Rotary Rocket - March 26th edition
Good afternoon,
We opened the meeting with a moment of silence for the loss of Diane McConnell and the victims of the attacks in Brussels.
Reverend Payson opened with a prayer and also led us in song in his fantastic voice, God Bless America. I think there were golfers saluting at the 9th hole.
We had a great meeting yesterday at The Grill on the Hill (Green Hill golf Course). The location, food and hospitality were good.
We had a good crowd on hand for our guest speakers Steve Ives and Nawal Ahmed from the Islamic Community. They gave a powerful talk about the Muslim culture and community here in Worcester. We had a lengthy discussion after during Q & A. I found it very educational. As I mentioned to Steve, too many times we focus on our differences and we should look at what we all have in common.
We have a Kids Café’ coming up next week 3/29 (4 people needed) and on 4/26 from 4:00 – 6:00 at the Boys and Girls Club 65 Tainter Street. Please contact Amy at amy@expressivecapital.com if you are interested in serving 300 hungry children.
Celebrate Community! We need you to step up to the plate and hit it out of the park! Please contact Barbara Guthrie with any donated auction items, sponsorships or seating at our annual event!
District Conference! Don’t forget to sign up for the District Conference May 20 – 22 in Plymouth! Our club will have a Hospitality Suite. A great escape to the Cape for the weekend!
The Rotary Foundation! I know I keep asking and asking for help and I need a lot of help! But I would like to see our club be an Every Rotarian every Year club. Please donate what you can the TRF.
50/50 raffle! – There were no winners this week so we continue on as the pot grows! There is one joker worth $10.00 left in the deck as well as the 10 of diamonds which is worth $643.00 (plus half of the day’s take next week) TAX FREE DOLLARS should a member win!
Next week we will be meeting at Leo’s and our guest speaker will be Captain Dan Brunelle of the Salvation Army.
Please make every effort to attend and let’s fill up the room for Captain Dan Brunelle!
I will send out a brief survey on Monday regarding possible meeting locations for our club.
Thank you for all you do to improve the lives of those less fortunate.
Thank you for being valuable members of this club!
Thank you for being Rotarians,
Bob Mangan, President 2015 – 2016
Rotary Club of Worcester