{"id":6041,"date":"2025-04-28T22:19:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T02:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/?p=6041"},"modified":"2025-05-08T22:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T02:04:43","slug":"derby-shelton-rotary-club-to-host-gala-fundraiser-benefiting-local-student-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/blog\/derby-shelton-rotary-club-to-host-gala-fundraiser-benefiting-local-student-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Derby-Shelton Rotary Club to Host Gala Fundraiser Benefiting Local Student Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club is excited to announce its upcoming\u00a0<strong>President-Elect Fundraiser Gala<\/strong>, taking place on\u00a0<strong>Thursday, June 26, 2025, at 6:00 PM<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<strong>Brownson Country Club<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>Shelton, Connecticut<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This special evening will raise funds exclusively for\u00a0<strong>scholarships awarded to graduating seniors at Derby and Shelton High Schools<\/strong>. The Gala will feature dinner, entertainment, prizes, and a chance to connect with community members\u2014all in support of helping local students achieve their educational dreams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All are welcome to attend!<\/strong>\u00a0Tickets are available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gavelgala.com\/\">www.gavelgala.com<\/a>. Bring a friend and join us for a night of celebration with a purpose.<\/p>\n<p>The Rotary Club is also seeking\u00a0<strong>prize donations<\/strong>\u00a0for the event. Local businesses and individuals are encouraged to contribute items or experiences to help raise additional scholarship funds and receive recognition at the event.<\/p>\n<p>To donate a prize or for more information, please visit the\u00a0official Derby-Shelton Rotary Club website\u00a0or contact\u00a0<strong>Lucy Andrade\u00a0<\/strong>at 203-258-4519.<\/p>\n<p>Join us in making a direct impact on the future of our local students.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2443\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/about-us\/members\/shapirojoe\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2443\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2443\" class=\"wp-image-2443 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ShapiroJoe-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ShapiroJoe-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ShapiroJoe-768x754.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ShapiroJoe-1024x1006.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ShapiroJoe.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Shapiro<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club proudly announces the installation of Joseph Shapiro as the Club\u2019s new President for the 2025-2026 Rotary year. The installation ceremony will take place on <strong>Thursday, June 26, 2025, at 6:00 PM at Brownson Country Club in Shelton, Connecticut<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/blog\/derby-shelton-rotary-club-to-host-gala-fundraiser-benefiting-local-student-scholarships\/passthegavel-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6068\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6068\" src=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PassTheGavel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"743\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PassTheGavel.jpg 743w, https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PassTheGavel-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Derby-Shelton Rotary Club is excited to announce its upcoming\u00a0President-Elect Fundraiser Gala, taking place on\u00a0Thursday, June 26, 2025, at 6:00 PM\u00a0at\u00a0Brownson Country Club\u00a0in\u00a0Shelton, Connecticut. This special evening will raise funds exclusively for\u00a0scholarships awarded to graduating seniors at Derby and Shelton High Schools. The Gala will feature dinner, entertainment, prizes, and a chance to connect with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-events","category-news","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6041"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6069,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041\/revisions\/6069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derby-sheltonrotary.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}