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Donna Wolcott (Community Services Director, EG Rotary) delivering household supplies to Ric Wild (Community Outreach and Volunteer Manager, Crossroads RI). Crossroads RI is one of the many community services that the Rotary Club of East Greenwich supports.

Pictured front row l-r: Harry Waterman, Treasurer John Wolcott, Donna Wolcott, Kathy McMahon, President-elect Kate Upham, Mike Neville, Alicia Martinelli, Steve Lombardi.

Second row l-r: Sgt-at-Arms Ken Mills, President Bob Siminski, George Cooper, Vin Meola, Bob Miller, Secretary Bill Ten Eyck, Bob Sloan.

Rotary Meeting at Faith Hill Farm

5/18/2022

Present – Donna Wolcott, Harry Waterman, John Wolcott, Ken Mills, Bob Miller, Vin Meola, George Cooper, Kate Upham, Bill Ten Eyck, Bob Siminski, Ron Winde, Bob Sloan, Bob Siminski and Dave Iannuccilli. Guests: Chris Burch and Loretta Winde.

Opening Prayer – John Wolcott

Announcements –

Kudos to our Fund Raising team: George, David and Alicia!!! A wonderful night was had at Potowomut and the event raised $2,087. One auction item came in late…Odeum gift certificate, to be auctioned next meeting.

Starting next week North Kingstown Rotarians will be joining us each week for meetings.

Please remember to send John the name(s) of the organization you would like your $100 Club donation to go to. Deadline is June 5th.

At the June Board meeting the Service Chairs will provide suggestions for further disbursements and voting. If you have a suggestion please contact: Bill Ten Eyck New Generations, George Cooper International and Donna Wolcott Community Service.

Next Tuesday night 5/24 East Greenwich Chamber's “Business after Hours” is being held at Faith Hill Farm and all are invited. The event is from 5:30-7:30.

Speakers: Staff of Faith Hill Farm and St. Mary’s Home for Children

This week’s meeting was our “Million Dollar Meal” and was provided by Faith Hill Farm on their site. We got to mingle with the horses! St. Mary’s is a non-profit offering comprehensive treatment programs for boys and girls traumatized by abuse or experiencing the challenges of psychiatric disorders. The number of children sexually abused is higher than you might think. Children are treated and cared for in the residential, educational and out-patient programs located in North Providence. They focus on treatment and healing while providing the support and skills necessary for the preservation of families.

One of their methods of treatment is an equine program held at Faith Hill Farm; each child’s session is several weeks long. The staff of both programs explained how that therapy works and we all got to join 4 horses in a ring to interact. Our Club has applied for a District Grant to provided funds for a couple of children to attend one of the several week sessions.

Please note that as this was our “Million Dollar Meal”, everyone who was unable to attend is asked to send their $20 checks into John.

Please join us next week in person or by Zoom.

Reporter – Donna Wolcott