Rotary Rocket - Oct 24th, 2013
Posted by Bradford Wyatt
on Oct 24, 2013
Thursday's meeting was very lively, and included Satya's report of the large number of events that Worcester Rotarians participated in this month. We now have a total of 35 new member applications.
There were many Happy Dollars collected by Lisa Piehler, and several members, including new member Amy Mosher, were given the famous "Pat on the Back" for good work. Royce Anderson displayed a Rotary exchange pennant that he received while spending a month in our sister city Pushkin, Russia.
Val awarded Satya a pin for his multiple Paul Harris contributions.
Dave Frazier presented a check from our club to new member Kaska Yawo, Executive Director of the African Community for Education, and his associate Andrea Posa.
Seven new members were inducted into the club: (l. to r.) Dave Frazier, James Umphrey, Krista Piazza, Brian Scales, Tony Economou, Jeffrey Chin, Steve Tankanow, Angela Bovill, with Val Callahan and Satya Mitra.
Our speaker was new member Angela Bovill, CEO of Lutheran Social Services. She came from the private sector to work at LSS in 2008, and found that most of their programs were government funded, and were focused on the short-term safety and stability of their clients. She felt it was important to enhance the longer-term connection of their clients to the community, and she dedicated herself to accomplishing this goal, in part, by applying the principles of "compassion, integrity, and courage." LSS has 70 programs across New England.
