccBIOCUAY&feature=youtu.be has incredible GoPro and Drone footage of the race and Keene. Fantastic!

KECR Episode 5 El Salvador

We are pleased to publish Episode 5 of the Keene Elm City Rotary Show featuring Ann Henderson, Alan Stroshine and Sara Pelkey. The 30 minute show describes the annual trip to El Salvador where the club has an ongoing partnership with the Noroeste Rotary Club in San Salvador. The purpose of the trip each year is to build housing and sanitation projects and improve the lives of El Salvador citizens.

Thanksgiving In July 2017

Sadness with the Passing of Rotarian Joe Jacobs

Posted on Jun 15, 2017

Steve Gilbert Receives Paul Harris Fellow Award

KECR recently recognized the efforts of Steve Gilbert, columnist for the Keene Sentinel newspaper with a Paul Harris Fellow Award. Rudy Fedrizzi presented Gilbert with the award citing his many contributions to the Greater Keene community. Rudy and other members commented on Steve's remarkable ability to capture the essence of a person, program or place with his unique writing style. Keene Sentinel Executive Editor Paul Miller participated in the recognition ceremony along with Steve's wife and one of his two daughters.

KECR TV Show Episode 3: Polio Eradication

Please enjoy The KECR Show Episode 3: Polio Eradication Program.

Hosted by Kemal Atkins with guests Allen Mendelson and Dr. Bob Englund discussing Rotary's Polio Eradication efforts.

This show will be airing on Cheshire TV, Facebook and on our permanent page on this website at http://elmcityrotary.org/SitePage/kecr-show-youtube-channel

Elm City Rotary Club Launches TV Program

We are very excited to announce that the Keene Elm City Rotary Television Show has been launched. Episode 1 is a 30 minute program, “What is Rotary”. Cheryl Belair, Alan Stroshine and Cindy Rodenhauser Stewart discuss how Rotary was founded, Rotary International programs including Polio Plus and several impactful programs by our Club including the DeMar marathon, Jamaica Wheelchair and Second Grade Sneaker programs.

Imbedded in the video are drone video shots of last year’s DeMar, amazing how clear and well composed the shots are! Shows the race and our beautiful community in an entirely new light.

We will be producing a 30 minute program each month and each will focus on a specific club project or initiative. The January program will discuss the Club’s Scholarship Program, supported by a six figure endowment. And the February program will be focussed on the Rotary International Polio Plus Program that is very close to complete eradication - only a handful of very isolated cases exist.

A big thank you to the folks at Cheshire TV and members Phil Hueber and Dan White.

The program may be viewed on Cheshire TV or via You Tube
https://youtu.be/hb0CbT-Ue0E

2016 District 7870 Governor Dennis McMann Speaks to KECR

2016-2017 RI District 7870 Governor Dennis McMann

Follow "ME" - Moving Everyday!

The Shoe Crew, consisting of 60+ Rotarians and a few non-Rotarian volunteers, is in the process of delivering over 640 pairs of sneakers and socks to 2nd Graders in 27 schools in Cheshire County. We're delighted to be doing this but the smiles, hugs and thank yous from the children receiving sneakers is amazing!

Follow "ME", a KECR program, is giving one FREE pair of new, high-quality sneakers as part of a larger overall wellness program. We hope that new sneakers will inspire the kids to become advocates of movement by Moving Everyday ("ME") in their own way: running, biking, swimming, jumping, etc. We have partnered with Advocates For Healthy Youth and Healthy Monadnock 2020 to help make this program and the Kids DeMar possible.

The Kids DeMar is open to all 1st-5th grades in the Monadnock Region. The kids need to complete 25 miles of exercise over the summer and have that exercise signed off by their teacher or physical education instructor at the beginning of their year in order to complete the 1.2 miles of the DeMar which is the last Sunday of September, annually.

As a result of our wellness efforts, which include providing dictionaries to 3rd graders, we have had many community organizations ask to partner with us. In addition to sneakers and socks, we also gave free passes to the Keene Family YMCA, MoCo Arts and Cheshire Children's Museum to every 2nd grader in Cheshire County, courtesy of those organizations.

We love this program and hope we inspire other organizations to get involved.

Follow "ME" and Move Everyday!