Guests: Speaker Nanvcy VanApeldoorn, Students Ally Stupin, Zachary Kessler, Jonathan Spencer and Nacho
Thoughts and Prayers none
Birthdays: Eric, Ted Fessler
Anniversaries: none
Fines and Happy bucks:
Dianne was very happy Leslie reminded her about the on-line sale for tickets to Hamilton
Leslie also got Hamilton tickets and was happy she was able to talk to all three of her
kids
Kim Brooks was happy to be at Rotary and was happy that the freckle on her son’s
retina wasn’t dangerous
Vicky was happy for her family and her grandson being born on her birthday
Bob Ike was grateful for Colin for coming through for him
Jim Bush was happy to add money to the Gary Haigh account for the Community
Center
Bob Yost was happy son Matt got a job with Traveler’s Insurance in Chicago as a
Corporate Claims Counselor
Kim Clement confessed to leaving her badge home
Pat confessed to the same infraction
Announcements:
The unruly cast of the Murder Mystery is getting revved up for another hilarious
Performance
Leslie is still looking for volunteers for a spring break activity for Pal-Mac students
Rotary-Lions joint dinner is April 3 at the Coverlet Museum
District Assembly April 6 at Wayne HS
There will be no meeting on April 17th due to Spring Break
Leslie is looking for help setting up a display for the District Conference
Diannne, Leslie and Maurina are working on new member expectations. Contact any
of them with comments
Dianne put cards on the table for suggestions for the District Simplified Grant
50-50 Vicky Daly donated her winnings to our speaker for Lap Robes for Veterans
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Nancy and Maurina
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Nancy and lap quilt
Maurina introduced Nancy VanApeldoorn, founder of Lap Robes for Veterans.
Nancy introduced herself by showing the back of her shirt with the logo: So Many
Veterans, Sew Little Time. The program has been around for 12 years and the group of 40 volunteers has donated over 9,000 lap robes to veterans. The group goes to the returning Honor Flights and hands out a lap blanket to each veteran participating. Nancy even handed some out to members of Pal-Mac Rotary who had been in the service. The blankets are made of cloth incorporating the different branches of the Armed Forces.
The fabric and sewing store Jackie Lynn’s in Irondequoit donates the space for the construction of the lap blankets and sells the program material at her cost. The volunteers are each given a job depending on ability. Nancy cuts, some sew, some press and some add binding. Any leftover material is made into pillow cases , walker bags or pet bed. Nothing goes to waste.
If you would like to donate to the program you can contact Canandaigua National Bank or visit their website
Lap Robes for Veterans.
