There are 50 Rotary Clubs and 24 Rotaract Clubs in Ukraine.
At Rotary, we are deeply concerned by the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and the escalating loss of life and humanitarian hardship there. Continued military action against Ukraine will not only devastate the region, but also risk spreading tragic consequences across Europe and the world. (Read More Below)
We will meet only by Zoom on Thursdays at noon until case number decrease to a point where we can safely meeting in the Dwinell Room. We hope to be back at at Harvest Hill by March 31, 2022 or April 7, 2022. Stay tuned to updates.
March 10, 2022, Noon, Round 2 Rotary Speech Contest (Note there will be a special Zoom Link for this meeting.
March 17, 2022, Noon, President's Meeting
March 24, 2022, Noon on Zoom, Susan LaMontagne will speak about her Adventures in the Arts and on Broadway.
Susan Lamontagnestarted dancing at the age of 3 like so many. Her training includes, Classical Ballet, Jazz (Mu. Theater plus others), Modern and tap. She has trained in NY, Japan as well as many other places. Her 22 year professional performing career included Broadway, National and International Tours, including Fosse (Original B’way co), CATS, West Side Story, Starlight Express and the NY Metropolitan Opera’s The Merry Widow to name a few favorites.
March 31, 2022, 11:45 AM, In Person Meeting at SNAX, A Celebration of Service to Rotary (Note this meeting may be moved to Harvest Hill... the Board will decide at their meeting next week)
April 28, 2022 , Noon on Zoom – Joe Major, Executive Director at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center
Joe Major is a 20+ year veteran of the health and wellness industry. He comes to UVAC from Sport Fit tennis club in Bowie, Maryland. A graduate of Howard University, Joe has managed ten clubs during his career. He has been responsible for such clubs as the Chevy Chase Athletic Club, the Downtown Athletic Club in Miami and West End Executive Club in Washington, D.C. Joe also served as the district manager for the Western New York region of World Gym. Joe, a native of Buffalo, loves golf and was an all conference tennis player while at Howard University
Board of Directors Meeting — Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5 PM (NEW TIME AND DAY)
Moorings
We welcomed back Paul Tierney from his long-term medical leave...and he is feeling much better. We then tried to help him fix a Zoom issue that arose.
Phil Bush, our returning member joined us today, and was teasingly asked if Jim Damren prodded him to return with a hockey stick. He replied that his energetic dog that caused him to have a conversation with Jim. This lead to Jim encouraging him to return.
Ernst Oidtmann told us he had a growth (leukoplakia) beneath his tongue removed yesterday.
Cindy Jermone called in from her car on her way to Dummerston. She closes on the sale of her Enfield condo next week.
Ron Bedell had his first cataract surgery this morning and felt well enough to join us for the meeting. He arrived a DHMC at 6:20 AM and was home before 9 AM. He received great care from the ophthalmology team at the Outpatient Surgical Center. His eye patch was a clear plastic, so hard to make pirate joke...ARRRRR.
Meeting review:
12:02 p.m. – Secretary Marilyn rang the Club’s bell; President Hank Clarke brought the meeting to order.
President Hank welcomed Phil Bush back to the club. He is a former member of Lebanon-Riverside. Jim Damren spoke to Phil about becoming involved again and so here he is! Paul Tierney has returned from a medical leave of absence. Jimmy Brock is a regular as far as we are concerned, not a guest.
Jimmy volunteered to recite the Four-Way Test of the things we Think, Say or Do. He was EXCELLENT!!
22 folks have signed on to this meeting; special welcome to Jean Wulpern as well.
We then covered a variety of Club business.
Club Business
Upcoming Projects
Listen Community Dinners – They are resuming in April. Go to the sign-up page at Listen’s website. 2nd Tuesday in April is Lebanon Rotary’s first opportunity.
Our Club will be back to doing meals on even months beginning in April. Sign up to help on the Listen Web Page.
Here is the information we got from Larry Lowndes, Community Dinner Manager:
Your team is keeping the same calendar date - the 2nd Tuesday of even months. So that's April 12th. We just ask now that individuals of your team sign up for each cook-date they plan on attending. This helps us with reporting requirements.
Previously, we have not asked team members to do this. Now however, your registering for events will greatly help us organize, relieve back-end data entry, help facilitate monthly reporting, and will allow us, if necessary, to provide Covid contact tracing. When you arrive at the dining hall, you'll need to punch-in when you arrive and punch-out when you leave. The kiosk is right where you hang your belongings, in the 'Dry Storage" room by the dishwasher.
Please visit the webpage created exclusively for your team at http://vhub.at/lebrotbefore your next visit. We recommend bookmarking it in your web browser and using the address to access your account. It will save you and us time. Also, please consider sharing the link with other members (or potential members) of your team.
Once on your team's webpage, you will see the dates that your team is registered for. If you personally plan on attending any of the events, click the “Sign Up” button next to the dates (or cancel events that you can no longer attend). At that point you'll be asked to set up your account if you haven't done so already. Be sure when asked to click the checkbox stating that you are interested in the Community Dining Hall.
If you are already registered on Volunteerhub, be sure to update your Listen 'affiliations'. You'll find them after you sign in, on the upper right when you click on your name. By doing so, you can find classes and other information.
If you have any questions, please contact Larry Lowndes.
As always, thank you for your support and all you do for Listen Community Services!
Best regards,
Larry
Food Drives for Listen – Tim Guaraldi: We have 3/19, Saturday, and 4/30, Saturday reserved. Both will be at the Lebanon Coop at Centerra. Bill Secord will set up a Doodle for 9 am -1 pm with 2 folks plus Tim needed during each shift.
Styrofoam Collection – April 16, behind Jake’s Coffee Shop from 9-11 am.
Event Details: Saturday, April 16, 2022, 9-11 am behind Jake’s Coffee, 227 Mechanic Street, Lebanon, NH
2022 Foam Collection Day in Lebanon
Lebanon, NH
Sustainable Lebanon is once again partnering with the Lebanon Rotary Club to offer a polystyrene (Styrofoam) collection day on Saturday, April 16, from 9 - 11 am at 227 Mechanic Street in Lebanon (behind Jake’s Coffee). The event will take place rain or shine.
Various types of foam will be collected for recycling, including polystyrene #6 (EPS), polyethylene #4 (EPE), and #6 XPS insulation board foam which will be driven to a recycling facility in Massachusetts. This includes packaging foam used for TVs, computers, and appliances, as well as foam coolers. Food service foam, including clean food containers and egg cartons will be collected and recycled separately. We ask that all tape and labels be removed and all foam is clean, dry, and free of food residue or other debris.
PLEASE NOTE: Foam peanuts should be brought directly to the UPS Store at True Value Hardware in Hanover.
Additional information shared about Styrofoam:
Marilyn is working with DG Mike Carrier and two other DGs that cover clubs in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, and Cindy Heath to broaden the collection opportunities with other Rotary Club in Northern New England. There’s a company in NJ that renders Styrofoam into ingots (using a “densifier”) the ingots may be stacked using far less space than the raw Styrofoam until one has enough for a tractor-trailer. Perhaps the Gilford Sanitation Dept could be a hub for collection and ingot-forming. Apparently, there’s a company in Quebec that may be using these ingots as home insulation. There’s another firm in MA turning Styrofoam into picture frames which, when done, can be re-densified!! Marilyn is learning more about Styrofoam than she ever envisioned learning.
Phil Bush: Phil is also a member of Sustainable Lebanon. He reported that the last time, we accepted a lot of stuff that wasn’t recycled and is now resting in a member’s cellar. The news releases this time will LIST things that are acceptable. As to the trade-off between the fossil fuels moving the Styrofoam—Phil reports that it’s still a net gain to do the recycling.
Paul Tierney: Are we tied into any of the really big users, like the medical facilities? Marilyn is speaking to D-H and Cindy is talking with the others.
Phil Bush: He shared that Sustainable Lebanon has hired Jennifer Grant to be its part-time program manager.
Paul: Have we spoken to the Hartford and Norwich waste folks to try and remove Styrofoam from their flow? Marilyn: Initially, we are working with individuals and setting up systems to deal with higher volumes.
Ahmad: I reached out to Lebanon’s Solid Waste group. They recommended that we use the high school as a collection location. They would be willing to talk with us about what they are looking at in terms of overall solid waste, electricity generation, etc. Marilyn will pass along the information to Jane Mason for a possible program and will also mention the information to Cindy Heath.
Rise Against Hunger – Friday, April 22; Mascoma Valley Regional High School.
Truck arrives 10:30 am; packaging starts at noon. Rotarians may come whenever they want,
Fundraisers
Poker Room – John Yacavone
TROUBLE!! Someone else besides John Yacavone has to get fingerprints taken – his were rejected!! The dates will have to be changed from what we had scheduled. John will pursue next steps. Now we all want to know why John didn't pass the fingerprint test.
Golf tournament – Ed Friedman
We are in full search mode for sponsors and teams. Reach out to your friends, associates and businesses to increase the sponsorships. Ed will distribute forms for solicitation. Tournament is May 26 at Eastman. Volunteers are needed especially to help with break down – too many of us disappear at the end, so this year, let’s have more than just Ed, Bruce Bergeron, Marilyn and Ron. Break down tents, tables, etc.
Jimmy’s granddaughter graduates from Princeton on May 24. It’s likey that family celebrations will preclude Jimmy’s ability to be with us.
Brew Fest, September 3 — Hank Clark
One meeting of the committee so far. Next meeting perhaps at the end of March. We bought 1,000 glasses, so we won’t run out. Will K is dealing City approvals; Hank with the state. John is working on entertainment and food trucks. We won’t put a push on sponsors/advertisers for this event until after the golf tournament in May. Hank feels the only way we’ll make money is with more advertisers and sponsors. We are thinking of running off copies of last year’s programs to use as advertising enticements.
John: We had 522 participants last year. We ran out of everything but beer.
JoAnne: Will we have posters? John: Yes, Bruce B is taking care of that.
Hank: Tickets will say “Admit One.”: Electronic tickets will be ONLY one for $30 and not two for $50. Also, NO REFUNDS.
Paul: Have we though of inviting Suellen Griffin back for the day? Hank: She had other commitments last year. She was a good help to us as a consultant. Marilyn: She remains on the newsletter list and continues to read it.
Hank says we’re probably going to need more volunteers than we had last year.
Next session is VIRTUAL: Saturday Mar-12-2022 from 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Contact: David Saturley - Site Chair
dsaturley@gmail.com
Cost is $25.00; ROTARIANS TAKING PART I WILL BE REIMBURSED BY LEBANON ROTARY
Other virtual sessions: March 19 and April 9: In-person: Bourne, MA, March 26
SPEECH CONTEST ROUND 2 – Virtual starting at 11:45, Thursday, March 10. Lebanon, Hanover, Randolph and Randolph Sunrise Clubs each have a contestant. John Hochreiter has found 3 non-Rotarian judges. Watch your emails to see the special Zoom coordinates – Assistant Governor John Hochreiter is setting up this round. All four clubs need to be notified.
Cover — Ahmad Haudari:
Ahmad Has a neighbor who writes grants for COVER. He asked about grant from our Club to support Cover.
HankClarke: We’ve given labor in the past and would be receptive to a request for funds.
Bruce Pacht will send Ahmad a Project Request Form.
Meeting ended at 12:55 pm with our Rotary Motto
One Profits Most Who Serves Best
Upcoming meetings:
Board of Directors Meeting — Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 5 PM (NEW TIME AND DAY) Any member can attend, let Marilyn Bedell know if you would like the link to the meeting.
Happy Thoughts/Concerns
John Yacavone: Letter from APD’s new development director in charge “Smile” (a dental program for underserved kids) will be going too Hank and Bruce. John remembers it and endorses our participation.
Cindy Jerome: A fellow Rotarian, Rudy and I, doing a mental health trip to Barbados leaving Saturday for a week. Time for "toes in the water."
Paul Tierney: Has a $10 update. My son, Ryan has moved to Denver where his wife’s parents live. My two granddaughters (27 months old) are identical twins — incredibly active and fun. Ryan bought a house out there; sold his house in Oakland in 3 days. One bid with no conditions and a huge deposit – he made a ton of money on the sale. He is still with Apple – convinced the higher-ups to retain him during a huge project. Michelle, his wife is pregnant with a 3rd child due June 1. Carol plans to head out after school finishes. They were here in July for almost a month which was terrific.
Tim Guaraldi: I will pay a $5 fine to know why John’s fingerprints were rejected.
Hank Clarke brags: After complaining for several years, we had heat pumps installed so we won’t be suffering with humidity like we have in the past. It’s a ductless system, says Hank.
Marion Steiner: Back from North Carolina, dealt with snow in Boston. Arrived 12:30 AM Saturday, instead of 11 PM on Friday. Got to see grandbabies for the first time in 6 years.
Dave Crandall went ice fishing at Lake Winnipesauke with his son. Caught and released several fish. Check out Dave’s Facebook page for pictures.
Paul Tierney: What is T-N doing at Ledyard in Norwich?
Ed Friedman: They are doing renovations and making it code-compliant. Unsure who owns the building. T-N will be working next at the branch in Hanover.
Car Wash Winner
March 3, 2022: Phil Bush
The original winner was Paul Tierney, but since he admitted he doesn't wash is car, he gave it to Phil Bush.
Members at the meeting:
Marilyn Bedell
Ron Bedell
Dean Cashman
Hank Clarke
Dave Crandall
Jim Damren
Ed Friedman
Joy Gobin
Tim Guaraldi
Ahmad Haiardi
Cindy Jerome
Will Koppenheffer
JoAnn Lemieux
Jane Mason
Ernst Oidtmann
Bruce Pacht
Phil Rentz
Bill Secord
Marion Steiner
Paul Tierney
Rich Wallace
Jean Wulpren
John Yacavone
Returning Member — Phil Bush
Jimmy Brock — Rotary Club of Hamilton, Bermuda
Upcoming Service Projects and Fund Raisers
Hold the following dates for 2022
Listen Community Dinners to Begin Again, April 12, 2022!!
Styrofoam Collection — Next Collection being planned for Saturday, April 16, 2022, 9 AM to 11 AM
Mascoma and Lebanon Interact - Feed America Event — April 29
"It is a tragic and sad time for the people of Ukraine and the world.
At Rotary, we are deeply concerned by the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and the escalating loss of life and humanitarian hardship there. Continued military action against Ukraine will not only devastate the region, but also risk spreading tragic consequences across Europe and the world.
As one of the world’s largest humanitarian organizations, we have made peace the cornerstone of our global mission. We join the international community in calling for an immediate cease fire, withdrawal of Russian forces, and a restoration of diplomatic efforts to resolve this conflict through dialogue.
In the past decade, Rotary clubs in Ukraine, Russia and nearby countries have transcended national differences and have actively engaged in peace-building projects to promote goodwill and to marshal assistance for the victims of war and violence. Today, our thoughts are with our fellow Rotary members and others in Ukraine coping with these tragic events. Rotary International will do everything in its power to bring aid, support and peace to the region."
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From a recent communication from RIVP Valarie Wafer on the ongoing emergency in Ukraine:
In response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, the Rotary Foundation has made available the Disaster Response Fund as the main avenue for contributions.
All donations made online at Disaster Response Fund | My Rotary, including the use of available district designated funds (DDF), need to be received by April 30, 2022. Grant applications to take advantage of the funds will be available now through June 30, 2022. This will be the main avenue for Rotary Foundation support, but Rotary and Rotaract clubs are also encouraged to create their own responses to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
In addition to the support provided through the Disaster Response Fund, the Foundation is coordinating with partners and regional leaders, exploring effective solutions to the increased humanitarian needs. You will find a comprehensive list of projects at this link, with the contact details and websites.
Through Rotary’s SHARE system, Rotary districts share in the decision-making process by choosing which Rotary Foundation programs they wish to support and participate in. The SHARE system is the mechanism by which Rotary Foundation funding is distributed worldwide. Through the SHARE system, contributions to The Rotary Foundation are transformed into both District Designated Funds (DDF) — the funds your district can allocate — and to the World Fund — the funds the Trustees allocate. By giving to either Annual Fund-SHARE or Endowment Fund-SHARE we support both local and international efforts!
You can help our district and support amazing projects by giving to the Annual Fund – SHARE designation.
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.
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