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Rotary Club of Needham Tuesday, May 16, 2017 Location: Needham Sheraton Ted Shaughnessy presiding Pledge of Allegiance: Ted Shaughnessy Song: America the Beautiful led by Bob Cox Invocation: Karen Guests: - Susana Brown, guest of Jim Brown from Boston Rotary
- Theresa Strachila, speaker from Needham Community Farm
- Karl Heinz, speaker from Needham Community Farm
- Asanya, intern at Needham Community Farm
- Irene Tsardinakis, guest of Deb Kazarian from Family Federal
Bob led the welcome song. Joke of the Day I’ll give you the punch lines. If you want the rest of the joke, ask Louise… “She drives at night” “I’m really going to miss him” Announcements: - Million Dollar Dinner May 25th. Mechanics Hall in Worcester. They have raised $1.3 million so far on their goal of $1 million!
- Needham Business Association (NBA) Spring Fair. June 3rd. 8am setup with Dan. Talking about Rotary and selling raffle tickets
- Needham Educational Fund (NEF) sent us a thank you note for supporting and participating in the Spelling Bee.
- Community farm last Saturday. More from today’s speaker
- Final Board of Directors meeting of Ted’s year is 6/7 5pm at Bill Paulson’s office. All are encouraged to attend.
- This year was Quad Con. Next year, Quint Con. 5, yes 5 districts will join together for the district conference 5/4 – 5/6/18 at Mount Washington Resort.
- Exchange Club Golf Tournament Monday 5/22. Bill, Marty, Ryan and Rich. To support the Charles River Center. No more conflict with Reality Fair
- Reality Fair is now May 25. We need all hands on deck 7:30am to noon at the Needham High School cafeteria. Four groups of 100 students get a taste of life in the real world. Fun and educational!
- Karen is still collecting club memorabilia.
- Schooner cruise is coming up. All seats sold.
- June 27 no meeting at Sheraton. Cookout that evening at Rich Forte’s in Dover.
- Farmer Market Booth 6/11 noon to 4pm. We will be selling raffle tickets
- Carnival 6/7 – 6/9. We will be selling carnival tickets in an air conditioned booth. We will also, surprise, surprise, be selling raffle tickets. Charles has the sign-up sheets. We are also ordering “Rotarian at Work” T shirts. Let Charles know your size.
Happy $$$: Bob is happy to be here. Chuck for the Celtics game, Paul for the Needham Community Farm, Jim for guests and project at Needham Community Farm, Deb for the sun, Andy for the reality fair, paula to welcome our guests, Charles for the weather, Louise because Spring has Sprung (at last!), Libby for fellow Rotarians and the good work we are doing. 50:50: The number right below mine (458) drew the 2 of clubs, which is not the Joker, so the $588 pot rolls over to next week. Good luck everyone! Guest Speaker: Theresa Strachila of Needham Community Farm On Saturday our volunteers moved lumber, deconstructed a roof structure, did repairs on the raised beds, leveled the grass, and set up the onion drying tent. NCF is a non-profit that addresses food injustice and food security in Needham. They have two sites, the pilot site at Newman and the permanent site off Pine Street. Pine street has 150 raised beds. They do three things 1. Educational Classes on gardening. 2. Food donations to community council and Needham Housing 3. Volunteers to do the harvesting and bringing the food to the food pantry. They work closely with the Charles River Center where they have a greenhouse. This year they are putting in three raised mounds. Hopefully will provide equal drainage and growing benefits without all the maintenance. They are also building a small hut that will be the washing station. There will once again be bees on the property. They are very grateful for all the volunteers that help out. More information at NeedhamFarm.org
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