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Today’s Greeter: Bill Ames welcomed members to the virtual meeting Attendance - 28 Bow Rotarians at the time of the pledge
- 0 visiting Rotarians
- 0 Guests
- 2 Guest speakers
Total: 30 Announcements - Former long-time Bow Rotarian George Descoteau passed away in late June. George was a fixture in many years of rotary skits, and his many years of service are well remembered and appreciated.
- President Matt reminded members to make a donation of $50 to the Bow Rotary Foundation over the next 12 months in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Bow Rotary Club.
- The Bow Rotary Club will continue to meet in a virtual manner for the foreseeable future. Th e Old Town Hall will be opened after Labor Day.
- Sandi Bartlett was honored for her many years of service to the Bow and Hopkinton clubs on June 27th in Hopkinton. Sandi was awarded the Paul Harris service award as well as a monetary gift as a send-off, and she’ll put those funds to good work in support of needed house projects.
- District 7870 “Stayin Alive” event – thank you to Bow Rotary for participating.
- Letters were received from Bow Rotary scholarship recipients thanking the club for the scholarship support.
- Dunbarton elementary school students sent many letter of thanks for the boos that were donated to the school…books that were personalized to the students. Many of the letters employed creative spelling and grammatical constructions – cute!
- The car show scheduled for August is likely to be cancelled as a result of the continued limits of gatherings of more than 50 folks as a result of COVID-19, bur a final decision has not been made.
- Dave Scanlan was awarded the Paul Harris rotary Foundation award in recognition of his long service and support of rotary programs and service in leadership positions.
- Please send any Happy Buck contributions in so that the books can be closed for the year.
Sergeant at Arms: Joy Dennhey No birthdays to announce this week Happy Bucks - Joy announced that this is her first day as Sergeant at Arms!
- Linda Lordan celebrated Bob Couch’s birthday early with $20
- John Ruggles and his spouse Jackie celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary
- Alan Kanegsberg celebrates 49 years since he joined the Bow Rotary Club and 58 years of marriage.
- Tamer Roberts gave $5 in recognition of her son Josh successfully travelling to Australia to start work.
- Peter Imse drove to Cincinnati to see his granddaughter
- Mike Griffin is happy to go camping in the north country with his family
- Linda Bliss is pleased to join the Bow Rotary Club, transferring from the Concord Rotary Club
Program Guest speakers Randell Barkley and Helene Visser both spoke about programs in South Africa, Randell focusing on rotary exchange programs and Helene focusing on Rotary grants to a children’s hospital. Tygerberg Children’s Hospital is located in Cape Town, and the Bow Rotary Club’s donation of $1,000 assisted with the purchase of a bronchoscope that allows visualization of airways. Rotary club donations are also supporting the purchase of PPE for hospital frontline public health workers. Randell described the benefits of the rotary friendship exchange program, and indicated that the exchange program that was to happen this year between Vermont and South Africa will be rescheduled for 2021. President Matt closed the meeting with a toast to rotary the world over. Respectfully Submitted, Rob Werner |
