Welcome to the Blairstown Rotary Club

Blairstown Rotary is an active group of community-minded people who believe in making Northern Warren County a better place to live and raise a family. Founded in 1947, we are entering 72 years of Service Above Self. If you are looking to make a difference in our community, come join us. We've made it easier to fit Rotary service into today's busy schedule.

Duck Race Results

Thanks to your support, we sold out of Duck Race tickets and had a successful race at Footbridge Park on July 4 at the Blairstown Fourth event.

The winning numbers are:

1st Prize $3,000: # 0942

2nd Prize $1,500: # 0784

3rd Prize $750: # 0365

4th Prize $ 250: # 0119

Congratulations to the lucky winners. We will notify you and send your prize.

If you have any questions, email tickets@blairstownrotary.org

2,000 ducks were released into the Paulinskill at 3:30 PM on July 4 by members of Blairstown Rotary and the Blairstown Hose Company. About 10 minutes later, the winners made their way through the finish line. We are happy to report that all ducks survived and only one escaped.

See you next year!

FIREWORKS! - JULY 5

The 2019 Blairstown Rotary Fireworks will be held on Friday, July 5 at North Warren Regional High School. The fireworks start around 9:15 PM. This is a free event for the community. Get there early!

Parking is available at various locations near the school. Parking near the school entrance is available at the library on Lambert Road. A $5 donation to help offset the cost of the event is requested at this location.

The rain date is Saturday, July 6. Hopefully, the rain will stop by then! Watch this site and local social media for updates if the weather is questionable.

Please thank our sponsors and supporting communities. Their support helps make this event possible.

Blairstown, Hardwick, Hope, Frelinghuysen & Knowlton Townships

Emergency Booms Presented to Hose Company

On Saturday, May 25, Blairstown Rotary presented the Blairstown Hose Company with 200’ of floating containment booms for controlling chemical spills in our local waterways. The booms are used to reduce the spread of polluting materials and to help make clean-up easier.

The booms will also be used for a more fun purpose – controlling the floating ducks in the Paulinskill during the annual July 4 Rotary Duck Race!

Let’s hope that’s the only reason the Hose Company ever needs to use the booms.

EarlyAct Little Free Library Project

The EarlyAct Club at Knowlton Township Elementary School recently teamed up with the non-profit organization "Little Free Library" to bring free books to community members of all ages in Knowlton.

EarlyAct is a school-wide service club for elementary students from ages 5 to 13. Knowlton EarlyAct is sponsored by Blairstown Rotary. The club advisor is Jenna Maxman, daughter of long-time Rotarian John Maxman. EarlyAct engages students in character-building activities and prepares them for leadership roles to identify and carry out projects which benefit their school, local and global communities.

The EarlyAct students raised over $1,400 and installed three Little Free Libraries around the community. Each will be chock full of books, ready to keep students, as well as anyone else that happens to pass through the town, satisfied with a daily dose of literature.

Congratulations to Jenna and the EarlyAct students. It's a great project for the students, who are Rotarians in training!

If you want to learn more about EarlyAct or Little Free Library, check out the following links:

https://littlefreelibrary.org/3-ways-to-use-summer-to-get-kids-reading/

http://www.earlyact.com/