FOR ROTARIANS WHO MISSED THE MEETING - April 19, 2016
Spring Break – which meant more Rotarians missed the meeting than were at the meeting! Thanks to those who did come – it was a nice gathering!
GREETERS:
Thanks to Celina Taylor and Steve Sehnert for serving as greeters. There were no guests to introduce!
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Ellen shared a “Four Way Test” Story. There was quite a pause after the punch line!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ski Town Classic: Jackie Brown, Chair of Ski Town Classic Committee, asked us to Save the Dates: June 10 – 11th and explained the new aspects (one day of golf, reception on Saturday at Strings with a live auction and cash raffle. Legal Tender will be entertainment.) Next week’s meeting will be all about this event. And it sounds like the $300 hole sponsorships are going fast!
Crutches4Africa Drive – Ian Engle, Co-Chair asked us to Save the Date for the first weekend in May (5,6,7) for this very important service project. And to be prepared to sign up to volunteer at collection locations. ALL mobility devices are greatly appreciated! And Celina Taylor reminded us that we can drop off items at the Boys and Girls Club even before the event. Posters and flyers will be available soon.
Vocation-Rotation - June 7 – Steve Sehnert, Program Chair, reminded us that if we want to be a host location for this meeting, let him know. We can handle a couple more locations.
Day of Caring on May 18th and Community Clean up Day on May 21st. Tara Weaver invited us to participate in these two very important volunteer service days. She will be asking for volunteer sign-ups soon. These are opportunities to “do good” in our community, as well as a great way to better get to know your fellow Rotarians! And kids seem to really enjoy helping with the Clean up Day….so bring them along!
Host Families Needed: Karen McRight announced that we will be needing more host families (for a 3 month time slot) for our two exchange students who will arrive this summer: A girl from Italy and a boy from Chili. We need a total of 6 slots and currently have 3. If you are interested, let Karen know. So far, none of the committed host families are Rotarians – which means the awareness of the value of these experiences to the host families has spread beyond Rotarians. That's a good thing.
District Conference: It’s not too late to register for the conference in Jackson Hole – 5 Rotarians going so far. May 19-21.
PROGRAM: Since we knew this would be a meeting of very low attendance, and because those present were not on vacations, we opted to do a discussion/sharing activity that talked about vacations. We are definitely not lacking in vacation/travel adventures!
GOOD NEWS: Thank you to John Centner for doing Good News. There seemed to be some blackmail going on and we’ll see how that turned out. And thank goodness, Dan Bonner, eventually remembered he and Kim’s anniversary!
See you next week!
Respectfully submitted,
Ellen Kendall, Club President