Pledge: President Bill O’Shaunessey Prayer: Gerri Lewis Song: Bill McLaughlin Flim/Flam: Ed Pinn (after two ties) Raffle: Charlie Renshaw, Liz Forsman, (Guest), Libby Scherber, Student HAPPY BUCKS Happy for guests and students Kathy happy for Rick, sad dollars for the Turkeys, Charlie Renshaw happy to be going to Puerto Rico for the tourney, Liz Forsman happy for Rotary, many and varied. VISITING ROTARIAN: NONE GUEST: Phil Mielcarz Westbrook, Liz Forsman Alexa’s mother Westbrook ANNOUNCEMENTS Received $500.00 from William Pitt Real Estate for turkeys Hero’s Tree Lighting December 5 @ Katherine Hepburn Cultural Center Keep in mind DMG and Wine Tasting Youth & Family Holiday Giving Adopt a Family Program December 13 Saybrook Torch Light Parade Old Saybrook Interact Club Jingle Bell Run December 13 8:00 AM – 10:00 Remember E R E Y $100.00 every year PROGRAM R Y L A (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) Camp Hazen Lyme/Old Lyme High School students Sophia Romeo, and Gabriel “Gabe” Barclay. Report progam very worth while activities until 2:00 A M, made friends with other Connecticut students, program moved them out of their comnfort zones. Westbrook High School students Alexa Forsman and Bradley Cates were given leadership roles and training, moved out of comfort zones, had a great time very worth while. Old Saybrook High School students Heather Kuang, Danielle LaMay, Erin Fitzgerald, Libby Scherber, put together a Power Point presentation very well done, learned to speak out probems presented and solutions given, very worth while. ROTARY STUFF Good morning. We had a great meeting on Wednesday with all the students that attended RYLA. Amber's students brought in a slide presentation and we caught a glimpse of Rich Sullivan's daughter, Megan who was a facilitator. Thanks, Glen, for arranging this program. It's always great to have Westbrook, Old Lyme and Old Saybrook students and parents at our meeting and breakfast was great as always. I hear Stu is back in the kitchen part time .... welcome back, Stu! You can be proud of Kelli and Marilyn; they did a great job for us. The Rotary/Liberty Bank Turkey Drive is soon coming to an end. Saturday, November 22nd is the last day to make a contribution. Our branch is open until 3:00 p.m. We will be giving gift cards to the 3 towns we support, Old Lyme, Westbrook and Old Saybrook on Monday, November 24th, 3:30 p.m. at the Old Saybrook branch. Please join us if you can and bring your cameras. Amber's Interact students will be joining us as well. Thank you Kathy and Amber for chairing this for us. Thank you all for your happy bucks and to Glen, Jan and Amber for collecting money outside of Rotary for this Our next meeting is December 3rd. Please note there will not be a meeting on Wednesday, November 26th, the day before Thanksgiving. December 13th is the Torchlight Parade and Marty will talk about that next time. We will be making and serving hot chocolate and cookies/pastries to the marchers. Brent, Welles, Rick and I will be making the hot chocolate. Please volunteer to help pick up pastries. Thanks. Our holiday dinner is Wednesday, December 17th at Water's Edge Resort & Spa. I am attaching that information for you as well. Some of you have already signed up, thanks. We are going to have a grab bag as well, so don't forget to bring a gift if you wish to participate. Our Wine Tasting is February 6th and it's not too early to start getting your auction items. We changed it up a bit this year and we will be doing a program book, so please get out there to get sponsors for us. I'm attaching the information for you. We've had many Community Outreach requests and I'm happy to say that we've given away approximately $6500 to those in need so far this year. Hooray for Rotary! Our Warm The Children shoppers are out there shopping at Walmart. Kathy and I are heading up this effort for Rotary and if you want to be a shopper, please contact Dick Campbell at: rpc0647S@sbcglobal.net .... any questions, kindly let us know. I went to Old Lyme and accepted a check from William Pitt Sotheby Real Estate for $500 last Tuesday .... very generous I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels. Take care and be well. UPCOMING ROTARY PROGRAMS December 3, 2014 Business Meeting/Wine Tasting December 10, 2014 Student of the Month Social Studies December 17, 2014 Dinner Meeting/Party December 24, 2014 NO MEETING December 31, 2014 NO MEETING MEALS ON WHEELS December 4, 2014 Marty Drobiarz December 11, 2014 Sandra Miller December 18, 2014 Ken Roach UNOFFICIAL FIVE 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.
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contribution and I even got a couple more shoppers! Thank you for being a shopper .... it's so much fun to see the excited look on the children's faces.
