March 17, 2016

 
 
Be a Gift to the World
                                                                            Our theme for 2015-16        
 
WEEK OF 3/17/16
 
Pledge:  ?
Prayer:  ?
Song:  Leslie Storrs led us in “God Bless America”
Sergeant of Arms:  Tony Gasbarro
Guests: Karen Fusco-Fitchburg Club, Miguel Guzman, Haley (Jen Peck’s daughter) and PE Dan ? from the Fitchburg club
 
Late Dollars:  Joanne, Gina, Nancy, Alley & Maila
 
Happy/Sad Dollars:
Tony had a welcome back for Gina!
Gina had a freakin, happy $ to be back, $ as she and Joanne were the token girls at the guys table and had food/foundation $’s!
Miguel had food $’s and good to be here….
Rick had food $’s, and had a sad $ b’c stepdad passed away...he was 94 years old!
Jay had food $’s!
Joanne had food/foundation $’s, took one for the team $ and late!
Jim H. had food/foundation $’s and he commented that he is 53 pounds lighter! Whhoo..
Dan had food $’s, had $ to see DG Jim ‘s wife here and this club really meets early as he hasn’t gotten up this early in 3 months!
DG Jim had food/foundation $’s, had a $ for the 1 PE this morning in our club, Jen and Dan. He commented he spent time over the weekend at PETS-great event! Had a Nick moment and congrats to Jen and Dan who will have great years as President!
Lynn had a happy $ that RYLA is done as she had a wonderful day with Jeanie and wished she could have chosen them all, had foundation $’s and feels very tired this morning!
Nancy had food/foundation $’s and DG Jim is our token at the table this morning….
Maila had food/foundation $’s and glad to be here!
Alley had food/foundation $’s and her sister had her baby on Tuesday…finally!
Michelle had food $’s, traveled 4,000 miles and had only 1 argument with the driver, Tony…comedy channel helps! They stopped at Kennedy Space Center and you have to go if you never been there before-amazing, don’t forget to sign-up for District Conference, bring in your basket items…remember kitchen, garden and barbecue and thank goodness to those who volunteer to provide meals to people as this takes effort!
Jeanie had food $’s, $ she went with Lynn as they interviewed 8 and chose 2 but has 4 alternates.
Karen had food $’s, and a fundraising raffle $ as she and Dan are selling tickets $10 each or 3 for $25, 1st prize $3,000, 2nd prize $1,000 and 3rd prize $500…this replaces the calendar raffle they do each year!
Haley had a $ for spring break and 5 more weeks left of school!
PE Jen had a happy $ for having Haley with her all week…going to the gym and the Arc, fun for me! Had another happy $ for PETS as she had an awesome time, learned a lot and had amazing speakers. Had a foundation $’s…
 
Haley, our guest pulled ticket #975 and Rick Vallee was the lucky winner who pulled an “eight” for $8.00…Congrats!! The “Joker” is still in the last 5 cards….
 
We had club forum this morning and PE Jen went over the following: we received a thank you card for the dictionaries we handed out, had BOD meeting yesterday, will receive our Foundation cards in April, press release at J.R. Briggs school from literacy program, fundraiser in October – we will meet next after morning meeting to discuss options, all invited. Bring in items for silent auction, sell your tickets, need your hospitality suite ideas, 7910 Facebook – need your likes, contest going on.  We had the pleasure of listening to Haley read a paper she wrote for one of her classes in which she refers to the Arc and Rotary. Very good…
 
Keep in mind:
  • Don’t forget you can do e-make-ups – http://rotaryeclubone.org/. You MUST report make-ups to President Leslie to get credit.
  • We need to focus on membership with a more diversity of classifications in our club.
  • Need speakers for the upcoming months!!! We didn’t have one this morning….
  • President Leslie gave us a project to all of us to complete DUE BY Thursday, MARCH 25TH. Jen and her need our honest input as to how we are doing as a club or ideas for improvement on the following categories: Membership, Projects/Grants, Speakers and Club Improvements. You can google other clubs to get ideas and then we will share when we receive all responses with the club along with our Visioning we did a couple of years back.
Important upcoming events:
 
  • 3/29/16 – Paul Harris dinner with the Fitchburg club  at the Old Mill, an evening event
  • 3/31/16 – Social Media Seminar at Doubletree in Leominster from 6-7:30 will have beginner and advance sessions.
  • 4/18/16 – District Assembly at Holiday Inn Boxboro from 4-8
  • 4/14/16 – Our morning meeting will be at the Arc at 7:15 and then a TMOTTBG game meeting will follow.
  • 4/29/16 – TTMOTTBG @ the Arc, more info to come…for the month of February we need collection for kitchen items, March-Barbecue items and April-Gardening. Please bring in items so we can have 3 baskets for this event! Looking for sponsors and name mailing list to invite people.
  • 5/14/16 – Apple Blossom Festival @ Sholan Farms BUT we are not doing fried dough this year due to the District Conference the following weekend. We will have an information booth that day up there.
  • May 20th, 21st and 22nd 2016– District Conference, Plymouth Ma. We will be hosting a hospitality “sweet” the theme this year is “Plymouth Rocks!” Register…….now!!
  • Cormier Park – spring cleanup soon…
  • Paint Nite – schedule a May date
  • 6/23/16 – Installation of Jennifer Peck as President for 2016-17; more info to come!
  • June  - sponsoring 2 RYLA students this year and it will be held at FSU; more info to come!
     
Meeting adjourned at 8:28 a.m.