Speakers

Join us as we welcome Andover Town Manager Andrew P. Flangan who will provide the club with a Town Meeting preview.  

For more Town Meeting information click HERE 

Two years ago, a group of interested Andover residents teamed up to launch an initiative called the Andover Pollinator Pathway. Our mission is to promote native plantings and healthy habitats for pollinators throughout our community. Each of us can make a difference, starting right in our own yards. 

In their presentation, Maria Bartlett and Suzanne Korschun will show you how easy it is to join the Andover Pollinator Pathway. You can put your garden on the map by doing the following five things: 1) plant native plants, including trees, shrubs, grasses, and flowers, 2) reduce the use of chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides in favor of safer alternatives, 3) control invasive plants, 4) reduce lawn size in favor of native plantings, and 5) leave leaves somewhere in the yard in the fall.

They will also discuss their pilot project for the 5^th graders at South School and plans to expand to more schools next year. 

You are invited to join the APP in building pollinator friendly habitat in Andover. It’s easy – start small with a mailbox garden and then put your garden on the map!

www.pollinator-pathway.org/towns/andover

Andover High School's Interact Ckub will provide an update.  

Andover Country Club ~ Tickets on sale soon!

Established in 1967, the BoSox Club is recognized by the Red Sox as the their official booster club supporting Boston baseball.The BoSox Club was originally formed to assist the Red Sox in ticket sales and team promotion, and over the years has grown to become the dynamic organization it is today. Traditionally, the BoSox Club has raised funds both inside and outside its membership to support many worthy causes including the Red Sox Foundation, the Jimmy Fund and New England amateur baseball organizations. The Club also sponsors underserved boys and girls to attend baseball and softball camps each summer In association with the Red Sox Foundation.

Through the generous support of an anonymous member, we also honor two to three members of the military at every luncheon and has had a Run to Home Base team since its inception.

The Club also recognizes a special individual each year with the BoSox Club Man of the Year Award.

Please Note - Meeting to be held at the Robb Center, 30 Whittier Court, Andover 

Retirement presents an amazing opportunity for time and activities.   We all need a sense of structure, objectives and social connections.  How will you achieve them?   What will you do?  How will you create a sense of fulfillment and provide value when they are no longer provided by your job?  Let’s explore important considerations together to set your path forward.

Rich is an Executive Coach with extensive experience in the business and corporate sector

leading tech service and R&D organizations as well as in Telecom sales.
Rich uses a holistic approach that brings focus, clarity and direction to clients partnering to
achieve professional and personal goals. He coaches executives, business leaders and high
potential individuals to strengthen their personal foundations and sharpen their ability to build
agile and innovative teams, lead and manage change, and achieve superior business results.
Rich holds an ACC certification from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and is a
Certified Master Coach accredited by the Center for Coaching Certification. Rich is a Nokia
certified Master Business Coach where he led Nokia’s Latin & North America Coaching
Community to embed a culture of coaching across the corporation. Rich coaches a broad
range of clients internationally, culturally and on a variety of topics including growth,
leadership, communication, career, retirement and personal topics.
Rich led Nokia’s IoT Services team from 2015-2020. He worked with a private equity firm to
turnaround and sell a tech company. Rich is an international leader with extensive experience
across the telco industry working in both the supplier and customer organizations in North
America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
Founding member of the Coach Consult Group (CCG), a partnership of talented Coaches
offering an extensive range of experiences, tools and perspectives for Clients. All members of
and certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

Rich and his wife Joyce live in a Boston suburb where he develops youth leadership in Scouts BSA programs at the troop and district level. He enjoys woodworking, volunteering with non-profits, fitness and biking.

 

Andover Rotary's own Jean Leider will present on her recent mission trip! 

House of Hope is a non-profit organization started in Northern Colorado in 2009. Our family took the project to Guatemala after a short term mission trip in 2011. The poverty, desperation and despair had a huge impact on our family. We were familiar with loss, suffering and heartbreak. Our middle daughter Hope was 9 when she was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma, cancer of the bone. She suffered unbelievably in her battle. Through it, she had a faith that never wavered. She trusted the will of God, and that He was in control. After fighting for 18 months, she went home to live with her Savior.

A year later, House of Hope was born. When we saw the many children who were alone and suffering in Guatemala, it impacted our family in a way only God can orchestrate. He fulfilled His promise trading beauty for ashes. Hope’s legacy lives on as her life serves as the passion behind our ministry. We have been able to serve the people of Guatemala and point them to Christ, the source of our love and strength.

For more information: https://www.houseofhope.life/ 

 

Join us as we welcome Sergeant Steve Gerroir and Officer Glen Ota from the Andover Police Department as they update the club on active shooter awareness. 

Andover Rotary Club welcomes 24-25 President Al Timm

Craig Gibson is a well known bird and conservation photographer. His ongoing focus is on expanding awareness about the Winter Crow Roost in Lawrence, MA, the extended Merrimack Valley area, and Eastern Massachusetts. Craig designed and launched the blog and continues to oversee all editorial content. He has also been the lead on initiating and coordinating a range of activities and events with local arts, education, and community groups as well as working with a growing number of conservation and environmental organizations. He wrote and published a comprehensive 14 page report to recap the 2018-2019 winter season, a roost photography guide, and a roost counting guide. Overall, his efforts have raised much greater awareness of the Winter Crow Roost, and he has been a catalyst for a range of new community science initiatives.

In the fall 2017, after tracking the roost since 2010, Craig worked together in close collaboration with other local birders to form the Crow Patrol in the Lawrence area. Over the past seven winter seasons, he has personally documented more than 425 observation nights, while monitoring, documenting, and photographing the overnight staging and roosting of American and Fish Crows. Craig has made over 350 Crow Roost specific postings to eBird, an especially important data portal for open access citizen science projects around the globe. As an active birding videographer, Craig was invited in January 2024 to participate in video upload privileges for his eBird account.

Craig worked closely with staff and leadership at the Essex Art Center in Lawrence, MA to create the “Celebrating the Winter Crow Roost” art exhibit in 2019. The exhibit was a big success with record turnouts and lots of media coverage. The EAC hosted the exhibit for a second year in 2020, with an expanded group of participating artists. He worked closely with staff at El Taller Cafe and Bookstore in Lawrence, MA for a Crow-themed art exhibit that opened in February 2020 and received great acclaim. In an effort to help other bird and wildlife photographers, he wrote and published the “Winter Crow Roost Photography Guide” in late 2020.