Rotary Rocket - March 2nd editions
We had a fantastic meeting last week as our guest speakers were Lois Melican, President of the American Chestnut Society Chapter and her staff member Dennis. Lois discussed the blight that killed all of the American chestnut trees from the 1930’s and 1950’s and what the American Chestnut Society is doing to regenerate and re-introduce these lost trees to our country.
We also had a couple of guests from the WPI Rotaract Club – Mike Figueroa and Andrew Joshua Nagal. Kaska also had a guest from ACE, Amy Corneliussen.
RYLA - Past President Dave Frazier discussed RYLA and that we are looking for 6 students to apply. The club has paid for 6 slots. If you know of any students that are interested please contact Dave Frazier, Krista Piazza or Dianne Bruce.
Service Fund Check Presentation – Service Fund Committee Chair Frank Doherty presented a check for $2,500 to Kaska Yawo for the ACE food program. This will provide meals for students in the ACE program.
Kids Café – We have 2 dates scheduled for Kids Café Tuesday March 29 from 4-6 PM at the Boys and Girls Clun on Tainter Street and Tuesday April 26th. Please contact Amy Mosher-Berry if you are interested in helping to serve 300 hungry children. This is a great community service project. We would like the Rotaractors to get involved as well.
Celebrate Community – I will be sending out the flier for our annual fundraiser Celebrate Community flier to each of you. Your support is needed. We need Sponsors, Auction items and attendees. Please help us reach our goal of $100,000! Remember, our success is not dependent on a few people on a committee, but our entire club! This is why we joined Rotary!
TRF – Also don’t forget to contribute to the Rotary Foundation. Please donate what you can so we can be an Every Rotarian Every Year club! Every little bit helps!
This week Emily and I attended a Rotaract Advisors training at Framingham State University. Carl and Steve did a fantastic job organizing the evening and the presenters were fantastic. The content was great as our own WPI Rotaract members Mike and Rita presented.
Board of Directors Meeting – Thursday March 10th 11:0 at Leo’s.
There were no winners in the 50/50 so the total this week is $506 plus our take on Thursday. The pot continues to grow as the deck of cards gets smaller…
This week we are meeting at Leo’s, please make every effort to attend.
Thank you for all you do to make the world a better place!
Click HERE for pictures from Satya Mitra's talk about his trip to India
Feb 24th notes
I understand that things went well at El Basha last week and our guest speaker was fantastic! I am sorry to have missed the meeting but I know that Barbara did a great job! Thank you Barbara for filling in. I understand the jackpot still has not been won. That means we start off the day with $475.00 plus the day’s take. The deck is getting smaller and the pot continues to grow!
This week we will be meeting at Leo’s Restaurant. We have folks from the American Chestnut Association addressing the club. Following our meeting we will have a Celebrate Community meeting!
Please let us know if you plan on going to the District Conference May 20-22 in Plymouth MA. We are planning on having a Hospitality Suite at the conference. The theme this year is Sweets and Rock and Roll. Chris Gates has taken the lead on this. I have made a few suggestions such as contacting Hebert’s Candies for a donation of chocolates and perhaps we could have a lip sync contest or maybe Karaoke!
At this time I would also like to remind members to give to the Rotary Foundation. This is an important part of what we do. It gives our club and others the power to provide needed goods and services here and abroad through the grant process. To date we have only 12 members that have made donations. We are a club of 91 members so please donate what you can and let’s make this year an “Every Rotarian Every Year”
The club has made some purchases, I have asked for funding to upgrade the club computer and purchase a trunk to put our stuff in. Over the weekend I purchased a trunk with locks as well as QuickBooks, Microsoft Office Professional 2016 as well as antivirus software and Adobe Acrobat Reader. This will make our laptop more useful to the club. We may be able to automate what we currently do at check in and monthly reporting.
Please make every effort to attend our meeting! Let’s fill up the room and show our guests what a great club we have!
Thank you for all you do to help those in need.
Bob Mangan, President 2015 – 2016
Rotary Club of Worcester