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NEXT MEETING
August 21, 2019
7:15am Rosie's Restaurant
SPEAKER:
John Roberts- Farms role in relation to water quality
MEETING SCHEDULE MONTH OF August/September
Aug. 28- Gary Sarachan/Professionalism and excellence
September 4 -Neighbors, Together
September 11- Mike Kernan, M.D. -Bees
September 18- Club Assembly
September 25- Laurie Patten, President- Middlebury College
MINUTES OF THE MEETING August 14, 2019
PRESIDING:
Betsy McCarthy
GUESTS:
Andy Goodson-Visiting Rotarian from Simpsonville S.C.
Joshua Chase- Visiting Rotarian from Gainesville Fl.
RYLA Guests:
Karen Warner Anna Warner, Tom Nevins, Mary Beth Nevins
Emma Franklin, Annette Franklin, Isadora Luksch
Mark Stefani, Sophia Stefani
Lacrosse Nations Guests:
Cara Wollf, Kaitlin McNamara, Phebe Smith, Fairly Olson
LIFE EVENTS:
Birthdays- Liz Smith, Aug 9
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Betsy announced our club was awarded a district grant for $4000.00
To help build Tot Lot at Rec. field. People interested in helping contact Dustin and/or Betsy for more information.
There is a Board meeting Tuesday August 20. 5:15pm at Town Office meeting room.
Buzz let us know Bill and Kathy will be gone for a while and help is needed to set up and take down tents for a few events.
Also Exchange students will be coming in soon.
Maureen- Reminded us with a hand out card listing dates and speakers for the Rise and Walk
Events every Tuesday at 5:15pm. Meet at Mary Hogan parking lot.
HAPPY DOLLARS:
David-Had a nice visit with cousins in Shreveport Illinois
Andy Goodson-Lives 30 minutes East of Clemson University. They are collegiate football champs
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John Barstow- Happy that he found a few dollars
Juddy-Had a great vacation in Maine. Also rode his bike to Rotary today. Bike is older than Spence!
Spence-He is going to Prince Edward Island to continue celebrating with his wife Fran and family, their 50th wedding anniversary
Eric- Happy to see a room full of guests and Youth groups. Also acknowledged the celebration we had last week at East View in honor of Ron Hadley.
Kathy-First time Bill and Kathy had not sat together at Rotary. Also celebrating her Dad’s
86th birthday in Ireland!
Scott-Also thanks for Ron’s honor and amazed that everyone that spoke at Ron’s celebration kept remarks to 2 minutes (for the most part)
RAFFLE:
Andy Goodson won with #77, donated winnings to Rotary Foundation
PROGRAM:
Eric introduced Lacrosse the Nations participants. They presented a video of their trip to Panama. Eight students from M.U.H.S went. The program is designed to connect youth through learning and leadership an unfamiliar sport creating an environment where new lessons can be taught and practiced. While there they participated in a service project and also enjoyed some free time. All agreed it was a great experience.
Jason-Introduced members of the RYLA group and their family members.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Conference was held a Lyndon State College from June 21st- June 23rd. They presented a video of some of their highlights. Goals of the program are to demonstrate Rotary’s values of service, encourage young people in responsible and effective youth leadership and provide them with effective training. Also to publicly recognize and reward young people who are serving their communities as youth leaders. They listed some of the key takeaways as: Team building, learning communication skills, new friendships, leadership skills and interacting with RYLA counselors and RYLA leaders.
All enjoyed the inspirational speech from Travis Roy. They hope to do a Service Project in Middlebury this year. Of the 62 participants at the conference, Middlebury Club sent 6. Jason presented awards to all participants.We certainly are proud of their accomplishments.
Minutes submitted by Jim Needham