Carolyn Watson (Rotary Club of Hanover), Ron Bedell, Marilyn Bedell, Cameron Ford, Ahmad Haidari, Chris Haidari.
We are delighted Listen dinning all is OPEN!! We were asked to come back to make meals. The plan is for members of the Rotary Club of Lebanon to make a meal every month on the second Tuesday. Listen serves dinners six nights a week, anyone in the Upper Valley can come to LISTEN’s dinner hall in White River Junction, VT and receive a free meal. All are welcome! Our Club hasn't been able to volunteer since February 2019, and the start of the pandemic. We had a grand time making a spaghetti dinner for 60 guest.
Listen hopes to get back to pre-pandemic levels of guests soon. Spread the word that Listen if open for dinner!
One out of every ten Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center patients receives a blood transfusion. Blood suppliers across the United States are currently experiencing a critical shortage of red blood cells. As a level-1 trauma center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) is a primary receiver of blood products in the region. Denee will educate us about the importance of blood donations and how we/you might help.
July 28, 2021, is a fifth Thursday. The meeting this day is cancelled. Instead on:
July 31, 2021, Saturday at 4:30 PM we will gather at Tim and Anna Guaraldi's home in Newport for The President's Picnic. Charge: $10 to cover the cost of burgers, hot dogs and other picnic supplies. The rest of the meal will be potluck salads and desserts. Please let Bruce Pacht know if you plan to attend.
As members signed on to Zoom, we talked about the background picture being used by Bruce Pacht. He shared it was a bucolic scene from Lyme, New Hampshire on the day his motorcycle broke down near the Lyme Elementary School. He had a long wait for a ride, and decided it was too pretty of a day not to take some pictures while he waited for his son. This was his last ride on this bike. He now is the happy owner of a new bike.
Jim Damren shared that his boys are running hockey camps all over the Northeast. This made you editor think of all the years his boys were at camp as children...they are giving back to the next generation of hockey players.
12:01 – Marilyn rang the bell to bring the meeting to order.
President Hank Clarke welcomed everyone to the July 15, 2021 meeting of the Rotary Club of Lebanon; with at reminder that next week the first live meeting !!!!!!
Dave Crandall led us in recitation of the Four Way Test
Club Business and Announcements
In-Person Meetings/Meeting Schedule Changes
Reminder
THE ROTARY CLUB OF LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
WE MEET IN-PERSON AT HARVEST HILL STARTING JULY 22nd AT NOON
To keep us all as safe as possible Lebanon Rotary will require all those attending in-person meetings to be fully vaccinated. We will rely on Rotarians’ word that they are vaccinated, bearing in mind the 4-Way Test of the things we think, say, or do. If you plan to bring a guest, please make sure they have been vaccinated. Harvest Hill we require us to use a hand sanitizer station before entering the buffet line.
You should not attend an in-person meeting if you do not feel well – that is, if you have a fever, a cold, flu, Covid or other symptoms, or a contagious ailment.
At this moment in time, please bring old fashioned US cash or a check to cover the cost of the meal.
Listen Dinner — July 13, 2021
Marilyn Bedell gave an update on the Listen Dinner and the environmental changes in the dining hall:
See the picture at at the top of the page. Thanks to Ahmad, his wife Chris, Cameron, Ron, and Carolyn for helping with this dinner. It was fun working with all of you!
A lot of work has been done in the dining all room — repainted and new flooring, more spacing between tables. It is now a very welcoming place. The windows let in a lot of natural light.
The dinning hall community meals manger and chief cook is Larry Lowndes. He was most welcoming and fun to work with. He send all who worked on the dinner a thank you note.
People can begin eating as soon as they arrive at 4:30. It was nicely done, no waiting for anyone.
I know some will be shocked, but we didn't make meatloaf. We made a spaghetti dinner with garlic bread and set up a salad bar.
If someone preferred a take away meal, there were prepared dinners in the refrigerator. Guest could choose between pork fried rice, or BBQ chicken with mac and cheese +/- a salad
From now on, since the dining hall opens at 4:30 PM, at lease two crew members needs to arrive at 2:30 PM to start the main part of the meal. Others can then arrive as they are able, but the whole team should be their by 3:15 PM. Folks arriving later can help set up the salad bar by adding additional veggies and toppings. Other are needed to help with side dishes.
During the meal, 3 are needed for serving; one to monitor the salad bar; one to serve as a greeter/guest counter; and having a runner is helpful too.
We served about 60 dinners – Larry was happy with this. He believes the numbers will get back to pre-pandemic levels as individuals get to know they are now open of in-person dining.
There was never a long line of guest waiting for meals.
Meals are only served from 4:30 to 5:30 PM. The earlier start is to help those who need to get to Advance Transit to get home.
They have a very good dishwasher. Some clean-up was done by our volunteer team.
Our club board meetings will be on the same evening, but a member of the board could come and help with meal prep, and then leave to get home in time for the board meeting. Thus a board member might be able to be replaced by someone who can't leave work even earlier. Consider partnering with a board members to cover a shift.
If you are unable to help on the second Tuesday dinners, you can always sign up on Listen's volunteer web page and offer your help for other evenings too.
It was suggested that Larry come up with a wish-list of kitchen utensils that need to be added or replaced, and we might be able to supply some of them.
David Crandall reports that the committee is narrowing down the options for a 100th Anniversary project. They hope to have the ideas to us in a few weeks with cost estimates for each.
Brew Fest – September 4, 2021 Colburn Park
Hank Clarke gave us an update on Brew Fest.
The committee will begin formal meetings on Monday, July 19, 2021 at noon. If you want to be part of the group, let Hank know. A lot of pre-work has been done. Now it is time to make sure we have everything assigned to a committee member to oversee.
So far, only 19 people are signed up to volunteer. Set-up looks well-covered but we can use pourers especially for both the AM and PM. Please fill in the Doodle Poll even if you can't help on the Day of the event. We need to know how many members can help. If you know of someone who might like to support us by volunteering if you can't, get their names to Hank Clarke.
Q & A
John Yacavone — Bruce Bergeron said at one of our prior meetings that most of the beer vendors bring their own pourers. Jim believes he heard just the opposite at a later meeting. This will need to be clarified at the meeting on Monday.
Ernst Oidtmann — When can we start approaching sponsors with materials to hand them?
Hank: Jim Damren is handling this aspect. We will be better able to answer this after our meeting on Monday. If we are able to get our 2019 sponsors to support us again, we have sponsor banners we can hang up.
Again.....Brew Fest committee meets via Zoom at noon on Monday. Email Marilyn Bedell for the Zoom link if you are able to be part of the planning team.
President's Picnic at Tim and Anna Guaraldi's Home in Newport, NH (RAIN or SHINE)
Please RSVP either yes or no. If you last name begins with the letter from A to J, please bring a salad; if you last name begins with K to Z, bring a dessert. Main gathering will be at 4:30 PM but you are welcome to come early to swim, fish, target shoot (but bring your own ammo.) Bill Secord is hoping the ATV will be off limits to Linda this year. Cost $10 to cover cost of hamburgers and hotdogs, and other picnic supplies. Dave Crandall will serve as sergeant-at-arms. Bring old fashioned US dollars or a check.
Anything else for the good of the club? Happy Thoughts/concerns
Rudy Fedrizzi’s has been taking some 3-day weekends with Covid’s diminishing in Vermont. He found a box of “Shark Week” videos which he’s wondering whether or not to watch before going to Cape Cod this weekend. There is the link to the Jaws theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BePfzCOMRZQ
Ernst Oidtmann — I’ve been exiled to Duxbury VT. Today’s my granddaughter Luna’s 2nd birthday. While kayaking, he saw people swimming in the Bay. It’s too sunny and warm for him to show us what it looks like. He will bring his grandchildren to our meeting next week to present them with the Paul Harris Fellowships.
Ron Bedell — He will be presenting Paul Harris Fellowship pins that have accumulated over the past year to PHF recipients who’ve earned them. We are now #2 in the District for total donations to the Rotary Foundation.
John Yacavone — Asked about leftover auction items from the golf tournament...when will they be up for auction at our meeting? Hank thinks Bruce Bergeron has the items and he’s on vacation. Ron Bedell wondered if we could consider auctioning off the golf items at the Brew Fest. Cindy would make up sheets for a Silent Auction if we go that route.
Quechee Hot Air Balloon insert is now seeking ads. It comes out one week before the Brewfest. Committee will discuss on Monday at noon.
Tim Guaraldi has a sad dollar – Andrew Sigler has been a client of Tim’s for many years died this past week. Tim as fond memories of Andrew coming in and pay his premium. He would then stay and talk with Tim for 20 minutes. Tim will miss those conversations. He then shared that his daughter’s pregnancy is going well — aiming toward November for his 4th grandchild.
Rudy is confused by the Rotary motto. He looked it up and believes we have been saying it incorrectly. See information below. You editor made a correction, and added some Rotary History about our mottos.
12:39 PM – Meeting adjourned with bell ringing and recitation of our motto “They Profit Most Who Serve Best” which is incorrect. Oops. See below.
One Profits Most Who Serve the Best
or
Service Above Self
Rudy Fedrizzi shared he had done some research about Rotary's Motto. You editor stands corrected. This is what Marilyn Bedell found on the RI web site. We have two mottos, Service Above Self and One Profits Most Who Serves Best, Rotary’s official mottoes, can be traced back to the early days of the organization.
In 1911, the second Rotary convention, in Portland, Oregon, USA, approved He Profits Most Who Serves Best as the Rotary motto. The wording was adapted from a speech that Rotarian Arthur Frederick Sheldon delivered to the first convention, held in Chicago the previous year. Sheldon declared that “only the science of right conduct toward others pays. Business is the science of human services. He profits most who serves his fellows best.”
The Portland gathering also inspired the motto Service Above Self. During an outing on the Columbia River, Ben Collins, president of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, talked with Seattle Rotarian J.E. Pinkham about the proper way to organize a Rotary club, offering the principle his club had adopted: Service, Not Self. Pinkham invited Rotary founder Paul Harris, who also was on the trip, to join their conversation. Harris asked Collins to address the convention, and the phrase Service, Not Self was met with great enthusiasm
At the 1950 Rotary International Convention in Detroit, Michigan, USA, two slogans were formally approved as the official mottoes of Rotary: He Profits Most Who Serves Best and Service Above Self. The 1989 Council on Legislation established Service Above Self as the principal motto of Rotary because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service. He Profits Most Who Serves Best was modified to They Profit Most Who Serve Best in 2004 and to its current wording, One Profits Most Who Serves Best, in 2010. From https://www.rotary.org/en/rotary-mottoes
Members at the meeting:
Marilyn Bedell
Ron Bedell
Hank Clarke
David Crandall
Jim Damren
Rudy Fedrizzi
Ed Friedman
Tim Guaraldi
Cindy Jerome
Will Koppenheffer
Ernst Oidtmann
Bruce Pacht
Rich Wallace
Cal Wolfe
John Yacavone
Upcoming Service Projects and Fund Raisers
Listen Community Dinners on August 10th.
We can resume preparing meals for the Listen Community Dinners on July 13th. Start time 2:30 PM. At least two people need to arrive at 2:30. Others can then arrive between 2:30 and 3:15 PM. Need at least 5 to volunteer per dinner. Six makes an even better team.
Rotary Invitation From Northern NH Rotary Clubs to Clean Up Pinkham Notch, July 24th
Nexus @ Lebanon Opera House
Reminder: We will be a $2,500 sponsor for this event. Thanks to Rich Wallace's work, our donation of $2,500 should be well-represented in the promotional materials being developed for the festival.
From the Lebanon Opera House Web Page:
Mark your calendar! Friday, August 13–Sunday, August 15
Things feel a bit different. It could be the longer, warmer days. It could be the increase in vaccinations (an important factor in our eventual reopening) coupled with a decrease in COVID restrictions. Either way, we are at a crossroads.
Inspired by the idea of literal and metaphorical crossroads, Lebanon Opera House proudly presents the FREE Nexus Music and Arts Festival in and around Colburn Park, extending to the pedestrian mall and the revitalized rail trail tunnel. Outdoor performances from regional touring artists, LOH’s community arts partners, and student-artists will be featured alongside displays of public art and al fresco dining—flashes of creativity and community at every turn. Necessarily, planning is being done with public health measures in mind.
We see Nexus as an important leadership opportunity; a chance to thank those who support LOH and the greater Lebanon arts community. A chance to demonstrate the impact of the arts on our local economy. Mark your calendar and plan to join the chorus of supporters who believe that the arts are worth celebrating!
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, this family-friendly event is FREE and open to all. Please consider your own tax-deductible gift in support of Nexus. As a nonprofit organization, we acknowledge that every dollar raised makes a difference.
Brew Fest 2021 — September 4, 2021 (Saturday of Labor Day Weekend)
Planning underway for Brew Fest 2021. Save the date to be there to help with this fundraiser. Sign up at:
Ernst Oidtmann announce that Mascoma River Clean-up will be on September 25 is the date of the biennial Mascoma River Clean-up which will take place in concert with the Connecticut River Clean-up.
Rotary’s second virtual convention highlights accomplishment in polio, progress toward ending COVID-19
by Ryan Hyland
Thousands of people experienced friendship and fun at Rotary International’s second straight virtual convention. The event, held 12-16 June 2021, was conducted online after the convention originally planned for Taipei, Taiwan, was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than 11,000 people registered for the robust program that included more than 20 guest speakers, informational and inspiring breakout sessions, the interactive House of Friendship, and a variety of engaging virtual activities and entertainment.
During the opening general session, Rotary International President Holger Knaack acknowledged that he was worried about how successful his presidency would be, since he couldn’t visit clubs and projects and provide encouragement and support due to travel restrictions. “But what seemed like a problem turned out to be an advantage,” he said. “By visiting clubs online, I could be everywhere, every day.”
Knaack talked about how rewarding it was to be able to visit clubs and districts around the world in just one day. “In a virtual environment, I could visit a dozen Rotary clubs a week and participate in their projects. It was exciting and rewarding. And I was so proud of the work you did in such difficult times,” he said.
“The pandemic continues to bring great devastation and, for far too many, a very sad ending for people important to us,” Knaack said. “We must continue to honor those who have passed and do whatever we can to bring this devastation to an end as soon as possible.”
Despite the challenges of the past year, Knaack also highlighted successes, including the historic announcement that the World Health Organization’s African region had been declared free of the wild poliovirus. He encouraged Rotary to build on that positive news by staying focused on our commitment to ending polio worldwide. Until early May of this year, he said, just two cases of wild poliovirus were reported worldwide. Wild poliovirus is still circulating in only two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan.
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gave a video address to online attendees, crediting Rotary for continuing to focus on polio. “When COVID-19 struck, you didn’t abandon your vision of a polio-free world,” he said. “You redoubled your efforts.”
In a virtual environment, I could visit a dozen Rotary clubs a week and participate in their projects. It was exciting and rewarding.
— RI President Holger Knaack
“The pandemic has highlighted that unprepared and underserved communities anywhere are a threat to health everywhere. Rotarians know this,” Tedros added. “And I want you to know that your investment in public health will inspire future generations to live up to your motto of Service Above Self.”
Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, gave an update on COVID-19 vaccines and spoke about the importance of restoring access to routine vaccinations that were disrupted by the pandemic.
Berkley said 14 COVID-19 vaccines have been approved around the world and more than 1.4 billion people have been vaccinated in the “largest and most complex vaccine development deployment in history.” Gavi is co-leading COVAX, a worldwide initiative aimed at establishing equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. By the beginning of next year, Berkley said, more than 1.8 billion doses of the vaccine should be available to people living in the 92 lowest-income countries that otherwise would have limited or no access to the vaccine.
But COVID-19 vaccines aren’t the end of the story.
“Now with COVID-19 vaccines flowing, it’s going to be critical to maintain hard-won gains in immunization,” Berkley said, “to recover from the disruptions caused by COVID-19 and achieve even more by leaving no one behind in any situation or at any stage of life.”
He added, “As a valued partner of Gavi, Rotary International will play a key role in all this.”
Other convention guests and speakers included:
Dr. Bruce Aylward, a senior adviser to the WHO director-general
Eliud Kipchoge, an Olympic gold medalist and marathon world-record holder
Vanessa Nakate, a climate activist and founder of the Rise Up Movement
Anna Rosling Rönnlund, vice president of the Gapminder foundation
Sanj Srikanthan, the CEO of ShelterBox
The general sessions were hosted by Mark Wright, a news anchor and Rotary member.
Entertainment included performances by The Filharmonic, an a cappella group featured in the hit movie Pitch Perfect 2; the Hiplet Ballerinas, a hip-hop and classical ballet fusion group; Idris Goodwin, a breakbeat poet and a United States Artists Fellow; and DDC Breakdance, a Germany-based dance group.
Convention attendees participated in virtual activities that included a cooking class, a trivia challenge, a dance party, a virtual photo booth, and a 5K walk to raise funds to end polio.
Rotary International Convention in Houston Texas 2022
RI Convention June 4-8, 2022 in Houston TX
Ron again announce that the Rotary International Convention will be in Houston. Read more by clicking here Registration fee until 15 December will be $475.
Changes coming to our meeting Schedule starting July 22, 2021!
We will be meeting every Thursday.
The First and Third Thursday at 12 Noon via Zoom
&
The Second and Forth Thursday at Noon in the Dwinell Room at Harvest Hill on the Campus of Alice Peck Day Hospital
We will still have Zoom meetings on July 1, 8 and 15, 2021 at Noon
For in person meetings we ask that you only come if you have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19
Cost $10 to cover cost of hamburgers and hotdogs, and other picnic supplies. Dave Crandall will serve as sergeant-at-arms. Bring old fashioned US dollars or a check.
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