Our guests were Karin Hughes, Dean of Student Affairs and Steve Fereno, Project Courage Counselor, both from Woodstock Academy.
Secretary's Report
No report
Please sign up on our Greeter Schedule. There are lots of spots to fill.
Presidents Report:
Thank you to Jonathan Tremblay and the Basketball Committee. Thursday night's All Star Basketball game was alot of fun and a great evening for the students that participated.
The Membership Committees will be meeting after our regular meeting today.
The New Member Orientation will be taking place on Tuesday, April 23,2024 at 12 noon at the Hale YMCA. This orientation will be for all of our new Rotarians who have just joined in the past few months as well as anyone who else who wants to review since we haven't had any orientations since before Covid.
Our Board Meeting has been rescheduled to March 22 at 11:30 AM via ZOOM.
No meeting next week.
Committee Reports:
2/20 Raffle Tickets - 2/20 Tickets were distributed today. Karen will reach out to those that weren't at today's meeting. Each ticket is $20 and each member is asked to sell 10 tickets. Deadline to sell tickets is May 6th. Drawing will be held on May 7th.
Interact Club: Roberta is picking up daffodils at PHS on Thursday and will delivery them on Friday. Roberta also reminded us that the club is raising money selling Krispy Kreme Donuts on Saturday, April 6th at Citgo in Pomfret, WINY in Putnam and Citgo in Putnam by Walmart from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at only $15 per dozen of glazed donuts. Please spread the word...Interact is hoping to sell 300 dozen.
Jay has several Rotary Magazines to pass on to our new members. Please feel free to take them.
Golf Committee: This will be on June 2nd. Letters have gone out asking for sponsorships. We are in need of T Sponsors. Please spread the word and if you have anyone that you know of that might be interested in a sponsorship, please let Shawn know.
All Star Basketball Game Committee - Jonathan reported that while the attendance for players was down from what was expected, they were able to have basket ball games and everyone had a good time.
Programs-
Today's speakers were Karin Hughes, Dean of Student Affairs and Steve Fereno, Project Courage Counselor, both from Woodstock Academy. They spoke about substance abuse in their school, specifically vaping. Working with Pat Boyd, a grant was secured so that Steve is in the school 5 days a week, trying to counsel students on the dangers of vaping. Project Courage has been working on preventative measures, rather than discipline to try to curb usage. WA also offers parent and staff training which is open to the public.
Raffle and cookies
Bob F. did not pull the 3 of spades and gave $10 to Beaulac Scholarship.
Cookies were won by Andy.
Sergeant-at-Arms
Jonathan Sturdevant
Fines: Paul P. and Kathy - No Badge, Linda L. Phone Fine
Birthdays:
Woody - March 24
Gail Porter (Spouse) - March 20
Anniversaries: none
Join Dates:
Marc A - 17 years
Jeff R - 17 years
Jenn B - 8 years
Happy Dollars
Andrew is happy because he is leaving for a 2 week trip to Japan on Thursday
Tayler is happy because she got a new puppy "Clover" a golden retriever on Sunday.
Roberta is happy because Eric, the interact president met with Bob F for Relay for Life sponsorship.
Missy thanked Cheryl for covering for her as greeter last week.
Woody is happy for getting his rainbow colored Depends as a gift for his birthday.
Jesse was happy to pay his $ to introduce himself to Jonathan.
Barry paid 5 happy dollars to share that for his 20th anniversary in April, him and his wife are going to Las Vegas to have their vows renewed by an Elvis impersonator.
Amanda is happy for her well attended Kelly 's St. Patrick's Day party and cooking 7 corned beef for all of her guests.
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