Today’s Greeter: Michelle Olivier
Attendance:
- 30 Bow Rotarians
- 1 Visiting Rotarian: Brayden Wesler
- 0 Guests
- 3 Guest Speaker: Michelle Eweka, Ava Noce, Jack Roberge, Winners of 4 Way Speech Contest
Announcements:
- Eric Anderson – Barns of Bow on display at the Baker Free Library for 2 months.
- Brayden – Toiletry Drive Crisis Center of Central NH and 5K run updates
- Judy Goodnow – Old Town Hall, Bryant did a coat of primer, Sunday 3:30-4:30 open house to come and look at the old town hall!
- Matt – Thank you volunteers at the school and town meetings
- Committee Updates:
- Gerry Carrier – Secretary’s report 85% attendance for January. We have 45 active members and everyone has paid their dues.
- Paul Mercier – Treasurers Report, we have money:
- $15,928.65 Club
- $49,269.28 Foundation, broken out below:
- $10,500.00 Scholarships
- $500.00 Camperships
- $30,000.00 In unrestricted
- Matt Dodge – International – Child Voice- we are thinking about making a commitment
Sergeant at Arms: Joya Dennehy
Birthday Bucks:
- Linda Lorden - $20.00 Happy Birthday, registered for vaccine on Monday, Good year, family is good, two granddaughters 12 and 7 and a third on the way, Thank you for all the good wishes for being the citizen of the year.
Happy Bucks:
- Judy Goodnow – $2.00 She had to scoot to pick up granddaughter, 2nd shot on Sunday
- Peter Imse - $20.00 glad town meeting is over, overwhelmed by support. 10 overflow rooms, thanking Student senate and Bow Rotary for their help, 2nd shot last Monday
- Bill Ames - $11.00 - $10 trained for Matter of Balance class for VNA, $1.00 received his 1st shot yesterday
- John R. - $2.00 scooting fine, had to leave for Boys and Girls Club meeting
- Bob Couch - $3.00 – Finally finished 123 feet or chair rail in old town hall.
- Karen Wadsworth - $10.00, last night video from Arizona about her dad being greeted by his daughter, first person he has seen in a year!
- Ben Kiniry -
- $1.00 Town Meeting
- $1.00 Everyone showing up
- $1.00 For Peter Imse
Program:
Four Way Speech Contest Winners:
- 1st Place – Michelle Eweka: Spoke about 2.3 Million individuals who are incarcerated
- 2nd Place – Ava Noce: Her speech was about Covid 19
- 3rd Place – Jack Roberge: Politics and friends, the two party system was Jack’s speech
Committee Updates part 2:
Greg – Community Service – Car show owners actually want a car show, not sure it can be done by May 15h, August might be better
Summer Concerts – Still in play, updated to come
Received checks from 3 people for wallpapering
Joya – Club service – Bands have inquired about this summer.
Matt – Backdrop was for Matt’s zoom call was Room 711 of the Unity building in downtown Chicago – Paul Harris’s office where the first Rotary meeting took place
Respectfully Submitted,
Stephen DeStefano