Today’s Greeter: David Stack welcomed members and guests to Bow Rotary Attendance: - 33 Bow Rotarians
- 0 Visiting Rotarians
- 2 Guests: Mr and Mrs Percy, Parent of Speaker Lauren Percy
- 1 Guest speaker
Total of 36 Announcements: - Mike Griffin: Rotary Park was cleaned up and groomed with a joint effort between the Bow Garden Club and Bow Rotary. Spring roadside pickup is scheduled for tomorrow.
- President Judy: The club is considering a donation of c. $5,000.00 to the Capitol Center for the Arts for naming rights to a portion of the old Concord Theater as part of the fundraiser the proposed renovation. Nominations are now open for Paul Harris Fellows and Avenue of Service Awards. Nomination sheets were collected for tally.
- Dave Gazaway: T shirts have been designed and are available to order for the car show. Sign up sheet is available.
- Gerry Carrier: Sigh up sheet going around for the car show.
Sergeant at Arms: Ben Kiniry Birthdays: President Judy gave a check for $100.00 the Rotary Foundation, and $2.00 to celebrate the birth of her grand daughter two weeks ago, work has been good, Mike and her are very happy together and she is also happy that her 93 year old father is doing well. Happy Bucks: - Bob Couch ran into Earl Pierce who has just moved into the Villages in Penacook.
- Chris Parkinson noted that the Red Sox are on a tear but so were the Milwaukee Brewers and they did not do very well later.
- Jeff Kipperman was happy the hustle of tax season is now over and to the relief of the freaked out Donna Deos, office manager
- Karen Wadsworth reported that her son is arriving along with 12 year old grand son who she hasn't seen in a couple of years.
- Rick Minard reported that his son, Alden. had just won the Clarkson University President's Design Challenge, a year-long competition that challenged dozens of teams from across the university to technologies to improve the school. Alden was one of the lead presenters at the competition's final "pitch" event and he said this his public-speaking experience in the Rotary 4-Way Test speech contest had helped.
- Mike Griffin's son has accepted a job with T. F. Moran in Bedford as an Engineer.
- Paul Mercier: Based on a DNA match, Paul was contacted by a young woman a couple of months ago. They have been corresponding on and off. Not recognizing the names of any of her relatives or family names, he suggested that perhaps they were related in some other way --- and that maybe she was on the trail of some infidelity. We had a 2nd cousin match that Ancestry said was a "high probability" match. Turns out, and unknown by my cousin, it turns out she is my cousin's daughter. “more to come”
- Tom Campbell Wilson: April is Donate Life Month (organ). Nearly 115,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant in the United States. Every 10 minutes another name is added to the national waiting list. An average of 22 people die each day in the United States waiting a transplant. One organ donor can save up to eight lives. The same donor can also save or improve the lives of up to 50 people by donating tissues and eyes. Close to 60% on the list are ethnic minorities.
- Dean Cascadden had to scoot but wanted to mention that todays speaker. Miss New Hampshire, Lauren Percy is a real credit to the town of Bow. She has changed his mind as to just what he thought “beauty contests” were all about. Lauren is a strong young woman who wants to make a difference in the world and the role of the Miss New Hampshire gives her a platform to help make a difference in the world.
Raffle Winner: Robert Louf, but did not pull the big one.
Program:
David Gazaway introduced our speaker Lauren Percy, Miss New Hampshire. Is a graduate of Bow High and UNH, and is a graduate student at Columbia, studying college access and education policy. She spoke about her experiences in the Miss America pageant and what some of the other contestants are like, She does travel around the state as a good will ambassador. She finds that one of her most satisfying and fulfilling jobs she does is working with and assisting, as an intern financial aide councilor, high school students in the Manchester school system. These students are from refugee families and some are homeless and emancipated minors. She helps them as mentor and adviser in applying to schools for post secondary education. and assists them in finding scholarships and other sources of funding. Respectfully Submitted,
Tom Campbell Wilson |
