Events

Dr. Ehsan Hoque, MBBS, PhD, is the Executive Director and founder of Distressed Children & Infants International. He is passionately dedicated to promoting child rights and improving the health and welfare of underprivileged children

Their mission - At DCI, we are working towards a future where all children have a chance at a dignified and successful life. We believe education is the key to ending poverty cycle, stopping child labor, and early marriage. We provide education, healthcare, and skill development opportunities to youth and their families in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Nicaragua so they can thrive and lift up themselves, their families and communities.

Learn more at: https://distressedchildren.org

NOTE: This meeting will be held in The Residence, 240 South Rd, Bedford, MA

An introduction to The Rotary Foundation, and our own Bedford Rotary Foundation. 

Elliott Rittenberg (our immediate Past District Governor) will be speaking to us about Visioning. Visioning helps clubs produce a strategy to become irresistible, resulting in a plan for membership attraction and retention while creating impactful opportunities for service to our communities. Visioning is a facilitator-led exercise where we guide clubs to develop a strategic road map consistent with Rotary's Action Plan through a facilitator-led process.

NOTE: This meeting will be held in The Residence, 240 South Rd, Bedford, MA

Victor will share his (and Sze-Wen's) experiences visiting Singapore for the Rotary International Convention this past May.

Jack will come to speak with our club about Meals of Hope and will bring samples for us to try!

The project involves building an irrigated garden at the Mkutani primary school to improve students’ nutrition and school attendance as well as provide a teaching tool for valuable agricultural skills.

State Representative Ken Gordon will be joining us in person! He will be sharing his priorities for the next session.

NOTE: This meeting will be held in The Residence, 240 South Rd, Bedford, MA

Discover how Ranked Choice Voting works, why it offers a fairer and more democratic alternative to our current electoral system, its status across the United States, and the related warrant article set for the March town meeting.

Our speakers will be Madeleine Kando and Ethan Strominger. Madeleine is a member of the group called ‘Bedford Citizens for Ranked Choice Voting,’ whose goal is to implement the use of Ranked Choice Voting on the municipal level. The Bedford Select Board agreed to include an article on RCV on the 2025 Annual Town Meeting Warrant. More info can be found at: https://www.bedfordrcv.org/

Representatives from Girl Scout Troop 72044 will be speaking to us about their grant request.

New Song Bedford is a volunteer initiative of the Bedford Cultural District that showcases musical styles ranging from contemporary folk to bluegrass to Americana and more. Mark is a member of the committee who is bringing the music to Bedford! 

Werner Salinger was born in Berlin, Germany, on 5 April, 1932.  Ten months later Adolph Hitler came to power, appointed by then German President Hindenburg. Salinger experienced Kristallnacht from the central Berlin apartment that also housed his orthodontist (one of the world’s first) mother’s dental practice.

Salinger has a BA in political science from Goddard College. He is a nine year veteran of the USAF, stationed in Germany for 3.5 years at the height of the Cold War as a USAF Intelligence officer, (NCO), interrogating German POW’s returning from the Soviet Union and defectors from countries east of the Iron Curtain. He is married to the daughter of a German soldier who served in Hitler’s Nazi army and they have four very adult children, six grandkids and six greats.

For fourteen consecutive years prior to covid, Salinger presented a World Affairs Seminar on board HollandAmericaLines cruise ships. He is the author of seven books, the most recent of which is titled “Toward a More Equal World”

Ganda wants to help his organization's beneficiaries start a quality soap-making production. This initiative aims to provide sustainable income for the families involved, enabling them to support their children's daily needs, including lunch and food. Ganda spoke to us two years ago about the Child Welfare and Development Project (CWADeP) .

He needs funds d to purchase the necessary materials and equipment to establish the African soap-making process and provide training and skills development to ensure long-term success. This project will address immediate food security needs and promote self-sufficiency and economic empowerment within the community.

NOTE: this meeting will be held at The Residence, 260 South Rd

Joe will speak to the club about Bedford Depot Park, and the plans to demolish the old VFW building, which will be replaced by a proposed park that will provide more green space along with walkways, benches, and shrubs.