Bedford Day on Saturday, September 19, was a resounding success for the club!

With two bustling booths—one sharing information about our mission and projects, and the other serving up hot slices of pizza—we enjoyed a steady stream of community members throughout the entire fair. In fact, pizza demand was so high that eager fairgoers were already hunting for a slice at 10:00 AM, well before our pizzas arrived from Ken's!

Now that Fall has arrived, we are settling into our schedule for remainder of the Rotary year (ending June 30, 2027). We will have three regular meetings a month:

• the first Tuesday, at 12:30pm at First Church, 25 The Great Rd
• the second Tuesday, at 6pm at Upper Fellowship Hall at First Church (unless otherwise noted)
• the third Tuesday, at 12:30pm at The Residence, 240 South Rd. 

We will be resuming the Community Dinners on the 4th Wednesday of the month, and there will be no meeting the week there is a Community Dinner. Please reach out with any questions. 

This month, one of our own is taking Rotary's mission of service well beyond Bedford's borders. Lita Verrier, President-Elect, along with Susan Tordella, President-Elect of the Rotary Club of Littleton, have embarked on a journey to Ghana, Benin, and Togo alongside fellow Rotarians to support hands-on projects making a real difference in the region.

Their trip centers on two impactful initiatives:

• Education access – supporting K-8 schools through Volta Vision for Education, an effort dedicated to expanding educational opportunities for children in the area.
• Emergency health access – advancing the ambulance tricycle project, known as Moving Health, which is led by Victor Tom and works to bring critical medical transport to communities that need it most.

Read on to see photos that Lita shared from the first day of her trip!