Today’s Greeter: Tamar Roberts stepped in as greeter to welcome members to Bow Rotary Attendance: - 33 Bow Rotarians
- 1 Visiting Rotarian: Tony Gilmore from Concord
- 2 Guests: Mike G. (guest of John McCauley) & Arabella V. (guest of Dick Swett)
- 9 Guest speakers (scholarship recipients + parents)
Total of 45 Announcements: - Thanks to all who volunteered to be bell ringers this season!
Sergeant at Arms: Matt Dodge Logo Fines: Jon Ruggles – R&T Electric + Bill Ames for a picture in print (with missing pin)
Birthdays: - Ken Moulton; Had a great year and a great trip visiting family in AZ
- Harry Judd; Also had a great year and has 2 US States and 16 countries left to visit on Harry/Mary Beth’s ‘global’ tour.
Happy Bucks: - Paul Mercier: Honored to write the scholarship checks + continued with his tradition of giving to the Foundation at the start of every new year.
- Judy Goodnow: Thankful for a wonderful Christmas
- Joya Dennehy: Recent trip to surprise her folks on their anniversary + New Year opportunities
- Tony Gilmore: Congratulations to Chris Parkinson on officially entering retirement
- Chris Parkinson: Seconded Tony’s dollar and is looking forward to his trip to Australia
- Jeannie Richards: Grateful to have the scholarship recipients at the meeting and for the work done by the scholarship committee.
- Dean Cascadden: Reflected on town support for education on the backdrop of the scholarship recipients
- Tamar Roberts: Had a great Christmas season
- Dick Swett: Grateful for the new year and his new position (Bishop of his ward) + establishing a new Rotary club in Sudan.
- Mike G (guest): Grateful to see youth at a Rotary meeting
- John McCauley: Had a great trip taken with family recently
- Peter Imse: For great times with family over the holidays
- Matt Dodge: For the fun had at Thursday night’s skiing league
Raffle Winner: Guest scholarship recipient: Shannon Mullen (no joker though) Program:
Tamar Roberts (Scholarship Committee Chair) awarded monies to 7 students (there were a total of 10 scholarships awarded, however three recipients were unable to attend in person). The students present and speaking before the club were (in no particular order): - Miah Munro (attending school in Colorado)
- Lauren Goyette (attending Dartmouth)
- Julia Landcastle (attending Holy Cross)
- Shannon Mullen (attending Sarah Lawrence)
- Matthew Driscoll (attending Rensselaer)
- Dana Fahey (attending Villanova)
- Aidan Westenberg (attending Wheaton)
Recipients unable to attend: - Elizabeth Parker
- Neeraj Naik
- Zoe Jukoski
Congratulations to all! Respectfully Submitted, Robert Louf |
