President's Report- Martha reminded everyone that the monthly Board of Directors meeting will take place after today's regular club meeting. She also reminded everyone to pay their dues, as we still have some outstanding.
Committee Reports:
Scholarship Committee:
Rachel reported that there have been quite a few of our past scholarship recipients in the local news lately, highlighting their academic achievements. A few examples:
2025 John O'Brien Scholarship recipient Serena Smith from Tourtellotte was on the recent Dean's List from ECSU
2024 John O'Brien Scholarship recipient Ava Horsat was on the recent President's List from Nichol's College
2025 Archambault Scholarship recipient Sophia Thurber was on the recent Dean's List from Emmanuel College
2022 Archambault Scholarship recipient Morgan Bentley recently graduated from UConn and will be applying to medical school.
& More
Program:
Karen Osbrey, President of IHSP (Interfaith Human Services of Putnam), presented to the club a review of what her organization does in our community.
Today , August 18, is National: Fajita Day, Pinot Noir Day, Mail Order Catalog Day, Bad Poetry Day, Never Give Up Day.
On this day:
In 1920: Women gained the right to vote
In 1872: the 1st mail order catalog came out
In 1963: James Meredith became the 1st black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi
In 1992: Larry Bird retired from the Celtics
Fines: Doug paid a fine for not wearing his badge today. Charlie paid a phone ringing fine.
Raffle and cookies: Jeff won the raffle but did not draw the 5 of Diamonds. He donated the $10 to the Archambault Fund.
Scott won the cookies!
Happy Dollars:
Emily shared that her stepson recently left for Navy bootcamp, and that she and her husband have booked their honeymoon to Aruba for January 2027!
Rachael had an on-time appointment for once with Dr. Dean.
Doug had a great birthday with lots of calls from family and a great bike ride.
Madilyn had a great weekend in Maine (kid-free!), and her old car finally sold.
Martha had a great client appreciation event at Scoop Social with over 100 clients in attendance. This week is their agent appreciation event at her house. Her front door is finally finished.
Scott shared that his 3 week kitchen renovation project is now in its 8th week.
Doug paid another happy dollar telling Scott that WBA would have been on time & on budget!
Kathy shared that her brother in OK recently had a medical scare but will be okay.
