Notes from 05/02/17 Meeting
Song: Rick Considine
Reflection: Michaela Scott
Guests and Visiting Rotarians: Donna Couture and Winnacunnet High School students Isabella and Nick
Announcements:
Board Meeting: May's Board of Director's Meeting will be held on Wednesday May 10th at the Partridge House at 5:30PM. This will be a joint meeting of this year's board and next year's board.
Soup Kitchen: The last soup kitchen of the season will be on May 8th, the chef will be Shane Pine and the Community Oven bringing pizzas. Will Gonzales is the captain.
Evening Business Meeting: The May Hampton Rotary Business meeting will be held on May 16th with the evening format. The meeting will be at 5:30 PM in the Goody Cole room at the Old Salt. There will be no morning meeting ob the 16th!
Club Changeover: June 25th is once again scheduled to be a lobster/hamburg cookout at Bud and Lois' in Hampton.
Scholarship Update: President Gibadlo will be at the Seacoast School of Technology on Wednesday May 3rd making a selection for this year's $1,000 scholarship.
2017 District Conference: - May 19th at the Samoset Resort in Rockland Maine. Registration has begun and you can register online at http://rotary7780.org/SitePage/2017-district-conference. Full conference registration is $265, Hotel $164 plus tax/night. Registration has been extended until May 11th.
United Way Community Baby Shower Event; Cindy Boyd of the United Way and Portsmouth Rotary announced that the United Way is sponsoring a Community Baby Shower for mothers in need. This will be the 4th Baby Shower they have sponsored. There are 4 ways to help: 1. Sponsor (Portsmouth, Dover, and Rochester Rotary's are on board). 2. Drive for donations. 3. Clothes Shopping and Drops and 4. Volunteer on Saturday May 13th. For more information contact Cindy Boyd at cboyd@uwgs.org or call 603-373-9106.
Buddy Bench: Donna Abisi announced that Dave Reid and Craig Kelleher have built 6 Buddy Benches! Donna updated that the top back boards of the benches have been engraved by Timberline Engraving and they look awesome. We will need a small crew to cement once they are completed. We're placing 6 benches at 6 schools. Rollout in May. We'll be looking for people to attend the ribbon cutting.
Crutches for Africa: Dave Anderson said he had a nice note from a couple who had borrowed a walker and wheelchair after Portsmouth Hospital had sent them his way. The program in snot only helping those in Africa, but citizens locally!
Food Shopping Spree: President Gibadlo said we have already received several Thank You notes from the food pantry's we helped stock from the food shopping spree. Patty McKenzie from the Hampton Community Coalition sent a card, and Robin Reid and the Methodist Church each sent a note as well.
Upcoming Events:
Road Side Cleanup - May, Sherry Rand is coordinating
50/50: Ann Kaiser drew the Ace of Spades
This week's Speaker:
Donna Couture spoke about the Extended Learning Opportunities program at Winnacunnet High School. This is the third year at WHS. ELO is where a student engages in learning outside the learning institution. It relies on support from community business members to open their businesses to students with workplace learning or Project Based Learning. Two students who benefited from the project spoke about what they had done. Isabella has volunteered at a canine rehab center "Tails of Rye" and at the North Hampton Animal Hospital to help with her interest in veterinary science. Nick studied event planning at Marketing Alley in North Hampton, and will be job shadowing at Children's Hospital while an fundraising event is planned and delivered
Need to do a makeup? Neighboring Clubs Meet on the following days and times:
Exeter: Meets Mondays at 12:15 PM at the Exeter Inn, 90 Front Street, Exeter, NH
Newburyport: Meets Tuesdays at 12:15 PM at Andiamo Restaurant, 24 Winter St, Newburyport, MA
Portsmouth Lunch Rotary: Meets Thursday at 12:15 PM at the Portsmouth Country Club, 80 Country Club Lane, Second Floor, Greenland, NH
Portsmouth Seacoast (Sunrise) Rotary: Meet Thursday's at 7:30 AM, Cafe Espresso, 783 Islington St, Portsmouth, NH
Amesbury MA: Meets Thursdays at 12:15 at Crave Restaurant, 32 Elm St, Amesbury. They do a new evening social meeting the first Thursday of the month at the Amesbury Sports Park, 12 S. Hunt Rd, Amesbury from 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Rochester: Meets Monday's at 12:15 PM, Governor's Inn, 78 Wakefield St, Rochester
Raymond: Meet Wednesday mornings at 7:30 AM at the Tuckaway Tavern and Butchery, 58 Route 27, Raymond. Exit 5 off 101.
Dover: Meets Wednesday at 12:15 PM at 121 Broadway, Dover, NH
Kittery Maine: Meets Tuesday's at 7:30 AM at Kittery Estates, 220 State Road, Kittery
Kittery Maine After Hours: Thursdays from 5:00 - 6:00 pm at Hillside Flowers & Gifts, 151 State Rd, Kittery - meeting in garage in the back.
Visit these neighboring clubs and make some new friends and contacts!
Attendance is documented weekly through our sign-in sheet at the front desk. If you can't make a meeting, (and most of us can't from time to time, we're all busy people) you have lots of opportunity to get credit by simply doing a make-up two weeks prior or two weeks after a missed meeting. Visit another Rotary club meeting, attend one of our board meetings, a committee meeting, participate in a service project (blood drive, soup kitchen, bell ringing, etc.) or one of our many fundraisers (Reach to the Beach, Golf Tournament, etc) or simply do an on-line make-up. 
There are so many ways to receive a make-up, but don't forget to e-mail Paula Rappolt, our club secretary, the event you attended and the date at 