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It's Here! The Stop Hunger Now event 2016

A note about the Stop Hunger Now event on Saturday the 9th

Dear Club Members,
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
Helen Keller
 
I hope that you have managed to stay warm and healthy over the past few winter months. It is hard to believe that on Saturday we will join together for our food packaging service project as we take a step to end world hunger.
 
Thanks to  each and every one of you for working with the Lynn Rotary Club with your generous donations and/or volunteers to support the vision and mission of the the Stop Hunger Now Organization.
 
The event will be held this Saturday from 8:30-12 at St. Mary’s, located at 35 Tremont St in Lynn. Stop Hunger Now’s meal packaging program is a fun, hands-on international mission project where volunteers work in an assembly line to package high protein, vitamin rich meals. All the necessary arrangements have been made with the organization, so we are ready for the next step, which is to have a great time making the meals.
 
Please tell President Ray personally or email him at rbastarache02@comcast.net if you are going to join us for the event.  This way we will know how many folks we will have.  St. Mary's will also help us with a group of students.
 
 On the day of the event, we suggest that volunteers dress casually and comfortably. Chairs will be available and provided for those who need to sit during the food packaging, or for those who need to take a break. We will have refreshments and water available for volunteers. It would be helpful that any Rotarian who has a ROTARY HAT wear it, otherwise a nametag will be provided at the event check-in.
 
Last year's event was a blast for everyone involved.  Come join us!
 
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me at supton01@hotmail.com.
Thank you once again for all of you help,
Steve Upton
Vice President
Nelson Barrios addresses Lynn Rotary Club about Skills USA service efforts

Nelson Barrios, Lynn Tech senior, addresses Lynn Rotary

Nelson Barrios, a senior at Lynn Vocational Technical Institute recently addressed the Lynn Rotary Club about his experience with the Skills USA club at the school.  He spoke about how the club, with 75 students enrolled, had undertaken to provide service to the City by addressing a number of issues.  They first worked on improving the immediate area of the school by painting a huge wall bordering the commuter rail tracks, cleaning up the traffic island in front of the school, and by replacing the broken benches on the Lynn Common.  Initially they planned to replace only a few benches, but working with the DPW, they are in a process to replace all the benches.  They worked on Hunger and Homelessness, making “care packages” for homeless people and by holding a very successful Walk to End Hunger, where they raised $8,500 which was donated to charity.
 
The Club is now moving into a Phase 3 where they plan to address Opiod Epidemic.  They first educated club members about the facts of addiction, then they held an event to educate the whole school about the dangers of addiction.   They ask students to sign a pledge not to do drugs after these sessions, after the students have become aware of all the dangers.
 
Nelson and the other students in the Skills USA club certainly follow the same ideal as the Rotary Club, “Service Above Self” and members who heard his presentation were greatly impressed.
 
Greeters, April 7 - April 22, 2016

Greeters, April 7 to April 22, 2016

The Greeters for the time period above are as follows:
 
Apr 7      Mark Kennard   Tom Lynch
Apr 14    Joyce Elliott       Jeanette Andrews
Apr 22    Jan Reardon      Tom Lynch
 
Greeters are reminded to set up before the meeting and to put Rotary items away after the meeting.