Portsmouth Rotary - Recap

 
 
The Rotary Club of Portsmouth
MONTHLY RECAP
 
Ramona Dow, Basic Needs Committee Chair, seems to be setting new participation records for her Peanut Butter Drive. The initiative aims to put a dent in the protein needs of seacoast residents who can’t otherwise afford to feed themselves adequately. The committee has designated an additional $500 dollars each to six local charities who will also benefit from peanut butter donations.
 
The club will give away more than $56,000 dollars in scholarship programs. Some $1,000 dollars is also slated for library books to teach English as a second language to the people of Kolkata, India. Closer to home, $600 dollars will be going to the Portsmouth Girls Softball Association.
 
President James recognized Rotarian Tom Decker who donated $5,000 dollars of his own money for hospital equipment in Tanzania. Tom’s birthday this month marked 39 years in Rotary.
 
 
Above left:  Ramona Dow, Basic Needs Committee Chair, and Above right: Rotarian Tom Decker
 
 
 
Bill Hurley (three), Dave Underhill (eight awards), Cleo Villaflores and Leonard Seagren (four)all received Paul Harris Awards.
 
Karen Kindle and Stephen Zadravic are new members to our club.
 
 
Pictured left to right: Rockingham Country Plainning Commssion Chair Cliff Sinnott; Vice President and Chief Strategy office of Wentorworth-Douglass Hospital Jeffrey Hughes, and acoustical-classical guitarist Matthew Lister.
 
Guest speakers for the period included Rockingham County Planning Commission Chair Cliff Sinnott. Sinnott also chaired the state-mandated Coastal Risks and Hazards Commission. Jeffrey Hughes, vice president and Chief Strategy Officer of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, spoke on that organizations amazing success. We marked a belated Valentine’s Day with a musical program performed by professional acoustical-classical guitarist Matthew Lister of Dover, N.H.
 
One historical footnote, a raging blizzard led to the February 9 meeting’s cancellation. It’s the first time in modern history that Mother Nature shut us down.