Somerville Rotary Club at Somerville High School Annual Awards Night

Photo Left: Educational Fund Winners Mei Mei Collins & Saja El Saudi with Rotary President Brian Rooney

On May 23, 2018

Somerville Rotary Club was honoured to be at the Somerville High School Annual Awards Night. Somerville Rotary granted $2,000 scholarships to two well-deserving outstanding students of Somerville High School.

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GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS SATURDAY, June 09, the 160th day of 2018 with 205 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 5:06 and sunset is @ 8:19. The moon is waning. The morning stars are stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury & Saturn. The evening stars are Neptune, Uranus & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1064 – Coimbra, Portugal fell to Ferdinand, the King of Castile. Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer

Somerville Rotary Club Education Fund Scholarship Winner

Photo:Left: Past-President Paul Kaufman, Educational Fund Winner Mei Mei Collins, and President-Elect Kevin Su

Each year, the Somerville Rotary Club awards two scholarships to deserving Somerville residents and high school seniors who are planning on going to college. On May 22, 2018 we were honoured by the presence of one of this year’s scholarship winners at our weekly meeting. Mei Mei Collins, a senior at Somerville High School is the President of the Somerville High School National Honor Society.

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SCES Training Focuses on Elder Suicide Prevention

Photo:During a lighter moment, Rose Cheyenne (right) from Samaritans of Boston loaded SCES nurse Nkera Rukubanuka down with plastic cups, to demonstrate how many small issues can collectively become overwhelming, during a suicide prevention training at Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services.  SCES PHOTO

Tips for identifying and assisting elders at-risk for suicide was the focus of a recent clinical training at Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES). Continue reading SCES Training Focuses on Elder Suicide Prevention