NEXT MEETING-NO MEETING 11/27
December 4, 2019
7:15AM Rosies
SPEAKER:John Thomas,Director of Development-Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
MEETING SCHEDULE Month of December
December 4, John Thomas
December 11, Peter Newton,Addison County Sheriff
December 15, Holiday Party
MINUTES OF THE MEETING/ November 20, 2019
PRESIDING:
Betsy McAshley:
Moment of silence for Raymond "Budge" Churchill who passed. He was a President of our Club 1973-1974 year
Rotary song
Pledge of Allegiance
Riddle
GUESTS:
Sophie Swallow/Todays speaker
Scott Bourne/ Guest of Dustin
LIFE EVENTS:
Birthdays;
Nov.14-Ulie
Nov.15-Max
Nov.16-John Metcalfe
Nov.17- Bill Cunningham
Wedding Anniv.
Nov.24-Terry and Sally
ANOUNCEMENTS:
Betsy- Reminder-No meeting next week 11/27
District assembly was attended by Eric,John Metcalfe, Maureen and Geoff on Nov. 16
Eric-Thanked members that attended Paul Harris Dinner. Paul Harris recognition to Ben Fuller
Dennis Poole and Maureen and Geoff Conrad. Michael McGovern from Rotary International
was featured speaker on progress of Polio Plus in the world.
Liz-Date in December for Chater House coalition community gift giving be worked on
Lyn-Reminded us the Community Chorus is Nov. 23 and 24th at Mahaney Center for the Arts.
Helmut-spent week in Puerto Rico on a mission project from Congregational Church helping with recovery efforts.
Geoff- Reminder for those that signed up to help pack Thanksgiving boxes for HOPE this Thursday 11/21
HAPPY DOLLARS:
Spence- Returned from a tour of Northern Europe to view climate change efforts and effects.
Eric-Thanks again for Paul Harris help and participation. Also for those that attended Dist. conference Nov. 16.
Scott-spent time over the weekend filming Rotary banners.Now over 900. Needs help to capture images to website.
He was assured the process is so simple that a fith grader could do it!
Helmut- Happy for his trip to Puerto Rico
RAFFLE:
No winner today
PROGRAM:
David-Reported on an opportunity to continue the Washington Street cemetery which we had cleaned up vegatation from in the spring.
Vermont Old Cemetery Association can help us clean and reset stones with help and guidance. Materials would be estimated
to be from $700 to $900. Club voted to allocate $999. to continue on to phase 2 of this project.
Sophie Swallow-Received an outreach grant from us to work with the Guatemala Youth Initiative. This group works to reduce teen pregnacy, early childhood development
by providing sexual education thru youth leaders.She has trained over thirty youth leaders to educate their peers and empower them to make informed decisions
about their lives. More information can be found at info@iniciativaguatemala.org
Minutes submitted by Jim Needham
