St. Johnsbury Rotary Meeting, September 11, 2017
Michael Rice, CEO of CALEX updates members on the growth of CALEX
Pres. Susan -- Promoting the Club's fruit sale
Rosie outlines the Club's Burke Mountain Raffle to take place May 24, 2018
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Monday, August 28, 2017 -- St. Johnsbury Rotary Meeting
President Susan updates the club during Club Assembly.
Lunch was topped off with a bit of table trivia, "who could eat the most Ginger Cake".
St. Johnsbury Rotary Meeting, August 21, 2017.
Guest Speaker, Jim Payette, Comic Books -- see Jim's website here -http://jamespayettecomics.com
Jim provided a number of comics for members to look at.
Jim Payette gave an fascinating history of comic books.
A Good Time Was Had By All!
Enjoying the Day at the Pond --
A relaxing day
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Life doesn't get any better than this!
St. Johnsbury Rotary Meeting -
RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) students - Katelyn Brown and Garrett Sinclair. Standing with St. Johnsbury Rotary Club's Youth Chair Sue Parker and Pres. Elect Hank Parker. Katelyn and Garrett are students at Danville High School.
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Garrett and Katelyn
District Governor Eric Denu (Middlebury Club) visited our club today.
Gov. Eric presents a tree to Pres. Susan and our club. Gov. Eric is gifting a tree to each of our 42 clubs in our District. One of Ian Riseley's missions is "Rotary will use its global footprint to flex its environmental muscle by planting some 1.2 million trees".
The Rotary gifts didn't stop with the tree. Pres. Susan with this years Rotary International theme banner and Gov. Eric's Rotary Teamwork hats.
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Melanie Finn -- Our Speaker
From Vermont Standard.com Melanie Finn is the author of Away From You and The Gloaming. Both are set in East Africa, where she was raised and has lived and worked as a writer, journalist and filmmaker. Now, living on a mountain in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom with her husband, a wildlife filmmaker, and their two children, she continues to run a small healthcare project in northern Tanzania. She founded the Natron Healthcare Project to meet the needs of desperate women and children in two remote Masai villages. The stories she heard from these women and her struggles to bring them meaningful access to healthcare echo through The Gloaming.
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President Susan congratulations Rotarians for their support and work during her first year as Rotary President. As President Susan start her second year as President, she is quoted "I look forward to another Rotary year as President".
Circus Smirkus (http://www.smirkus.org/) was in St. Johnsbury in July. Rotarians enjoyed volunteering to assist with parking, taking tickets, ushering and other duties!
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Eric Wilson of the St. Johnsbury Rotary Club with one of our two Community Service Award students, Henry Cunningham.
Eric introduced Henry Cunningham and commented on his commitment to serving others. His volunteer efforts include; a Lacrosse program for 5-8th graders in the winter and a trip to India with the St. Johnsbury Academy; teaching kids English and helping build a playground. Henry will be attending Bentley.
A breakfast meeting with guest speaker Gov. Phil Scott
at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital.
Gov. Phil Scott is a native Vermonter who grew up in Barre, and is a graduate of Spaulding High School and the University of Vermont.
Come, listen, and discuss with the Governor his Education, Housing, Health, Economic Priorities or any other topics that you would like to see discussed that impact our community here in the NEK.
Please RSVP to s.choudhury@nvrh.org
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Our Club recently conducted a visioning session. Information related to the session and the results are outlined in a paper contained in the Download area.
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