Present: William Clark, Dietrich Bilger, Lois Brandes, Lambert Brandes, Candace Cramer, Walter Heller, Michael Johnson, Joe Kelly, Donna Nuzzo-Mueller, Bart Nuboer, Jeannie O'Donoghue, Joan Powers, Bob Price, Sandi Schipul, Janet Schmitz, Ben Summers, Jack Stebe, Mimi Svenning, Richard Wainwright, Bernie Westerveld, Connie Mitchell
Guests: Governor Charles Murphy, John Miller
President William Clark opened the meeting
Pledge of Allegiance: Jack Stebe
Invocation: Sandi Schipul
William welcomed Gov. Charles Murphy and John Miller
Announcements:
William: Foundation: Foundation dinner is Nov. 18th @ Café Funchal, New Bedford from 5:30 - 9:30 Cost is $45.00 The Guest speaker is: John T. Capps, PDG (Morehead City, NC ) 8 people are going so far. Register on line by the 11th.
Read letter from Boston College from the Thomas Lockerby, Vice President for Development of Development thanking the rotary for the contribution of $10,297 to benefit the Department of Fine Arts at Boston College.
Secretary Report: Joan read a letter from Mimi Svenning, assistant director, Children Melanoma Prevention Foundation thanking the rotary for their grant for "Sunaware" education program of melanoma awareness in grades K-12th grade.
Read Announcement of The South Shore Art Center.
Trunk sale: set up at 7:15 AM
Appreciate High School letting us post the Trunk Sale on their outside bulletin board to the entrance of the high school
Joe: $12,634 available in foundation account
YTD Foundation donations $9,025.00
Jeannie: Web site bill for $400 was paid
Pot $328--$164 win
Dietrich: Dietrich has been nominated to be district governor 2013-2014. This is the first time in the history of our club that our club provide the Governor for the District. The club has been fortunate to have been in the lime light of the district for some time now First Janet in 2005 became Assistant Governor for three years. Then Dietrich followed as Assistant Governor for another three years and now Dietrich has been nominated for the Governor Position. This will put the club into the spotlight and Dietrich encouraged us to take this also as a responsibility for the club, in fellowship to continue with our work on local and international programs, including programs on peace and understanding both locally and abroad. Dietrich thanked the club for their support and thanked Governor Charlie and the District nomination Committee for putting their trust in him.
Speaker: We welcomed Governor Charlie at his official Governor's visit at our club. He congratulated Dietrich and said he knows he will be a great Governor. Charlie said he took on the job as Governor even thou he is Selectman at Fairhaven, has a job heading his own disabilities rehabilitation center and loves to spend time with his wife and children. He showed us a picture of his family. One of his main interests is working with people with disabilities. He grew up with a father who had disabilities because of a head injury falling when Charlie was young. He worked with the Providence Bruins since they have been so helpful with the work of the rotary. They raised over 5 thousand dollars for To End Polio Now on Oct. 15 at the Dunkin Donut Center in Providence.
He showed us a picture of Maximo in Honduras in a wheel chair. He had lost the use of his legs to polio. Charlie had gone to Honduras to the village to see the wells and school. That's when he met Maximo. He crawled around on the floor and grabbed Charlie's leg and said "God will help you get me a wheel chair." Charlie told us the story and the difficulties he had getting him a wheel chair The first wheel chair was stolen in Honduras and the second one was lost by the air lines. He did finally get him a wheel chair and also five hundred dollars from the air lines The five hundred they used for a ramp for Maximo.
We are all here for a reason and Scituate Rotary has done so much. Why are we here? Because we want to make a difference -you want to help the local community and also international groups.
So Maximo is why I am a Rotarian It is a lot of work but you do it because you know it is going to benefit the community He has been back to Honduras with his daughters and she loved the children and they loved her. He showed a picture of his daughter with the children. The children were saluting him because he was Governor elect because Rotary has done so much for them. It is good to see the Rotary sign in other countries and the respect that they have for Rotary. They know what rotary is. He showed a picture of the food pantry in New Bedford with water shield in front to show rotary does local and international work.
Theme is: Building Communities and Bridging Continents.
Dietrich will have to put in what his goals are as a District Governor
We need to create polio awareness
Food pantries and what we can do to aid hunger.
How youth are the seeds of the future, we must reach out to the youth in the community.
Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world indeed it is only thing that has.
Thank you all for the work you are doing in this community and in the world.
South Shore Council: Jack told us about the meeting.
Talked about the fund raiser with paper trees.
He needs someone to take his place at next SS meeting
Queen of Hearts: $294 ($147 split) Sandi--King but no Queen
Coming events:
Nov. 6th United Nations Day
Nov. 18th Foundation Dinner@ Café Funchal, New Bedford
Dec. 1st Christmas Party at Barker Tavern for Cushing School
Jan. 21st After Holiday Party for SSCouncil at The Neighbor Club, Quincy
Next meeting: Nov. 3rd Club Night -go over the proposed budget.
