Cliff Carlson is the President of the Meriden Rotary Club this year; this is his second time leading this very active the club in the past 3 years. The club currently has 38 members and is looking to grow by Net 5 this year.

Throughout the past several years the Meriden Rotary Club has been able to support many worthwhile causes in their community and throughout world including:

• Meriden Fire Department
• Brian Davis Ash Memorial Fund
• NAACP Awards
• ARC of Meriden/Wallingford
• EMS Explorer Post, First Aid Camporee
• Young Business Leaders Strike Out Hunger
• Meriden YMCA- Thanksgiving Day Dinner
• My City Kitchen- Thanksgiving Day Dinner
• Beat the Street Community Center
• United Way of Meriden/Wallingford
• Spirit of Giving
• Salvation Army Bell Ringing
• Women’s and Families Center
• Martin Luther King Breakfast
• Greater Meriden Chamber of Commerce Leadership Summit
• Survive the Drive
• Jack Barry Little League
• Literacy Volunteers Scrabble Tournament
• Liberty Tree Memorial at Dunn Field
• South Meriden Baseball League
• Soap Box Derby
• Project Graduation
• Meriden Children’s Zone
• Polio Plus
• La Romana Dominican Republic Project
• Haitian Health Foundation
• Water Filter Project
• Group Study Exchange
• Amber Alert

The Meriden Rotary Club is able to support these causes through their fundraising initiatives such as:

• YMCA – Golf Tournament
• Pet Fair & 5K Road Race
• Meriden Motorcycle MegaRide
• Lex’s List
• Hoopin It Up

and more….

Today the Meriden Rotary Club honored 5 of it’s members by awarding them Paul Harris Recognitions, the recipients were:

Meriden Rotary is the home club of Assistant Governor Tari Marshall-Day

The Meriden Rotary Club recently changed their meeting location to the Four Points by Sheraton 275 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT. They meet at Noon on Tuesdays.