Our guests today were Keith Aubin and the students from RYLA.
President's Report:
Greeter: Doug thanked Cindy who was today's greeter.
Blessing: Ron Coderre
There will not be a meeting next week. Next meeting July 8th.
There will be a board meeting after today's regular meeting.
The Veteran's Coffeehouse is looking for volunteers on Tuesday mornings at the Elks. An email when out with sign-up list.
Rotary District Polio Day and Flag Day to be held at the Yardgoats Stadium on Aug. 2nd. Will be looking for signups.
This will be Woody's last meeting due to his resignation. :(
Secretary's Report: Thank you card from Sophia Thurber, scholarship recipient.
Committee Reports:
Interact: no report today
Pluck a Duck: This event will take place on August 10-11. Our club is asked to help sell tickets as in the past with $2.50 returned to the club for each ticket sold by our members!!! See Dick Loomis for tickets to sell or buy!!
Global Grant Project - Richard said that they are in the process of identifying a project that would have a hands on approach and involve at least 50% of members being physically involved.
Scholarship: Rachel's review of this year…..out of 33 applicants, 7 students were chosen. Review was done blindly. All students reside in our service area. Recipients were: Abigail Converse from WA, Sophia Thurber from TMHS, Kaelyn Tremblay from WA, June Ferraro from TMHS, Pavanny Phav from TMHS, Serena Smith from TMHS and Lucy St. Germaine from Killingly VoAg (Thompson Resident)
Program:Jay Wade introduced some of this year's RYLA participants. The RYLA program helps to build leadership skills and abilities in our student leaders. This year there were 7 students from TMHS, WA and Putnam that participated. The day included motivational speakers and games and group activities. Students voted on and chosen student leaders to participate in the World Affairs Seminar.
Matthew Rybacki (TMHS), Dylan Axtell (TMHS) and Calleigh Levesque (TMHS) all spoke about some of the things they did and what they took away from RYLA.
One activity about “assumption” was a huge take away….never assume there is only one way to do things.
Raffle and cookies
Rachel won the raffle but did not pick the 2Diamonds. She donated $10 to the John O'Brien Scholarship.
Charlie Puffer won the cookies!
Sergeant-at-Arms
Scott Pempek served as our Sergeant at Arms.
Fun Facts:
Sorry…I didn't write down the fun facts.
Fines: No badges - Woody and Jay
Birthdays:
Betti K.
Anniversaries:
Karen and Gary on May 31!
Join Dates:
Lisa Patterson - 2 years
Happy Dollars:
Jay is happy to have the RYLA students joining us.
Jennifer is happy for her vacation road trip to Colorado with her family. She also gave a shout-out to her team at Chase.
Missy gave recognition to Woody and all of his efforts during his time as a member.
Gary O gave a shout-out to the RYLA kids who inspire him and to Woody for all of this efforts. He also has no regrets for becoming a Rotary member, even though Ron had to drag him kicking and screaming to join.
John thanked both Woody and Ron for their efforts and stories.
Barry thanked both Woody and Ron and thought RPC had the record for most photos.
Doug thanked both Woody and Ron for their service to the club. He was happy that he was still on his vacation and had been without work for 2 weeks. Doug also thanked everyone for allowing him to be President for the past year.
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