Pledge: President Keith Wescovich
Prayer: Gerri Lewis
Song: Andy Anderson
Brents Card Game Winner: Rick Beck
Sergeants Report: Rick Beck
Raffle: Marty, Gerri, Donna
Happy Bucks: Dave for his great grandsons 3rd birthday, happy bucks for the students and guests, HB for Sandi Taylor, Charlie is back teaching again, and Andy's chip off the old block - his son was one of the teachers presenting today.
Announcements:
District Assembly is Saturday, April 13 at Southern Conn. State University. This is a chance to network with other Rotarians in our district. There will be an essay contest vote - subject: 4-way test submitted by high school seniors. There will be break-out sessions on various Rotary program as well as training classes from 9am-2pm. Please go to the district webstite for more information.
Gerri will be attending PETS, the training session for future club presidents. Original date was cancelled due to storm Irene.
Rides for students attending RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) will be provided by club members.
Keith will be traveling to India soon and will be bringing school supplies. For those in poverty, learning to read may be the only way out of life of misery. The basics are needed, paper, pencils, and other supplies. They are not able to use computers yet because there of the limited facilities and no internet access.
High School Students of the Month: Gerri Lewis
The following students were awarded Students of the Month for Technology:
Old Saybrook High School Joshua Scherber
Joshua was not able to attend today.
Lyme-Old Lyme High School Jackson Bennett
Jackson is recognized for his intellectual curiosity and leadership qualities. He helped build sets and props for the high school play and is the team captain for robotics which is competing in a regional competition in Springfield. He is also an avid rower.
Westbrook High School Richard Wade
RJ is community service minded. He recently built a wood table from scratch which he donated for an auction that fetched $400 for the soup kitchen. That will provide 1200 meals!
Golf Tournament: Brent & Sandi Taylor
Last year proved difficult largely because of health issues with Sandi's son keeping her in Florida for an extended time. This year, the focus is to get going earlier to line up sponsors and players. We need to work now as many merchants must plan for their giving. We have accumulated many sponsor signs thru the years and its vital we get them signed up early so that Sandi can sort thru them and get them ready on May 23. Sandi has emailed forms, letters and past donors and she urges everyone to save her emails to your computer so that they are handy when needed. We did not collect all sponsorship fees from last year - we need to do a better job this year!
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