November 22, 2013
Rotarians and volunteers collecting food at ShopRite
The meeting was called to order by President Mika Hon. Al Peskoe led the Pledge of Allegiance and Paul Peacock delivered the Invocation. President Mika welcomed the visiting Rotarians Diane Rotondelli (our guest speaker) and David Pfaff, MD (Staten Island.
President Mika made the following announcements:
- The food drive will be held Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 23rd and 24th) so make sure you know your time slot that you have signed up to participate.
- Keep selling your raffle tickets. The revenue received from the sale of the tickets will go towards the purchase of a shelterbox for the Phillipines. The box has already been purchased by our Club and has been received. The proceeds from the raffle will be replenish those funds that have been expended.
- The annual Rotary Club of Long Branch Holiday Party will be held on December 12th beginning at 6:00pm at Johnny Piancones. The cost will be $25 each and please RSVP.
- March 6th is the Lombardi Dinner.
Pres. Mika thanking Diane Rotondelli
President Mika introduced our guest speaker, Diane Rotondelli. Diane is a member of the Brick Club and she came to the meeting to promote the District 7500 Conference. The Conference is being held May 2nd – 4th in Point Pleasant. They decided to have the conference locally because of the need to give back to the area after the affects of Sandy. The Conference will be a la carte, meaning you can attend only those events that you wish. There will be Plenary sessions on Friday and Saturday along with wine tasting, Friday night murder/mystery, Rotary sing-off, guest speakers from around the world, and a Sunday run/walk to raise funds for polio plus.