Logo for: Rotary Old Saybrook

OS Rotary Meeting of 7/3/13

Pledge:       President Gerri

Prayer:        Gerri Lewis

Song:          Bill McLaughlin

Flim/Flam:  Brent Taylor

Raffle:  Bob Hester, Gerri Lewis, Bill O’Shaughnessy

Happy Bucks: Glen Anderson happy to be new Secretary, Ed Pinn daughter engaged  happy for Yankee’s two wins  Many happy bucks for our guests.

GUEST:
Jeff Risner guest Gerri Lewis

VISITING ROTARIAN: Maurice Raymond  Lakeland, FL

ANNOUNCEMENT: 

Another donation received for Al Lindquist, Fund now over $2,000.00

Gerri read a letter of thanks from Amy Wengefeld for scholarship

Gerri read a letter of thanks from The Shoreline Soup Kitchen for the $1,000 check

BUSINESS:

Voted to support the Art Show as a Friend for $100.00

Voted to support St. Marks, Westbrook,  Haitian dictionary project. $680.00

PROGRAM:

Lymes Youth Service Bureau, a non-profit agency serving Lyme/Old Lyme.

Guest speakers Mary Seidner and Karen Fisher.  Karen began by introducing the program “Community Action for Substance Free Youth”

The goal of the program is to reduce youth alcohol use by 5% and prevent increase in marijuana use by 2014. This is a community effort involving parents, schools, students and law enforcement.   The key is parental involvement

Use of marijuana before age 15 shows a 5 fold increase in addiction

Cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana use all tied together

Theme:  “I Will Be a PARENT not a Bartender”

MEALS ON WHEELS

Thursday July 11, 2013          Bill McLaughlin

Thursday July 18, 2013          Stan Niemerski

Thursday July 25, 2013          Ken Roche

 

THE UNOFFICIAL FOUR WAY TEST of the things we think, say, or do

1.)  Is it the TRUTH

2.)  Is it FAIR to all concerned

3.)  Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDHSIPS

4.)  Will it be BENEFICAL to all concerned

5.)  Is it FUN.