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President's Message
Kathy Kirk
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UNITE FOR GOOD

September 2, 2025
Greeter Schedule
 
09/02/2025 - Missy Meyers
09/09/2025 - Madilyn Smith
09/16/2025 - Cheryl Guillot
09/23/2025 - Roberta Rochette
09/30/2025 - Rande Chmura
10/07/2025 - Dick Loomis
10/14.2025 - Crystal Simonson
10/21/2025 - no greeter scheduled
10/28/2025 - Kayla Morin
11/04/2025 - Tracie Lombardi
 
Visiting Rotarians and/or Guests
Our guest was the program presenter from The Arthur C. Luf Children's Burn Camp, Dominic Manuano, Executive Director.
President's Report: 
 
Greeter: Kathy thanked Missy for being today's greeter.
 
Invocation:  Tracie Lombardy
 
President's remarks: 
Kathy thanked those volunteers who helped in August at Living Faith Methodist Church, Daily Bread and the Clothing Closet, to name a few.
 
On September 29, the Community Kitchen in the Woodstock Hill Church is looking for volunteers to help cook the meal that will be served.
 
Clean up day at the Woodstock Town Hall and the Arboretum will be on October 25th at 9:00 am.   We are looking for volunteers to help. 
 
The finance committee will be meeting next week.

There will be a club assembly and board meeting the following week.
 
Secretary's Report:  No report
 
 
Committee Reports:

Mentoring Program:  Missy will be meeting with Roteract and Interact to give more details on the mentoring program as well as providing a fill-able PDF application.  She has also sent out information to the RYLA and Scholarship recipients.   Application deadline will be October 1st.  The next steps include identifying matches to connect our Rotary members with. 

Interact:  Roberta reminded us about collecting Halloween costumes for children again this year.  There is a drop-off bin at Hale YMCA until Oct. 8th or bring donations to our meeting.

They already have a large number of costumes for girls.  They are looking for: Baby/Toddler - Boy or girls 0/6 months to 2T/3T; and Boys sizes 12 - 16 or men's small.  

 
Program: Today's program was presented by Dominic Manuano, Executive Director of The Arthur C. Luf Children's Burn Camp and also President of the Stratford Rotary Club.
 
The Arthur C. Luf Children’s Burn Camp is a safe, natural outdoor environment for kids ages 8 to 17 from around the world who have survived life-altering burn injuries.   The Burn Camp became a reality in 1991 after many years and hours of dedication and planning by their late President and Founder, Arthur C. Luf. It is the only one of its kind in the Northeast and all children attend free of charge. Expenses for lodging, meals, arts/crafts, activities and programs are paid for by the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation.

Active and retired firefighters from along the East Coast, medical personnel trained in treating burns, burn survivors, and caring individuals help round out the team of counselors for the children. All counselors serve on a volunteer basis.

The campers come from all over the world -  New England, New Jersey, New York, Washington D.C., Maryland, Florida, Puerto Rico and from other countries like Russia, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Peru, Croatia, and Vietnam.
Raffle and cookies
 
Bob won the raffle but did not pull the 2 of diamonds for the $220. He donated the $10 to the Director's fund.
 
Bob also won the cookies and since Barry forgot to bring them, he will ensure that Bob gets them next week.
 
Sergeant-at-Arms
Scott Pempek served as this week's sergeant at arms.
 
Fun Facts: 
Today is Blueberry Popsicle Day,
World Coconut Day and Spaulding Baseball Day
 
Fines: No Badge - Charlie
 
Birthdays: 
Roberta on Sept. 4th
Linda on Sept. 5th
 
Anniversaries:  
Jonathan & Amanda on Sept. 1st
 
Join Dates:  
Deb Hoft on Sept. 1st - 36 years!

Happy Dollars:

Roberta - is happy to go hiking with her husband.   Also, Mike's book “Hometown Heroes" is on sale for $25.00 and proceeds will benefit American Legion Scholarship and Tri-town Baseball.

Missy - is happy her mom visited a few weeks ago, that the Joint Comm. Accreditation is over and they had great results, was happy to serve with Paul at Living Faith Methodist and will be going to Niagara Falls soon.

Jennifer - happy that her high-schooler is able to officially ref soccer games and she let her go to Woodstock Fair with her friends on her own this year.

Kathy - is glad for Dominic's program today and she is excited about the club and the momentum that is building.

Barry - during the 1st week of August in 1975 he was vacationing on the Cape and went to see Jaws.   He is happy that he saw it again this weekend.
Meetings and Make-ups

Willimantic Rotary Club, Windham Club, Windham Golf Club, Tuesday at 12 noon  https://willimanticrotary.com/
The Rotary Club of Sturbridge MA, Publick House, Sturbridge, Monday at 6 pm  http://sturbridgerotary.org/
The Rotary Club of Southbridge MA, Southbridge Hotel & Conference Center, Wednesday at 12:05 pm  https://rotary7910.org/clubinfo/southbridge
The Rotary Club of Plainfield CT, Riverview Restaurant, Plainfield, Monday at 6 pm  https://www.facebook.com/TheRotaryClubOfPlainfield
Interact Club, New Putnam Library, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 6:30 pm (September to May) https://www.volunteernect.org/volunteer-dynamic/putnam-rotary-interact-club
Putnam Rotary Board of Directors, Day Kimball Hospital, 2nd Tuesday of the month following the regular club meeting
Rotaract Meetings, Black Dog Restaurant, Putnam, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 6 pm https://www.qvrrotaractclub.com/

Executives & Directors
President
Kathy Kirk
 
President Elect
Martha Paquette
 
Secretary
Emily Barnes
 
Treasurer
Fred Chmura
 
Immediate Past President
Doug Porter
 
Sergeant-at-Arms
Jonathan Tremblay
 
Sargent-at-Arms 1
Scott Pempek
 
Board of Directors 2 years
Linda Lemmon
 
Board of Directors 1 year
Jenn Brytowski
 
Board of Directors 1 year
Crystal Simonson
 
Board of Directors 2 years
Cheryl Guillot
 
Rotary Foundation
Gary W. Osbrey
 
Public Relations
Linda Lemmon
 
Membership
Karen Osbrey
 
Youth Exchange Officer
Kathy Naumann
 
Interact Chair
Roberta Rocchetti
 
Rotaract Chair
Robert Fournier
 

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