FOR ROTARIANS WHO MISSED THE MEETING - May 3, 2016

 

Welcome back Geneva Taylor and Glen Traylor who have been on leave.

 

GREETERS: 

Thanks to Winnie Delilquadre and Steve Hitchcock for serving as greeters and to Winnie for doing our introductions.    

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:  Thank you John Kuhn for giving  us a very interesting historical perspective on Mother’s Day – how it all began during the Civil War by Anna Jarvis who sought to unite the two sides, Union and Confederacy,  via mothers  of sons (both killed or in danger of being killed in battle) Became law under Woodrow Wilson in 1914.  

 

MAY BIRTHDAYS:  Happy Birthday to:  Marion Kahn & Jim Steinburg  (2nd) Ellen Kendall (4th)  Paul Hebert (15th) Dan Callahan (21st) Julie Taulman (25th)

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

Crutches4Africa Drive –   Ian Engle, Co-Chair reported that we had great volunteer sign-up – only had one empty spot for  Crutches4Africa Drive May 6, 7 & 8.  This promises to be a fantastic success – thanks to Ian, Rachelle and committee!  Remember to get your mobility devices to one of the drop off sites even if you will be gone for the weekend!  Debbie Aragon’s goal is to not need hers by then so she can give them to the drive – just in time!

 

Day of Caring on May 18th and Community Clean up Day on May 21st.   Tara  Weaver  passed around sign up sheets for both these service projects.    Here’s hoping that we have huge participation for these two days too!     

 

Ski Town Classic:  Karl Gills, Raffle Meister, explained the raffle portion of the event and that raffle tickets will be available for sale shortly!   Stay tuned for this one!

 

Club Directory:  Thanks Jeff Swoyer for publishing another of our coveted “yellow sheets!”    He will have them ready next week and attached to this newsletter is an electronic version!  

 

Important Dates:  Crutches4Africa Drive – May 6, 7, 8

                                Day of Caring (with United Way) – May 18

                                Clean Up Day – May 21

                                Ski Town Classic – June 10 – 11

                                Flower Barrels – June 14 (no meeting)_

 

PROGRAM:  Paul Hebert presented an update on our Kirkau School Project in Kenya.  Paul and his District 5440 team have been involved for several years in bringing this impactful project to life.  It is a part of the WASH initiative (Water,and Sanitation and Hygiene) for Rotary International.    Nearly 300 students have received the benefits of potable water, toilet facilities and hygiene education.   One goal for this project is to serve as a model for other projects, with the constant focus of sustainability through local community led efforts

 

This is a perfect example of not only “doing good in our world” but of leveraging our $6,000 from our club to the $52,000 that enabled this project to happen.  We very much appreciate the work and dedication of Paul and his wife, Mayling, and look forward to future updates!

 

GOOD NEWS:  Marci Valicenti and John Kuhn “tagged team” for Good News, having A Mother’s Day theme.  Thank you for a very nice round of news about mom’s and other things….and a special mom message from Glen Traylor, as this is “the last mother’s day for Steph without being a mom!”   Congratulations on this great news!  

 

See you next week for a Classification Talk from Jonathan Bishop and a summary report of our input at our Vaqueros meeting from Ellen.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Ellen Kendall, Club President