Bulletin For February 16th, 2018

Today’s Greeter:  Gale Kenison welcomed members to Bow Rotary
Attendance:
  • 35 Bow Rotarians
  • 1 Visiting Rotarian(s) – Tony Gilmore – Capitol City Club
  • 2 Guests: Michelle Olivier; guest of Linda Lorden & Brian Eldredge; guest of Sandy Eldredge
  • 1 Guest speaker(s): David Hawk; guest of Sandy Eldredge
Total of  39
 
Announcements:
  • President Judy presented new Bow Rotary member Michelle Olivier who was sponserd by Linda Lorden. Michelle weas welcomed as a new member and said a few words indicating she was delighted to join.
Sergeant at Arms: Gerry Carrier
Birthdays:  0
Logo Fines: 1 – Michelle Olivier (new member – MCSB) 
Pins & Badges:  1 – Paul Mercier (Badge)
 
Happy Bucks:  
  •  Chris Parkinson – Happy meeting International Rotary Colleague.
  •  Harry Judd
  •  Linda Lorden – Happy that she just had her power back on.
  •  Tony Gilmore – Celebrating his recent Vietnam trip.
  •  Dean Cascadden – reflecting on recent tragic school shooting and discussing Bow school safety.
  • Tom Wilson – Explained why he was wearing his mask and reassuring everyone he was not spreading germs.
  • Tamar Roberts – Happy that both her sons had returned home.
  • Steve DeStefano- Happy to celebrate his grandchild’s good health news.
  • Sandy Eldredge – Glad Tony Gilmore is here today.
Raffle Winner:  Karen Wadsworth was picked; no “pot” won.
 
Program:  
Rotarian announcing speaker(s): Sandy Eldredge  introduced David Hawk with “Engineers Without Borders”.
 
David’s presentation was entitled  "Sustainable Support for Communities to Achieve their Basic Needs“  David indicated that EWB is a non-profit humanitarian organization that partners with communities to design and build engineering projects such as water supply needs, water treatment , construction and sanitation. He discussed two recent projects; one in Gwase, Uganda and one in San Pedro de Casta , Peru. He discussed the challenges involved with Assessing and Implementing chlorination and clean water useage in San Pedro de Casta and the succesful building of 3 wells in Gwase,Uganda region which now delivers clean water to this community.
 
Respectfully Submitted,
Clayton “Skip” Poole