Pledge: Glenn Anderson Prayer: President Gerri Song: Charlie Norz Brents Card Game Winner: District Governor, Rick Bassett
Sergeants Report: Kathy Callinan
Raffle Winners: Kathy, Jan and guest Peter Anderson
Happy Bucks: for the nice day, students of the month, visitor District Governor, Rick Bassett, upcoming Golf Tournament, the rigourous hike at the "Preserve", Donna's letter to our President Gerri, PETS that Bill O'Shaughnessy attended, becoming a new Rotary member and all our gusets.
Annoucements: Welcome to District Govenor, Rick Bassett and Assitant Governor, Jack Solomon, principals, teachers, students and parents. President Gerri- There will be a short meeting of the outreach commitee and after that a Foundation meeting.
Meals on Wheels for month of February: Kathy Callinan - March 13th Bill O'Shaughnessy - March 20th Sandra Miller - March 27th
Students of the Month- Technology Glenn introduced all three Technology students and presented each with a $25.00 check along with a certificate for a $25.00 donation to Polio Plus in the students name.
Lyme-Old Lyme High School: Allie Marsh Allie is a sophmore and is in the video production class. What sets her apart from her peers according to her teacher John, was her involvement in the presidents student challenge across the country where several fellow students went out, took video and Allie had the ability to take all her classmates video and intertwine them to produce outstanding results. Her district is very proud of her producing talent. Allie enjoys video making as well as singing. Westbrook High School: Sarah Hollis Sarah is a Senior at Westbrook High. She is part of the National Honor Society. Her teacher, Peter Anderson stated she grasps everything and is far ahead of her peers regarding projects in class. She has a natural ability to grasp architecture. She currently visited an old barn in Haddam, measured it, sketched it and drew up a rendering plan for the barn within a 4 day period. Sarah is considering attending Vasser college with a double major in International Relations and Japenese.
Old Saybrook High School: Ryan Wolery Principal Shelia Ripple commented that Ryan is a strong, quiet, model leader involved in many activities. He just became an Eagle Scout and is a respectful hardworking young man hoping to go to Northeastern College. He is very interested in Chemical Engineering. Ryan expressed how honored he felt in accepting this award.
Induction into Rotary- Charlie Renshaw: Governor Rick Bassett inducted Charlie Renshaw. Kathy Callinan stood in for Bill McLaughlin as Charlie's sponsor. He encourages all Rotarians to speak publicly in the community about the benefits and rewards Rotary offers and to create an awareness of what Rotary stands for and what in accomplised locally and globally. Kathy Callinan Pinned Charlie, awarded him his Rotary badge and new member packet which includes the 4 way test. All club members welcomed Charlie.
The Governor spoke about the upcoming conference on May 2nd at the Mystic Marriott. Rooms are going quickly. He stated, if you are not attending the conference you may want to visit the District Assembly which will be located in the middle of the conference, it is a snap shot of what happens at the conference. There are fees to attend.
Golf Tournament: Brent stated the Annual Golf Tournament is Thursday, May 22nd, rain or shine. Brochures are ready and can be handed out. Please take a few with you and if you need more please vist our website at www.osrotary.org. or contact Brent. If you have any questions or concerns, please follow up with Brent. More details at next weeks meeting.
Respectfully submitted, Sandra Miller
Additional Information from our President:
Good afternoon all. Below is a picture of our Assistant Governor Jack Solomon with Glen Anderson, our Secretary at our Rotary meeting this morning. Our ADG is recommending us for a Presidential Citation....thanks to all of you!
Thanks Stu and staff for a wonderful breakfast as always, especially theFrench Toast!
This morning, we had a full house. Our District Governor inducted our newest member, Charlie Renshaw. Congrats and welcome, Charlie! Thanks, Rick!
We also welcomed a guest, Heather Asch, to our meeting this morning.....another new member candidate!
We then went on to recognize our Students of the Month in Technology. Our students for Technology are: Allison Marsh, Old Lyme; Ryan Woolery, Old Saybrook and Sarah Hollis, Westbrook. Glen did the honors; Marty did the photo shoot for our website. Congratulations Allison, Ryan and Sarah....we applaud you! Thanks, Glen for heading this up in Bill's absence.
The Community Outreach committee met after the meeting today and approved the request from Principal Sheila Brown of The Goodwin School for Y-Camp for kids. Thank you for handling this Joan, in Stan's absence.
Brent brought in the golf brochures and pictures that I took from last year and of course he was grumbling and bumbling as usual about the pictures.. pictures identified and so it begins....Sandi will be at our meeting next week...Brent sit down...so think Golf everyone!
Have a good week and THINK GOLF!!! Be safe and be well....
----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Rick Bassett <comment-reply@wordpress.com> To:gerri_lewis@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:17 AM Subject: [New post] 2013-14 Rotary Presidential Citation – Application due by 03-31-2014
rickbassett posted: "The 2013-14 Presidential Citation recognizes Rotary clubs for an array of achievements that promote our membership growth, enhance humanitarian service through our Foundation, and strengthen our network through the family of Rotary. By qualifying for the "
Assistant Governor Jack Solomon assisting Old Saybrook in completing their form
The 2013-14 Presidential Citation recognizes Rotary clubs for an array of achievements that promote our membership growth, enhance humanitarian service through our Foundation, and strengthen our network through the family of Rotary. By qualifying for the Presidential Citation, clubs contribute to Rotary’s strategic goals and multiply the impact of their good work through the collective focus of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs worldwide.
Clubs are asked to use the following form to assess their accomplishments this year. To qualify for the Presidential Citation, clubs must complete all three required activities, along with three additional activities in each category. Clubs that complete four additional activities in each category will qualify for the Presidential Citation with Distinction. Unless otherwise specified, all activities must be undertaken and completed between 1 July and 31 March of the 2013-14 Rotary year with the exception of membership. We are allowing D7980 Clubs to include their projection (best realistic guess) of where their membership numbers will come out by June 30th.
Deadline: Clubs should complete the form and send it to the district governor (me) no later than March 31st. Forms sent to Rotary International will NOT be processed.
