"October Gurnet Creek" © Mike Sleeper   www.mikesleeper.com

   The Duxbury Rotary Club has been serving our community since 1950.

We believe strongly in the Rotary philosophy of "Service Above Self." Our members give their time each week to raise funds for worthy projects, stay on top of  issues facing the community,  and do what we can to make life better for people here and around the world. We have fun doing it, too.  Our club meets each Tuesday morning at 7:00 am at the Duxbury Senior Center at the corner of Tremont (3A) and Mayflower Streets. 

We're a small club in a small town, but we accomplish a lot!  Last year we cleaned-up local highways, gave scholarships to  graduating seniors, helped the Interfaith Council  buy holiday food baskets for needy families, hosted the town's Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony, and completed construction of a school for girls in Afghanistan.

We're particularly proud of our work in Afghanistan.  Led by Past President Razia Jan, an Afghan native, we hosted two events featuring Khaled Hosseini, author of the best-selling novels The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. An amazing outpouring of support helped us raise over $150,000, enough to build The Zabuli Education Center, a free school for girls and women in the community of Deh'Subz.   

Zabuli event photos by Lars Jan

Denied access to education by the Taliban, girls in a now free and democratic Afghanistan are hungry for education.  Because of our efforts, hundreds of  girls will have a chance for an education, and with it, a better life. To learn more about how you can help, visit www.thezabulischool.org.

Those interested in  learning more about Rotary are most welcome to attend a club meeting. Please contact Bruce Rutter, Club President for 2008-9, for more information. Bruce can be reached at 781-834-7151 or by email at brucerutter@comcast.net.