March 27, 2013 Meeting Minutes

Guests:
Joanne D’Amato of the Palmyra Food Pantry

Missing in Action:
Gene Bassage, Tom Brighton, Mark Clement, Vicky Daly, John Denniston, Chase Ellsworth, Gary Haigh, Robert Ike, Jeff Johncox, Anne Morrell, Peter Park, Arnie Pechler, Nancy Schrader, Bob Sloan, Leslie Vecchiotti.

Please keep the following in your thoughts and prayers this week:
Bob’s father, Andy Sloan, had a possible mini-stroke and is in hospital for tests. 

Birthdays/Anniversaries:
Richard and Wynette celebrated an anniversary.

Singing:
Easter is this Sunday, so with Kim in the lead, we hippity-hopped through “Here Comes Peter Cottontail.“

Fines, Happy Bucks, Confessions:
• Gary’s son Brian has been invited to the American Legion Boys State.
• Margaret’s granddaughter was invited to join the women’s World Cup team while they practice in Germany.
• Pam had a happy buck for Bill’s bandage coming off today.
• Dick informs us that Mickey’s surgery went well, and she is progressing.  Also, he tells us that the Red Jacket Rotary Club is again meeting at 96 and 21 in Manchester.
• Dave Read is happy to report that Union College (his alma mater) won the hockey championship and is moving on to the NCAA tournament.

Notes and Updates for the Club:
-  The District Assembly is Saturday April 13 at the Red Jacket High School in Shortsville.
-  The annual joint Lions/Rotary dinner takes place Tuesday April 16 at the Alling Coverlet Museum in Palmyra.  Guest speaker is Craig Schaller from WHAM 1180.  Meet and greet 6pm, dinner at 6:45.  Cost is $17 per person.
-  The Wayne County Rotary Spelling Bee, held last month, raised $4,300 for Wayne County Literacy Volunteers.
-  The district recently held training sessions about the new grants system.  Armed with this new information, our board of directors has approved a motion to seek a grant from the district.  This grant would be used to help Rehema Home, an orphanage in Kenya, expand.  You may remember Jonathan Schwandt’s visit to our club last April.  See story here.

President Dianne presents a check to Joanne D'Amato, accepting on behalf of the Macedon Food Pantry.

Our monthly Foundation auctions continue to be successful.  At this month's assembly, we raised $42 from bids on items donated by Rotarians.  This month's auction items included a meat thermometer/fork, a delicious home-made crumb cake, salsa, and a hand-made basketball-themed pillow.  Thank you to all who bid and congratulations to the winners!


Margaret Brooks shares some info about the pillow
she made,with Pam Dean who won it at the auction.