Pres Dennis opened this last February meeting before spring happens next week! We ignored the wet, cool noon and wished all those members in warmer southern climes our very very best wishes! At least Judy finally returned from extended weeks in Cabo San Lucas with good stories and a great tan!

Our speakers were from the OSS Global Awareness Club. Natasha Schroeter, a sponsoring teacher and two students Kayla Turnbull  and Shelby Schroeter spoke on the club and their activities. The club has 15 members and has been active for 5 years in the school... their mantra is to 'Think Globally-Live Locally'.  They were so close to finalizing plans to go to Cuba to observe rural schools and the environmental and social issues they are facing but unfortunately their plans did not materialize. Fundraising is through Halloween for Hunger (they collect tinned food instead of treats), penny drives and an interesting dinner taking place April 8 where 100 guests representing the world's population attend and in reflecting that, 5 of them are drawn receive a 1st class dinner, 12 eat a 2nd class dinner and the remaining 83 representing the poor sit on mats and eat a rice and lentil dinner. The club addresses issues like bullying and diversity and fair trade and promote themselves in several multi-cultural days. Their current project takes place around Mother's Day and focuses on the micro wave issues. A good presentation and separately, Shelby identified herself as an eager candidate for our outbound exchange program next year!

The Coyotes are on a 3-1 role over Princeton but if they lose tonight away, we will need to staff the beer garden tomorrow night...Brian will let us know. 

Brian won the 50/50....always suspect when the organizer wins but we are patient!