Rotary Rocket - March 7th

We had good meeting on Thursday. We opened the meeting with a prayer and pledge. However our Patriotic Song was provided by Mark O’Flaherty. He provided a link that went to a YouTube video of Kate Smith singing God Bless America! It was the extended version so we had to cut it short.

 

Unfortunately our guest speaker canceled at the last minute so Carl Gomes talked about the Rotaract Advisors training last Monday at Framingham State University (finally something in my neck of the woods).

Emily and I both attended the training which was very good. Carl talked about the importance of guiding and mentoring the Rotaract club members. He discussed possibly having a Rotaract version of PETS for incoming club presidents as well as other ongoing training to grow and retain membership.

 

Roger Frost talked about scanning pictures of his family to the cloud, so years from now family members will have access to what could end up being lost photos. He also talked about Rotary, membership, Service and committees and how important these things are to our club. Roger, I can’t agree with you more!

 

Every member should be on a committee. Every committee is important to the function of the club, its members and the community we serve. I have always said “Many Hands Make Little Work”

 

Barbara updated us on our Annual fundraiser Celebrate Community. There will be a Celebrate Community meeting following our regular club meeting on Thursday!

 

Kids Café’ upcoming dates: Tuesday March 29 and Tuesday April 26.

 

District Conference May 20 – 22 in Plymouth MA. Book now! Brad has sent out the link from Karin Gaffney.

 

We have a Board of Directors Meeting coming up this week 3/10 11:00 at Leo’s

 

Bengts’ friend and fellow Rotarian Jan had two chances to pick the 10 of Diamonds but could not find it… There are 30 cards left in the deck which includes two jokers = $10.00 each and the 10 of Diamonds which (to a Worcester club member) is worth $536.00.

 

Our guest speaker this week is Beth Tingely from Ascentria Social Services.

 

Please make every effort to attend!

Thank you for being Rotarians and thank you for your Service Above Self!

Bob Mangan