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MENTORING ISSUE SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
VOL. 3 NO. 17
FOUNDATION FACTS & MENTORING
NEWS-NOTES-NONSENSE
On Thursday a trio of foundation board members gave us an overview of our foundation and changes to our scholarship program. MarkSp introduced MarkV who shared the backstory of the foundation's creation. It started in 1997 and received IRS tax exempt status in 2002. That was soon followed by a $35,000 challenge. During the next year we managed to raise $35K and received the match. We now have total assets of around $170K. The primary function of the foundation is to fund our scholarship program. The maximum that any student can earn is $3,000. We have had students earn as much as $2,750. The foundation can also fund other projects. Got something in mind? RhondaB then introduced our new scholarship mentoring program. The objective is to have a member assigned to each student and reach out to them on a periodic basis to encourage the student to keep earning scholarship $'s as well as participate with us in our fundraising events. Rhonda made the point that she recently spoke to some of our students and discovered that they had totally forgotten that they were part of our program. Yikes!
Birthday greeting go out to BradL on the 21st.
MarkSm encouraged everyone to continue selling your Chili Dinner tix and that he will be sending tickets to all members not in the house the past couple of weeks.
Congrats to LoriP on her 22 years of outstanding service.
21 members attended Thursday's confab. Early birds included AllenH, LoriP and MarkA. LeonardB hit the buffet @ 12:10. GeorgeM, ScottL and JohnP arrived a wee bit earlier.
Prez Robin is looking for someone with a pickup truck, along with a few helpful souls, to assist with the setup and teardown of the Vintage Voices event on October 9th.
LoriP introduced our first "Friend of Rotary" Terry.
Our new Soap Box car got a workout last Saturday. During its second run down Berkshire Hill it hit the straw bails twice and changed lanes. Thanks to BradP for serving as event coordinator. We are missing two vests. If you picked them up let RickH know.
Prez Robin reminded everyone that the District Conference will be held in Collinsville this year on Nov. 5-6 You recently received an email with all the details. Please consider attending. In person and Zoom options are available.
Thursday was sunny and 85, perfect weather for a long sleeved logo shirts? Just ask Marks Sp and A. BillP preferred the shorts option.
Prez Robin reminded everyone that cleanup continues at the Riverbend Family Ministries building. Think about making a donation.
MarkA was hoping for oatmeal cookies, but was willing to settle for the choco chippers.
GeorgeT was our solo scooter.
Chef Bob managed to see three Cards-Pirates games during his recent Pittsburg visit.
SAA LeonardB and lugmeister BillP worked the crowd collecting a Happy Fine from LeonardB and $'s from all members not sporting a name tag. The trivia Q's pretty much stumped the crowd. Have you visited another club recently? No? Pay a $.
Don't say NO to RhondaB, she doesn't want to hear it!
What's your thoughts on Julia's coffee? MarkV finds is perfectly acceptable.
A never ending pasta buffet was Thursday's meal. Mostaccioli and cheezy tortellini were accompanied by a broccoli and cauliflower medley, garlic bread, salad and cookies.
Opening duties were handled by Prez Robin, CoryG and BillP, who was thankful for having another birthday.
The $139 50-50 was undisturbed by Prez Robin and guest Terry.Terry also won the scratch-off. We treat our guests right!
Ciao! Have a fine and dry weekend.
Au revoir!
WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES 1...
BIRTHDAY SMOOCH
ALL THINGS TRIVIAL
Clothing makers may start selling more garments made from unblended cloth. Why?
A-Fashionistas are reading Leviticus
B-Fire safety lawsuits
C-A Chinese tariff quirk
D-Ease or recycling
(Answer is found at the end of the newsletter)
Today is Responsible Dog Ownership Day
Which two states have capitals with rhyming names?
North Dakota and Nebraska
Rhode Island and Tennessee
Massachusetts and Texas
South Carolina and Michigan
Thinking of writing a poem about state capitals? Well, you might have your work cut out for you. Amazingly, of all 50 U.S. state capitals, just two of them rhyme: Austin, Texas, and Boston, Massachusetts.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Sourced from the Make-Up and Banner newsletters
Mid-September 2012
Club officers included JimH, RhondaB, GeorgeM, LoriP, GeorgeT and CoryG.
The WR club recently hosted a multi-club meeting at Belk Park. The featured speaker was DG Suzanne Ellerbrock. AlanaY, DonnaK and JeanK sold 50-50 tickets while PaulH and RickH levied some creative fines. All told, $900 was raised to benefit the Oasis Women's Center.
The EA club heard a presentation from a representative of the Jacoby Arts Center.
Happy Fines were paid by WR members TommieM, MikeK and PaulG.
EA member PatB presented a make-up from the Florissant, MO club.
ScottL would serve as the WR club coordinator for the Punt, Pass and Kick program.
ChrisH was accused by an unnamed EA member of "Not playing with a full deck".
ErinP was seeking EA members to serve as scholarship interviewers.
MarkS missed the opportunity to collect the $10 EA jackpot.
NEW WORDS
Words that were listed in the Merriam-Webster dictionary for the first time in 2022
Video door bell--supply chain--greenwash--laggy--magnet fishing--free dive--space force--yeet--janky--Mac Gyver--unbanked--side hustle--subvariant--false negative--pumpkin spice--mojo--bahn mi
DATELINE:RI
ROTARY, LIONS TEAM UP TO SERVE IN BRAZIL
By Marcos Farto, president of the Rotary Club of Marília Coroados, Brazil
As a member of Rotary for 11 years, I’ve seen how members put Service Above Self. Never has this been more evident than during the COVID-19 pandemic, when we all became aware of how vulnerable life can be and how much we depend on each other.
Many have stepped forward. And out of that need to help, a beautiful story of collaboration and partnership emerged.
In 2021, our then club president established a partnership with the Lions Club of Nova Geração. In August, we packed approximately 100 meals to help three charities that no longer had food in their pantries and were depending exclusively on donations. APAE (an association for people with disabilities) in Marília, a city in the state of São Paulo, offered us their kitchen. It was wonderful to see everyone united, focused, and committed to preparing meals.
In February 2022, the Rotary Club of Marília-Pioneiro joined us on our next service project. In Marília, a public school was dedicated but it had no trees. Hundreds of children attended, but not a single tree had been planted. After consulting with the school principal and the environment secretariat, we obtained and planted 400 tree seedlings.
These efforts demonstrated something very important: regardless of the organization you belong to, being surrounded by good people with a shared purpose is very motivating. We — the members of Rotary and Lions clubs — worked together to address hunger and help the environment. We share common goals, so through our partnership, we can leave the world a better place and set a good example for others.
We are people of action — that is our mission.
AND I QUOTE
"A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something."-Frank Capra
"To some lawyers all facts are created equal."-Felix Frankfurter
"When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion."-Voltaire
"A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there."-Charles R. Darwin
SMILE
Who wants to open a doughnut shop next to a medical marijuana place and call it Glazed and Confused?
Wondering, what should I wear on the couch tonight?
I've just turned down a job delivering for my local fruit and veg shop. They offered to pay me in vegetables, but the celery was unacceptable.
I've combined a laxative and alphabet soup. I call it 'Letter Rip'.
My wife is kicking me out because she is fed up with my South American animal puns...'OK', I said, 'Alpaca my bags'.
BY THE NUMBERS
The best car colors for value retention-SUV-Yellow, truck-beige, sedan-purple, coupe-orange-iSeeCars.com
The median sales price of an existing home rose to $416,000 in June, up 13.4% on the year-National Association of Realtors
he number of Americans who identify as digital nomads—meaning those who combine remote work with travel—more than doubled to 15 million in 2021 from seven million in 2019- MBO Partners
Illinois motorists ranked as the fifth best (behind New Hampshire, West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Kentucky). Based on an analysis of 2 million insurance quotes by Quote Wizard
Nearly 80% of U.S. prescriptions are managed by three pharmacy benefit managers: CVS Health Corp.’s CVS Caremark, Cigna Corp.’s Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s OptumRx.
There are an estimated 3.7 million so-called “noncredit” learners who currently attend U.S. community colleges, nearly 60% are job-focused, and nearly 75% are 25 or older-Opportunity America
In a recent survey Morgan Stanley found that 4% of respondents cited “innovative technology” such as 5G as an important factor in their choice of cellular service
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