First and Third Thursday at Noon @ Harvest Hill's Dwinell Room
Second and Forth Thursdays at Noon on Zoom
Fifth Thursdays...President's Choice
GET YOUR SPEAKER IDEAS TO STEVE WHITMAN.
Upcoming Programs
September 22, (Zoom) — THIS MEETING IS CANCELLED, Our President's Picnic will be the meeting this week
SATURDAY, September 24, 2022 — President's Picnic at Tim and Anna Guaraldi's home in Newport at 3 PM
September 29, 5th Thursday, No Meeting, instead we will meeting on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 5 PM at Riverside Park and meeting with Fellowship of Motorcycling Rotarians from Italy at 5 PM.
October, 6, 2022, In Person at Harvest Hill — Dr. Jennifer L. Scott, PsyD, ABPP Executive Director, Southern Vermont AHEC
October — World Polio Day is October 24th We will have a program about PolioPlus
November, November is Rotary Foundation Month. We will have a program about the Foundation
Our speaker to day was Ryan Sinclair who helped us celebrate youth service. Ryan is a middle school teacher at Cardigan Mountain School and a former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar who studied in Grenoble France from 2006 to 2008,
Prior to the start of his presentation, we took time to celebrate the four students from Lebanon High School who attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Award conference at Northern Vermont University in Lyndonville, VT in June 2022. The students who attended RYLA are:
Aavarika Niroula
Nicole Suckow
Kathryn Herring
Nicholas Enger
Nicholas, Aavarika, Nicole and Kathyrn
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is provides student an intensive leadership experience over a weekend. It is organized by our Rotary District. The goal is to help participants develop their skills as a leader while having fun and making connections.
Our Rotary District provides rising Juniors to connect with leaders in our region to:
Build communication and problem-solving skills
Discover strategies for becoming a dynamic leader in your school or community
Learn from community leaders, inspirational speakers, and peer mentors
Unlock your potential to turn motivation into action
Have fun and form lasting friendships
This conference is planned by former RYLArians under the supervision of Rotarians from various clubs in our District.
We heard from each student who reflected on the experience. The conference was described as amazing, unique and impactful. We learned that they:
prepared 20,000 meals for Feeding America;
performed or supported a talent show that encouraged them to step out of the comfort zone in a variety of ways;
participated in a variety of leadership experiences that brought out the best in each participants...they were encouraged to be their best;
developed relationships with others from around our region, and a few now have new friends in VT, NH and Quebec;
gained insight into their leadership style, and how different styles can be complimentary.
Nicholas Enger
Nicole Suckow
Kathryn Herring
Aavarika Niroula
Thanks for representing Lebanon High School and the Rotary Club of Lebanon.
Ryan Sinclair is a middle school teacher at Cardigan Mountain School. He is originally from a small town in Ontario, Kirkland Lake (population under 8,000. according to Wikipedia. On the web, I also learned that Kirkland Lakes is famous for developing hockey players.
Ryan Sinclair
One of his first memories of Rotary, besides his mother being a Rotarian, was playing for the Rotary Hockey Hounds 1982. He shared that his mother, also a teacher, taught him about the importance of service early in his childhood. She would take him and his brother on meal deliveries to elders in their community. In the beginning he remembers it as time to have fights with his brother in the car, but as time went by, both started to look forward to seeing the elders they were helping each week.
He came to Dartmouth in 1988 as an athletic scholar. He came to play hockey. He is a member of the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Ryan had an opportunity to go to Soweto during his senior year. To do this, he would have to leave the hockey team prior to the end of the season. He struggled to make the decision. He shared that he talked to his teammates, and they encouraged him to go to South Africa. This decision was a transformative decision. It set him on a new path upon graduation. He made a decision to become a teacher and started teaching at Cardigan Mountain School. He began dreaming about ways he could help students learn more about the importance of cultural diversity and the importance of travel.
During this time, he had opportunities to meet with John and Katie Manchester. John was a dynamic Hanover Rotarian, and he suggested that Ryan explore applying for a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. John felt that going to France for graduate education in business would help him find a way to make international trips for students possible. Especially students who may not have the means to take an international trip.
Sinclair was selected to be Rotary District 7850's Ambassadorial Scholar from 2006-2008. He attended that Grenoble Graduate School of Business. His cohort in Grenoble was 130 students and represented 60 different nationality. It provided him an opportunity to appreciate how our national upbringing can influence how we approach education.
As a scholar he had an opportunity to visit Rotary Clubs and has fond memories of these experiences.
While in Grenoble, he found a Muslim School that was nearby. It was a school in need, and he found time to work with the kids playing sports and then he became a volunteer teacher. It was another opportunity for him to serve others.
He returned to the USA, and has continued to teach at Cardigan Mountain School. He stayed true to his commitment to develop a program to support students with minimal resources to travel internationally. He developed IVY Leader and started by taking 8 students to South Africa. Since then the program has grown, though he has slowed down a little as he has two young children at home, so trips in the summer are now down to one rather than two or three.
Ivy Leader stared in 2008 Click here to view a video about the program.
From the IVY Leader Web page:
Ivy Leader is a leadership-development program for students that combine training at Dartmouth College with domestic and international service learning opportunities.
The Ivy Leader Advantage for Students:
Receive specialized attention with a low student-to-teacher ratio.
Stand out in interviews and essays during the college admissions process.
Earn community service hours while becoming a global citizen.
Make a positive impact on people’s lives by engaging in community-service projects.
Create meaningful friendships with students from top schools around the country.
IVY Leader believe in…The principle that leadership can be taught, practiced, and learned.
Leadership is an academic discipline that is being taught in all business schools, but has expanded into high school and middle school curricula. Our students will receive lectures from top professors on finding one’s own leadership style, critical thinking, innovation, presentation and public speaking skills, and developing good communication skills. Students will practice these newly acquired tools while working on group projects, volunteering on community service projects, and by participating in leadership activities.
Working in a small group setting.
All programs run in small groups with two student leaders, and three adult trip leaders. In such a small group, students will be able to contribute in lectures, actively participate in leadership activities, and build strong group dynamics. Students are given the opportunity to step out of their comfort zones and get to know each other, and themselves, more intimately than they would in a larger group.
The advantage of learning on an elite college campus.
Having access to Dartmouth’s resources such as professors, alumni, current students, classrooms, dormitories, and dining facilities allows our students to truly experience life at an Ivy League school. This setting allows our student strive for academic excellence, supports independence of thought, and promotes a culture of collaboration.
Ryan position at Cardigan Mountain now includes the following roles:
Conflict Resolution/Negotiation Teacher
Director Community Service
Director Off-Campus and International Programs
Director Global Community Initiative (Increase Global IQ)
Coach, Dorm Parent, Advisor
Points that Ryan shared with our RYLArians:
The path to leadership can begin through service.
Our RYLA program is a unique program teaching leadership skills that often aren't learned in high school.
He truly believes that One Profits Most Who Serves Best
Service is a skill you must learn and practice
It is important to learn about other cultures, our similarities and differences
A passion for travel is a good thing to develop and to take advantage of opportunities to travel.
Through and activity call "Think, Pair, Share" we each had moments to reflect with a partner our first memory of Rotary, and trips we have taken that have had an impact on our lives.
I believe we all left with a renewed sense of the importance of service to our community and to the world.
The following three books will be going to the Kilton Library in honor of our speakers:
At the Pond by David Elliott; illus. by Amy Schimler-Safford
A lyrical narration and breathtaking illustrations transport us to the world of a pond with all its sights, sounds, and pulsing life.
The red-winged blackbird spreads his tail and sings his hello morning song; he has sung it since the bright and misty world began.
When the soft pink of the dawn sun starts peeking over the pond, a new day has begun for all the animals who live in it and around its watery edges. The friendly duck family, the mysterious water striders, and the busy beaver are a few of the many fascinating and familiar animals included in this glowing poetic tribute to the lively ecosystem of the pond. A companion to In the Sea, In the Wild, On the Farm, and In the Woods, At the Pond brings readers to the pond’s sun-dappled shores, pairing David Elliott’s witty and enchanting animal poems with Amy Schimler-Safford’s luminous and evocative scenes of pond life. Back matter notes about the animals and plants will further captivate young nature lovers.
The Tide Pool Waits by Candace Fleming; illus. by Amy Hevron
Dive into the rich ecology of tide pools and watch a hidden world spring in this masterful nonfiction picture book for very young readers.
Twice a day when the tide goes out, an astonishing world is revealed in the tide pools that form along the Pacific Coast.
Some of the creatures that live here look like stone. Others look like plants. Some move so slowly it’s hard to tell if they’re moving at all, while others are so fast you’re not sure you really saw them. The biggest animals in the pool are smaller than your hand, while the smallest can’t be seen at all without a microscope.
During low tide, all these creatures – big, small, fast, slow – are exposed to air and the sun’s drying heat. And so they have developed ways to survive the wait until the ocean’s return.
Candace Fleming is the author of Honeybee, which received an Orbis Pictus Honor and 7 starred reviews. She brings her knack for making science and nature appealing to the very young in The Tidepool Waits with detailed accounts of dozens of species of sea life, culminating in a perfect primer for students and nature lovers taking their first trip to the shore. Her text is accompanied by effervescent artwork by Amy Hevron and substantial backmatter.
Oil by Jonah Winter; illus. by Jeanette Winter
Mother-son team Jonah Winter and Jeanette Winter tell the story of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its devastating and lingering effects in this poetic and timely picture book.
Oil is drawn up from deep in the earth by machines, transported through pipelines, and pumped onto a ship that sails out to sea. When the ship crashes into a reef, the oil spills out over miles of ocean, covering rocks and animals alike. What will the consequences be?
In this poignant and impactful picture book, celebrated picture book creators Jonah Winter and Jeanette Winter powerfully explore the devastating impact mankind can have on nature.
Rotary of Lebanon Club meeting
September 15, 2022
Meeting Review
Meeting called to order by President Ed Friedman at 12:00.
Marilyn Bedell led the reciting of the 4-Way Test
Ernst Oidtmann lead us in singing our welcoming song, and I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Ed Friedman then welcomed our RLYA students, and Ryan Sinclair, our speaker. See info about them above.
Steve Whitman and Ed Friedman presented RYLA certificates to our students and then welcomed Ryan Sinclair to speak to our members.
Bill Secord then presented the book for the Kilton Library Children's Collection. Information about the books is listed above.
We then had our buffet lunch
This was followed by club business and happy dollars. See below.
Announcements
BREWFEST — Hank Clarke
Wrap-up meeting will be help on September 29, 2022 at 12 noon at Tim Guaraldi's office.
Hank hopes to be able to report our final net income soon. It is still anticipated to be around $22,000.
UNITED WAY DAY OF CARING AT WHALEBACK — Bruce Bergeron
Granite United Way "Day of Caring' postponed. A new date will be set and publicized.
CLUB PICNIC:
Our annual club picnic will again take place on the palatial Guaraldi grounds in Newport on Saturday, September 24 at 3 PM Please RSVP yea or nay to Ed Friedman. Instruction have been sent to do this via email.
MOTROCYLISTS FROM ITALY — JoAnn Lemieux
Joann Lemieux reminded everyone that Bill Sahlman, a former member of the Riverside Rotary Club, will be escorting a group of Rotarian motorcyclists from Italy for a meet-and-greet at Riverside Park in West Lebanon on Wednesday, September 28 at 5:00 p.m. JoAnn will be providing sandwiches, salad, and chips. Bring you own beverage, and bring an additional side dish, snack or dessert. Please RSVP yea or nay. Instruction have been sent to do this via email.
STRYOFOAM™ COLLECTION — Bruce Bergeron
Our next Styrofoam™ Collection Day will be October 29th at Jake Coffee Shop in Lebanon.
Sustainable Lebanon is once again partnering with the Lebanon Rotary Club to offer a polystyrene (styrofoam) collection day on Saturday, October 29, from 9 - 11 am at 227 Mechanic Street in Lebanon (behind Jake’s Coffee). The event will take place rain or shine.
We will be collecting clean rigid polystyrene #6 (EPS) and #6 food service foam which will be driven to the Gilford, NH recycling facility. Examples of EPS include packaging foam used for TVs and appliances as well as styrofoam coolers. Examples of food service foam include food containers, trays, cups, and egg cartons. It is important that all tape and labels be removed and all collected foam is clean, dry, and free of food residue or other debris.
Happy Dollars
Tim Guaraldi shared his daughter's wedding will be October 15th.
Steve Whitman is back from Scotland. He shared memories of being there at the time of the Queen's death.
Will Koppenheffer had a visit from his son and daughter in-law. They learned that their offer on a home was accepted. Thus they are now first time homeowners.
Jim Damren expressed as an LHS alumnus, his pride in our RYARians.
Dean Cashman gave dollars in honor of our students and for Ryan Sinclair.
Bruce Pacht thought the student's presentations about RLYA were great. He shared he made a trip of 4100 miles to Fargo and back in 11 days. He also let us know he twisted his knee, and is happy he will not need surgery. John is now his chauffeur.
Paul Tierney shared his son is celebrating his 8th anniversary to his wife Michelle. They have two twin girls, and on May 25 had a son. He reflected on trying to "rebuild his personality" as he is on the otherside of a PTSD episode. He also wanted us to remember he remains "cheap".
Marilyn Bedell is happy her sister continues to get stronger and more mobile.
Members and Visitors at the meeting:
Marilyn Bedell, Ron Bedell, Bruce Bergeron, Dean Cashman, Hank Clarke, Dave Crandall, Jim Damren, Ed Friedmam, Joy Gobin, Tim Guaraldi, Will Koppenheffer, JoAnn Lemieux, Sharmila Niroula, Ernst Oidtmann, Bruce Pacht, Phil Rentz, Bill Secord, Marion Steiner, Paul Tierney, Steve Whitman, Call Wolfe and John Yacavone
Guests:
Soon to be member Kirk Baird, Our four RYLArians, Aavarika Niroula, Nicole Suckow, Kathryn Herring, Nicholas Enger
Our speaker, Ryan Sinclair
Joanne Roberts, Lebanon Superintendent of Schools.
The meeting was adjourned with the recitation of the Rotary motto by Marilyn Bedell
One profits most who serves best.
Draw for Queen of Hearts
John Yacavone pulled the 8 of Hearts. The search for the Queen continues.
Draw for Car Wash
The Car Wash was won by Phil Rentz
Upcoming Service Projects, Activities and Fund Raisers
United Day Of Caring at Whaleback
Being rescheduled.
Club Picnic - September 24, 2022 at Tim and Anna Guaraldi's home in Newport, NH (see above)
Gathering of Motorcycling Rotarians from Italy at Riverside Park on September 28, 2022 at 5 PM see above)
Listen Community Dinner October 11, 2022!! We need helpers!
From Dean Cashman: We have 4 slots to fill on October 11, 2022. You need to sign up on the Listen Volunteer Web page: http://vhub.at/lebrot
Sustainable Lebanon Styrofoam™ Collection on October 29, 2022
Sustainable Lebanon and the Rotary Club of Lebanon, NH will once again partner with Sustainable Lebaonon to bring Styrofoam Recycling to our area on October 29,2022. Sustainable Lebanon is a 501c3 nonprofit organization which helps volunteers organize environmental actions. We work to keep local residents informed on local issues related to the environment, energy, and climate. Sustainable Lebanon supports actions that are meaningful to community members
HOLIDAY PARTY and FAMOUS YANKEE SWAP
SAVE THE DATE — FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2022 at the QUECHEE INN, QUECHEE VERMONT
Anticipate a charge of up to $60/person
Lebanon Casino Fundraiser - Spring 2023
Bedell Classic Golf Tournament - See you at the golf course in May 2023!!
Rotary Foundation Moment for the Week of September 18, 2022
WHAT IS SHARE?
The SHARE system is how The Rotary Foundation distributes funds to districts.
When you contribute to Annual Fund-SHARE, the first 5% is deducted for operational costs. The remainder of the contribution is divided between the World Fund and District Designated Funds (DDF). The Trustees of the Rotary Foundation allocate money from the World Fund, and your district allocates DDF to the programs that people in your area want to support.
The name defines what the system does, because contributions are shared throughout the world.
You can help your district and support meaningful projects by giving to the Annual Fund-SHARE!
The World Fund provides the necessary funding for our highest priority activities around the globe. The Foundation uses the money to pay for grant and program opportunities available to all Rotary districts.
WHAT IS THE ROTARY FOUNDATION’S ENDOWMENT FUND?
Gifts to the Endowment ensure that Rotary members will have the resources they need to design and implement sustainable projects year after year.
Donations to the Endowment can be made as an outright gift or a planned gift, such as a bequest in your estate. As of 2020-21, Rotary’s Endowment totals US$666.1 million and has further commitments of $882.2 million.
Contributions to this fund are invested for the future. Only current earnings from the investments are used to support Foundation programs.
This approach means that people’s generosity does good in the world in perpetuity.
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Did you know?
The value of named donations made to Rotary’s Endowment that continuously support our programs is $195 million.
That 200+ peace fellow scholarships have been funded by Rotary's Endowment in the name of the donor or their honoree.
We will be meeting every Thursday
The First and Third Thursday at 12 Noon, at the Dwinell Room at Harvest Hill; and the Second and Forth Thursday at 12 Noon on Zoom
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