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President's Message
Sue Mastroianni
April 19, 2019
 
Dear Fellow Rotarians,
 
I want to wish all of you and your family’s joy and many blessings this Easter and Passover holiday.  Let us remember all we have to be grateful for and those who are less fortunate.
 
There is NO meeting this Friday, April 19th. Our next meeting is Friday, April 26th with our District Governor Kate Sims. Please join us in greeting Kate as she tells us more about the District’s Opioid Task Force.
 
Last Friday we had a wonderful meeting with Jean Canosa Albano, Assistant Director for Public Services at the Springfield City Library and Matthew Blumenfeld, Library Campaign Director. Jean and Matt made us aware of all the 21st century library has to offer. Please see the bulletin for more information.
 
Have a good week and a wonderful holiday!
 
President Sue Mastroianni
Speakers
Apr 19, 2019
No Meeting
Apr 26, 2019
Opiod Crisis
May 03, 2019
Baystate Health Heart & Vascular Program
May 10, 2019
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PAST & UPCOMING MEETINGS
Pictured L to R: Sue Mastroianni, Jean Canosa Albano and Matthew Blumenfeld
Last week, our speaker was Jean Canosa Albano, Assistant Director for Public Services at the Springfield City Library. Jean was joined by Matthew Blumenfeld, Campaign Director for the Library’s Promise Realized Campaign. The goal of the Promise Realized Capital Campaign is to raise $2 million to support the construction and equipping of a new branch library in Springfield’s East Forest Park neighborhood and is scheduled to run through the end of 2019, when the new branch will be opened. Jean and Matt were both very passionate about all a 21st century has to offer our community.  For more information about the library please visit https://www.springfieldlibrary.org/library/about/
This week. on April 19, there will be no Rotary Meeting due to the Easter/Passover holiday. 
 
On Friday, April 26 join us as we welcome District Governor Kate Sims as our speaker. Kate will talk about the succession of our district and the district’s newly formed opioid task force. Kate has been a Rotarian of the Manchester Rotary Club in Manchester CT for 9 years and was President of the club in FY 13 /14.    On the District Level she is the past Chair of Rotaract, past AG for Area 5 and DG for District 7890 year 2108/2019. 
CHALK IT UP!
Chalk It Up! has picked up a ton of speed in the last ten days.  Thank you to Rick Lee for working fine tune our promotional video.  Kudos to Rick!    Maurice Powe and Terry Powe for arranging visits in early May to Brookings, Rebecca Johnson and DeBerry Elementary Schools to encourage the students to join us on May 18th at the Springfield Museums.  Also, thank you to Marie Angelides for her purchase of a Silver Sponsorship and Sumner & Toner for increasing from Bronze to a Silver Sponsorship for this year’s event.   We have Shriner’s Hospital returning as a Bronze Sponsor and Alisa Garanzha’s Naismith's Pub and Pretzel participating for the first time as a Bronze Sponsor.  Thank you to you both.   Let’s keep the momentum, May 18th will be here before we know it! 
ROTARY BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
We love to celebrate our fellow Rotarians!
April Birthday’s: Richard Fulkerson 4/4; Ellen Freyman 4/7; Seth Tenebaum 4/12; Ron Weiss 4/28  Congratulations to All! 
THE MIRACLE MARC FOUNDATION CELEBRATON

Please join The Miracle Marc Foundation Inc on Saturday, May 4, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in celebrating the kick start of Water Safety Awareness Month by introducing to the community the first Miracle Marc Scholars.  This year we are honoring the Springfield Sharks who has one of the greatest swim teams in Springfield and has been providing lessons and training for the last 40 years. Come on by and learn more about the work we are doing, our vision and the accomplishment this year so far. Dinner and Cash Bar. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://bit.ly/2KNI3oY

 

TODAY IS...
April 19th is Good Friday! Good Friday is a solemn day commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Bible. It takes place the day after Maundy Thursday and two days before Easter Sunday. It is believed to have been observed since around 100 CE.
ROTARY DISTRICT CONFERENCE 2019
A special message from DG Kate Sims: “The District Conference this year is May 3rd & 4th in Danvers, MA.  Registration is live and there is an early bird special for $150.  This is for a Luncheon, Dinner Dance and Saturday Brunch!!  The Hotel is separate and you must call the hotel for reservations. I look forward to seeing you all there!!  Below is a link to the registration and thanks for supporting this and sharing this with your club members!!” ~Kate 

 
WE NEED YOUR HELP
Dene Kimball could use a little help with displaying our Rotary flags at meetings. Dene is planning some extended vacation time soon and would like a few Rotarians to volunteer and put up the flags while he’s away (or give him a break now and then). The flags are stored at Max’s and only take a few minutes to put up or take down. Please talk to Dene about helping out. And thank you for your participation in helping to display our flags!
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Did you know you can easily reach the Rotarian Magazine, Rotary International, the District website and our own club website right from this bulletin? Well you can! Just check out the links under "ROTARY ONLINE" on your left.
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Rotary Club of Springfield - Meeting Fridays-12:15 PM
Springfield Rotary
Service Above Self
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