The club has started collecting thank you notes, and we will be adding them to the Documents section of ClubRunner. Please take a moment to read them and see the impact our club is making:
Four more themed potluck meals planned at the Grange
A sign up sheet will go out ahead of each meal so members can choose a dish
Dishes should be brought in a container with a serving utensil, not straight from packaging
Example given: for a taco bar, bring shredded lettuce already prepped, not still in the bag
Thanks given to the team who cooked the dinner that night, despite a few grill challenges
Make A Wish Rafting Event
Rotary fielded a team at the Make A Wish rafting fundraiser
Attendees included Bruce and Cathy Reichlen, Bruce and Cathy's family and grandchildren, Harry Reichlen (in support), Kevin Kelly (in support), Jack Foster, Dean and Jan Gulezian, Bonnie Ireland, and Ellean Dearborn
The Rotary team raised almost $12,000 (reported at $11,900)
The full event raised almost $453,000 in one day of rafting
Considered a success, with hope for even more participation next year
Loon Festival Thank You
Thanks extended to volunteers who helped with Loon Fest, including Julieanne Gilchrist, Mary Albanese, John Foster, Jim McFarlin, Ron Maher, Kevin Kelly, Ted Fodero, Tim Bergquist, Ellen and Justin Dearborn, and Peter Kador
~375 hot dogs served
Lakes Region Rotary Club Car Show
Saturday at 10 AM at Weirs Beach at the Alamo
Their big annual event, suggested as a good option for anyone free that day
Hazardous Waste Collection (Dan Whitney)
This weekend from 8:30 AM to noon at the Meredith transfer station
Accepts pesticides, oil, gas, and similar household hazardous waste. Does not accept latex paint.
Flying Monkey Concert Outing
Group outing this Friday night to see Classic Stones, a Rolling Stones tribute band
Two spots open after a couple had to drop out
Dinner beforehand at Fugaki Chinese Restaurant on Daniel Webster Highway
Concert starts at 7:30 PM, with carpooling available
Tickets are $50 each. Interested members asked to reach out directly to Jim McFarlin
Presentations
No presentation this meeting.
Happy Dollars
Richard Pendergast: happy about the new air conditioning installed at the Grange, noting the club had sweltered through meetings there for years before this
Fred Strader: hosted about 50 guests over the weekend for a celebration of life for his mother in law, the event was catered, he spoke highly of the caterer and said he would use them again, and he is happy to have some quiet back in the house
Chuck Thorndike: happy that most of his family was in town for five days, though they left a couple of days ago
Jim McFarlin: happy the Red Sox matched their all time franchise record of 15 straight wins in the first game of a doubleheader that afternoon, with the second game starting at 7 that night as they went for the record
Ellen Dearborn: happy for everything happening this weekend with Make A Wish and the Loon Festival, and one because her sister, brother in law, and niece are visiting, which they do every year
Daniel Whitney: happy his duck came in 20th place out of 4,000 entries in the Lions Club rubber duckie race
Kevin Kelly: happy about his experience at the Make A Wish rafting event, seeing kids dressed as Cinderella and pirates and families expressing their gratitude, happy about family visiting even though they now camp around New Hampshire instead of staying with him, and he told a story about a his grandson at a baseball camp across the street from his house. Since the field does not allow parents or grandparents to watch games, he considered buying a bear costume to hide in the woods and watch
Rick Goodby: happy about the hospitality committee putting together dinner that night
Doc: happy about his guest Kathy, a recent trip to Seattle and Vancouver, his nephew and his wife visiting from Vermont with their four teenagers (they have been out on the lake in a pontoon boat), and the work done on the Grange
Timothy Bergquist: happy to thank everyone who came out and helped with the Loon Festival
Winner: Kevin Kelly donated winnings to the food pantry.
