President Roger Allbee welcomed all to the July 28, 2022 meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club www.brattlebororotaryclub.org held at the Ramunto's Restaurant. <ED NOTE: 22 members + 2 guests + 0 Student Rotarians = 24 attended.>.
Introduction of Guests:
George Karabakakis introduced by Mike Mandraccia
Tristam Johnson, visiting Rotarian from morning club
Innovation
George Anthes
George offered a reflection on Rotary’s inclusive stance and our need to interrogate ourselves and recognize our own deficits. “Identity protection cognition”: reject facts that don't match our understanding of our own identity. And the smarter you are, the better you are at doing this.
ED NOTE: Weekly assignments for the invocation or motivational thought can be found on the club website.>
TRIVIA QUESTION
When was the formation of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital?
(Answer below)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For our joke of the week:
Presented by Roger Miller
A taxi pulled up when it started to rain.
“Boy I’m lucky,” exclaimed the guy getting into the taxi.
The tax driver: You're lucky like Jimmy White. Whenever he had to take a route out of the city, he always took the best bridge. He knew because he would always read the next day that there had been an accident on another bridge. He was always lucky at sports, the ladies, and wine selection, dancing, and women.
It sounds like you knew him very well.
No, I never met him. In fact, he’s dead now.
How do you know so much about him?!
A couple years ago he died. And I married his widow.
ED NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
Rotary Minute - Tami
International youth exchange. Build peace one student at a time. Roger suggested we take this up with the board.
Anniversaries: Rotary anniversaries - none today.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
8/4 Winston Prouty’s Chloe Leary
8/18 District Governor visits
NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
Presentations were made from the following Student Rotarians: None today.
REMINDERS
Please bring your bottles and cans to the Putney Road redemption center to benefit Pure Water for the World. Please remember to inform the staff that the bottles and cans should be credited to the club.
Jim Haines - Upcoming programs are: Chloe Leary, Elizabeth Harrison, Randall Barkley
Stan - River clean up is next Thursday 8or9am start. Short notice
Stan - Groundworks meals starting in September.
Tristam - A Rotary Golf Tournament is coming up.
Mike - seeking sponsors for Brattleboro on Wheels - great opportunity!
SAVE THE DATE: SEPTEMBER 17th – Brattleboro on Wheels
8/13/2022 – Brattleboro Area Hospice Scavenger hunt
BRAGS / HAPPY DOLLARS / Fines
<ED NOTE: Yes, we are keeping track of these happy dollars and brags.
Unless noted, happy dollars and brags are $1>
Roger Allbee - Betsy took over the club last week and did a great job!
Roger Miller - Facebook account had been captured, Bill Vermouth helped him, and his newest employee, Bill’s son was very helpful with social media accounts
Mike M - vacation with 8 children under 7 under 1 roof for 1 week!
Gina bragging for Betsy as well
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PROGRAM
Speaker:Tristam Johnson presented: Rotary International Strategies
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