Template_Summer (May 31, 2025)

Meeting Date 5/30/2025

Presiding Gerry Carrier

Greeter Matt Dodge

Attendance:

29	Live
8	Zoom
0	Visiting Rotarians
9	Guests
0	Guest Speakers
46	Total

Guests Names: Early Act Members, Advisors & Parents

Announcements:

President Gerry: Bills for dues going out & due soon (6/30/2025).
Please pay your dues on time and if you'er not planning to continue, please advise Gerry ASAP so we don't have to pay RI your share of dues.

Early Act Update:

11 projects
Hero Pups $700
Feeding America $700
Legs to Stand On $700

Fundraisers:

Trash pick up
Bake Sales
Bird Seed wreaths
Blankets
Corey's closet
Birthday Cake Mix

They are learning to be leaders in their school and community.

Pres Gerry - Corn hole update - Hopkinton won (they had ringers)

Next year a club challenge is going out to the Interact and Early Act clubs for a corn hole match.

Sergeant at Arms: Tanya Frost

Birthdays: none

Fines: Melissa Howard - no Pin in photo

Happy Bucks:

Matt Gatzke - For last nights corn hole and lunch at Beefside with Paul Mercier & Eric Anderson.

Durwood Sargent - Made friends with people from New Boston at the car show and they invited him to see their car collection.

Linda Bliss - Grandson graduated college with a masters and has since found a job and apartment.

Mike Ard - for early act

Karen Wadsworth - for Mike and Joya's Independent Living development in Concord.

Tamar Roberts - for early act

Dick Swett - $20 - one for not doing the set up and the other $19 for all the Rotarians that helped him save his brothers life in Mexico.

Peter Imse - Early act

Matt Dodge - $5 early act Corn hole and his car race in Waklins Glenns NY

Steve DeStefano - Interact update

Chris Parkinson - grandson graduated from Central Catholic going to UNH for degree in Homeland Security.

Mr & Mrs Abel thank Rotary for all they have done for their three children

Ben Kiniry - National Elder Attorney conference in Washington State and meeting His grand? is moving forward and his son's three week leave

Ken Moulton - Their sons is now working on a project for NASA.

Pres Gerry $20 early act and last night corn hole

Jon Ruggles - Ben help for this elder care work

Tanya Frost - Early act last night and Finn's baseball win.

Steve DeStefano - fine for phone going off

Paul Mercier - will donate his points so someone can get a Paul Harris for $500

Program: Club Assembly

Board Voted for slate of district officers
Decided on a Paul Harris award to be presented on Recognition Night
Voted on $1500 for the printing of the map project
Wording for a plaque for the new Rotary bench (now a table) out front at the library
Car show unofficial net is $10,100
David Farr - concern series sign up is going around first show is the middle school and High School on 6/26/25
Michelle Fortin/Ryan Anastasi - Membership committee scheduling a cook out being catered by the Smokeshow Restaurant. Took a show of hands for possible dates.
Matt Dodge - Vision plan being sent out
Secretaries Report: Bill Ames - 83.9% attendance in April.
Membership Totals:46 Bow, 14 Hooksett, 4 Honorary, 64 total in club.
Linda Bliss - Recognition night 6/12/2025
Pres Gerry - Sunday at 9:30 needs help for the footing in Rotary park
Steve DeStefano: A special Thanks to Bob Couch because my 1983 Masters Degree in Computer Science didn't help me in putting this together!!! HaHa! You're Welcome (BC)