{"id":47158,"date":"2024-01-11T15:46:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T15:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=47158"},"modified":"2024-01-11T15:46:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T15:46:19","slug":"rotary-to-host-valentines-breakfast-for-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2024\/01\/11\/rotary-to-host-valentines-breakfast-for-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotary to host Valentine&#039;s breakfast for seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"byline\"><em>By Rick Mansfield<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Wachusett Area Rotary Club<\/em><\/div>\n<p>HOLDEN \u2014 On Saturday, Feb. 10, the Wachusett Area Rotary Club will bring Valentine\u2019s cheer to 425 senior citizens at the annual \u201cHearts of Rotary\u201d breakfast. The club has partnered with senior centers in their service area (Boylston, Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Sterling and West Boylston) to invite seniors to the event, which requires pre-registration. The breakfast will be held at The Manor in West Boylston.<\/p>\n<p>Space is limited, so all seniors interested in attending must register by Jan. 31. Seniors from Holden, Paxton and Rutland may register for the event through the Holden Senior Center, 508-210-5570; those from Princeton and Sterling may register through the Sterling Senior Center, 978-422-3032; and those from Boylston and West Boylston may register through the West Boylston Senior Center, 508-835-6916.<\/p>\n<p>The Wachusett Area Rotary Club has been hosting a breakfast for seniors for more than 25 years, taking a break only during the COVID quarantine period in 2020. Prior to COVID, breakfast was held during the December holidays. Due to the pandemic, the event changed to a Valentine&#8217;s \u201cgrab-and-go\u201d lunch, where the club assembled and delivered bagged lunches to seniors through their local senior centers. The complimentary lunches included a lasagna meal prepared by The Manor and accompanied by candy hearts and Valentine cards handmade by local elementary school students.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 event represents the first year the club is returning to an in-person breakfast event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to be able to again host an in-person breakfast to bring some cheer to our local seniors this Valentine\u2019s Day,\u201d said Richard Traina, chairman of the event. \u201cWe know this time of year can be difficult for many seniors, and we are more than glad to host an event where seniors can come together, connect with each other, and enjoy a nice breakfast. Service is at the heart of Rotary, and this project is just one of many ways that our club gives back to the communities where we live and work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rotary is an international membership organization made up of people who share a passion for and commitment to enhancing communities and improving lives across the world. The Wachusett Area Rotary offers many opportunities for our members to get involved and make a difference in the local community, including the Hearts of Rotary Senior Citizens Valentine\u2019s Breakfast, donating coats for kids each winter, coordinating plastic recycling collections, providing scholarships to local students and more. Club activities are funded through their annual golf tournament, hosted each year in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in serving your community, the Wachusett Area Rotary Club is looking for new members. Please reach out to them at WARotaryClub@gmail.com and visit www.WachusettAreaRotaryClub.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rick Mansfield Wachusett Area Rotary Club HOLDEN \u2014 On Saturday, Feb. 10, the Wachusett Area Rotary Club will bring Valentine\u2019s cheer to 425 senior citizens at the annual \u201cHearts of Rotary\u201d breakfast. The club has partnered with senior centers in their service area (Boylston, Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Sterling and West Boylston) to invite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}