March 26, 2015

 
Light up Rotary
Our theme for 2014-15
 
Pledge:  Cheryl Owoc
Prayer:  Jim Hohman/Cheryl Owoc
Song:  Tony Gasbarro led us in “Doe a Deer”
Sergeant of Arms:  Tony Gasbarro
 
Late Dollars:  Craig & Maila
 
PE Leslie lit up Rotary this morning in the absence of President John Sbrogna, informed us that the BOD discussed matching the max of $10 pp, per week for Foundation until we reach the amount of $500. For example, you donate $10 then it will be matched and you will be then be credited $20 towards Foundation, reported 15 members in attendance and from BOD meeting last week it was voted to have Kylee’s Kare Kits for Kidz, Karen’s Closet and the Daily Bread be chosen for the food $’s we collect every week. We made a separate donation towards Stop Hunger when the event took place a few weeks ago.
 
Happy/Sad Dollars from Week of 3/26/15:
Maila had food $’s and told story of her son, Riley who tapped maple trees over the week and was all excited he made homemade maple syrup!
Cheryl had food $’s, commented on inspired prayer, happy $ that youngest daughter decided to go to University of Pittsburg and will be moving in May for 8 years. And oldest daughter has been dating her boyfriend for 10 years and he proposed to her…of course she said, yes! Two more years they are planning wedding.
Lynn had food/Foundation $’s, leaving early and decided on 4 kids for RYLA.
Deb had food/Foundation $’s, commented that she is a cardiac patient and her hubby has been busy with his Dad…not doing too well!
Jim H. had food/Foundation $’s.
Craig had late $ and glad to see Mr. Ciccone here this morning…
Rick had food $’s, busy and great week!
Michelle had a $ for Jim H’s. eye glass fund, happy $ for they are putting an addition on their summer home 21 years later so between the two of them they had quite the workout moving boxes to the 2nd floor, sell tickets for TMOTTBG and since spring is here official she took down her swag/wreath she bought through Rotary….the wreath was still green!
Jim F. had a happy $ as he attended the PR dinner and Leslie attended, too. She made us proud b’c she helped with a problem and solved it, $ for son-n-law is now a VP at Commercial Bank of Australia and they will be moving to NY which is closer than VA and had food $’s!
Nancy had food/Foundation $’s and happy $ to be here…
Jay had food/Foundation $’s.
Ali had food/Foundation $’s and had sad $ b’c a friend of the family passed away ….”Live everyday to the fullest!”
Nick had food/Foundation $’s.
Jen had Foundation $’s…
PE Leslie had food $’s, gave Mom update as she is having a hard time getting around due to her fractured fibula and commented Health Alliance Hospital doing a paint night on 4/14 $40…cocktails available there to purchase.
 
Dr. Dennis Ciccone pulled ticket #734 and Maila Berry was the lucky winner who pulled a “nine” for $9.00…Congrats!  She put $5 towards Foundation.
 
Important upcoming events:
  • 4/10/15 – TMOTTBG event at the Arc in Fitchburg, $10 admission includes hot dogs, popcorn, beer tasting, live & silent auctions, listen to the streamed live Red Sox vs Yankees game. This event supports The Arc of Opportunity’s Recreation Program.  Sell tickets….let us know if you need more! Also, we are looking for sponsorships - $25 for baseballs and $50 for pennants. We need donations of beer, cola, orange, diet cola, ginger ale and ice. Monty Broc will be donating 4 theme baskets this year which are Beach, Kitchen, Boy and Girl baskets. Also, if you have any auction items at home that are brand-new in the box and you want to get rid of them; please bring them in along with any other donations Michelle spoke about this morning.
  • 4/25/15 – District Assembly in Marlboro @ Holiday Inn
  • 5/15, 16 & 17 – District Conference @ the Marlboro Holiday Inn
  • 5/16 – Sholan Farms event…will be selling French fries, chili, soda, water and of course our famous “fried dough.”
  • 6/19/15 – Great Wolf Lodge – Jim F. and Leslie’s installation, 5:30, bring spouse. There will be a make-up table that Thursday before, 6/18
 
Jen Peck introduced Dr. Dennis Ciccone who owns Ciccone Family Chiropractic, Inc in South Lancaster. He commented coming into the hotel this morning that he remembered staying here the night before he got married…last day of freedom, lol! My wife is amazing and he has 2 children. Dr. Ciccone spoke about the 5 essentials on how our health helps us heal: 1.) Mind set (goals/behaviors), 2.) Brain-nerves-symptoms- disease, 3.) Exercise (building lean muscles and oxygen; 3 x day for minutes we should incorporate some type of exercise), 4.) Cut all sugar and carbs from diet and 5.) Decrease toxic levels in our body. He stated that doctors will refer you to a chiropractor and it may or not be covered by your insurance.  As a country we getting sicker due to the foods we eat, the air we breathe and how we use our bodies.  In conclusion, we all stood up and completed an exercise at 3 reps for 20 seconds. We pretended to punch with our arms back and forth which increased our heart and breathing levels and this is what you should do on a daily basis as anyone can create an extensive or less workout. Based on stress he can take this out of our bodies. Every Saturday @ 9:00 a.m. there is a class his office offers along with a discount he offered to us that morning. Anyone interested in his services he can be reached at 978-368-3330 or at www.cicconechiro.com.
 
Meeting adjourned at 8:26 a.m.