Logo for: Rotary Old Saybrook

OS Rotary Meeting of 2/24/10

Pledge:  President Keith
Prayer:  Ron Scott
Song:  Andy Anderson
Brett's Flim/Flam:  High hand won by Joan Camire.
Raffle Winners:  Brent, Marty D. and Carroll Bowser.
Happy Buck$:  Many for our students and their parents.  Some for rain and not snow. 
     Many for Angus who is at Duke waiting for a lung transplant.

Ron Scott, Rotary program coordinator for RYLA and World Affairs Seminar speaking on the meaning & purpose of Rotary.

Students who will be attending RYLA Left to Right: Salvatore Fava, Old Lyme; Sara Buck, Westbrook; Jen Murphy, Westbrook; Abbi Dunlap, Old Saybrook; Briana Bardus, Old Saybrook; Emma Hartmann, Old Lyme

Students who will be attending World Affairs Seminar Left to Right: Ashley Brodeur, Old Saybrook; Emma Hartmann, Old Lyme; Sharif Jalil, Westbrook
Announcements:    
    There will be a spaghetti dinner at the Old Saybrook High School Cafeteria on
March 4th between 4 PM and 8 PM.  The $10 donation will benefit the H.E.A.T.
program which we also support.  Children with adults will be admitted free.
    There will be a meeting of the Outreach committee right after the regular meeting.
    Due to renovations to the Pavilion, our next two meetings will be at JAMSS on
March 4th and at The Gladeview Home on Rte.1 on March 11th.
    The Old Saybrook Chili Cookof will be this coming Saturday.  We'll be selling
JAMSS special chili in front of Design Essence on Main Street.  Matt Vogt is
coordinating signups.
Program:  Ron Scott introduced 6 students attending the RYLA confernce in
Stratford.  They are as follows:
    Old Lyme  -  Emma Hartman and Salvatore Fava
    Old Saybrook  -  Briana Barotos and Abigail Dunlap
    Westbrook  -  Sarah Buck and Jeannette Murphy
The 3 students who will attend the World Affairs Conference are:
    Emma Hartman from Old Lyme
    Ashley Brodeur form Old Saybrook
    Sharit Jalil from Westbrook
Ron described the purpose of Rotary and the good we do world wide.  He also 
called on John Donnelly to discuss our International Program and activities.  Bill
suits discussed our local civic activities and particpation and President Keith
talked about his visit to India to see some of Rotaries projects in action.  I think
all of our quests went away with a good understanding of the good works we do.

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