93rd Annual Lynn High Schools Football Thanksgiving Luncheon
This year the service clubs of Lynn will be hosting the 93rd Annual Lynn HighSchools Football Thanksgiving Luncheon. We invite members to the Porthole Pub Restaurant at 12 noon on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 for this annual tradition in recognition of the Principals, Coaches, Athletic Directors and Captains of the Football and Cheerleader Teams from our City’s High Schools as well as the Lynn Public School Band.
The Lynn Lions and Rotary Clubs will, once again, co-host this year's event and we look forward to your participation. We are pleased to have the support of three of Lynn’s major Credit Unions. The Brotherhood, Riverworks and St. Jean’s Credit Unions have agreed to be the Corporate Sponsors of this annual recognition luncheon.
There will be no regular Thursday meeting the week of Thanksgiving but hope that members are able to join in this annual event. Please RSVP no later than Tuesday, November 19th by registering for the event on our website.
Just go to www.lynnrotary.org and click on “93rd Annual Lynn HighSchools Football Luncheon” under the “Events” heading. Once the event page opens, you can click on “members” under the heading of “online registration”. This will be our first time using the event registration capability of our website.
Jim Harris looks forward to seeing you on Tuesday, November 26th for this long-standing tradition! As always, he is doing great work in helping to organize the event on behalf of our club and for the athletes. Please register and come to the event and support the student athletes of the city!
Fran Brennan addresses Lynn Rotary about the Special Forces
Fran Brennan, retired Special Forces officer, spoke to our Club recently, explaining what the Special Forces are all about, and his life experiences in the Special Forces. He explained the structure and mission of Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and gave examples of the kinds of missions that Special Forces undertake as part of that command. He also spoke about how difficult it is to get into the Special Forces and even more, how difficult it is to get through the training and actually become part of the Special Forces. Intense selection requirements, needed recommendations, physical requirements and mental evaluations are all part of becoming a Special Forces member. The rigors of the Q course and the rigor of the actual training are part of what each Special Forces member goes through, as well as language training, special skills training, and mountain climbing.
Even more than the details of the selection and training, was Fran's explanation about what it takes, inside, to become a member of the Force. He explained how it takes intense will to overcome the extremely difficult training, and how it takes a positive, "keep going" attitude to keep going when it seems that you can't go any further. Due to this intense training, Special Forces are called upon constantly to perform extremely difficult and important missions for the US.
Fellow veteran and club member, Rich Cuffe, when introducing Fran, explained to club members how honorable and important is the Silver Star Medal which Fran earned during his service. Club members were greatly interested in hearing about the Special Forces and appreciated how important is the service of Special Forces members. On behalf of the club, President Obie thanked Fran for his service and thanked him for such a good presentation.
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With generous donations from Rotarians around the world, the Rotary Foundation is working to make a difference in needy communities. Watch a videoabout efforts to help Japanese communities recover from the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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Reprinted from "Help, I've fallen and I need a Good Laugh" by John Grogan
During the war, American mothers knit thousands of pairs of socks. These acts of kindness were much anticipated by G I’s whose feet were often wet and cold.
On one occasion the soldiers barely had time to change their socks when orders came down to move out. One of the young men felt a sharp jab to his heel. Not being able to stop and remove the source of the problem, he limped along in great discomfort until they reached their destination. Pulling off his boot he discovered a small wad of paper. He unrolled it to find this message, “God have mercy on your poor tired feet.”
This year the service clubs of Lynn will be hosting the 93rd Annual Lynn High Schools Football Thanksgiving Luncheon. We invite members to the Porthole Pub Restaurant at 12 noon on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 for this annual tradition in recognition of the Principals, Coaches, Athletic Directors and Captains of the Football and Cheerleader Teams from our City’s High Schools as well as the Lynn Public School Band.
