We Missed You On September 8, 2016
Posted by President Paul . Davis on Sep 11, 2016
We missed you at our September 8th meeting!!!
Our September 8th meeting was attended by 45 members and guests. We were excited to have guests in double digits. They included visiting Rotarian Steve Lovas from Williams, Arizona who got a Rotary Club of St. Thomas banner, a bottle of liquid sunshine (Cruzan Rum) and with one ticket won that $100 raffle!!! Fun was had by all!!
The program speaker was lifelong educator Janette Smith Berry. Ms. Berry gave a thorough and comprehensive view of all aspects of children’s education from the home to diploma. The literacy of VI children were the focus point of her presentation. She spoke about changes in our public education that would truly improve the lives of our VI Students. We hope Ms. Berry will work with our New Generations Clubs. We are looking forward to all member’s engagement of the New Generation Clubs that will start in October. The fifth meeting of the month (the 29th) is a day set aside to encourage our club members to read at on of our schools.
Five RCSTT members attended the first UVI Rotaract meeting of the year on 9/2. Plans were made to work together at many events coming this year. Some of those events include the delivery of our Rotarian Backpacks and our reading in schools scheduled for the 26th-29th of this month at Sibilly Elementary, Sibilly Annex and Boys & Girls Club. There is a signup sheet to organize the reading program. If you can spare a couple of hours please contact me for more information.
The Backpacks were delivered to the Sibilly Annex students on Friday 9/9. Thanks to Rotarian's Bruce Perry and Susan Sepiel as well as Bruce’s better half Wilma. The students were thrilled to get the packs with books, pencils and lots of school supplies. We had a blast doing it. The other school is Gladys Abraham; we will deliver those on Monday 9/12. We are still looking for $10 backpack sponsors to pay for this project. Please call or email if you wish to contribute or be there.
We are still collecting clothing and items for Cee Cee’s Closet located at the Family Resource Center. This will bring seriously needed funds to keep this communities vital service viable. Please contribute where you can.
We will have an old fashion fellowship upstairs RWAV on 9/20 5:30 pm. There will be $5 wine and $5 appetizers served. Come out and win the 50/50 raffle and have some fun!!!
Thank you all for your service, and we hope to see you around the club. President Paul