President-elect Phil George, using a cowbell, welcomed all to the September 3rd meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held via ZOOM. <ED NOTE: 27 Rotarians attended.> Liz Harrison offered the following invocation:
As we gather here today as members of Rotary, we pray that we are ever mindful of opportunities to render our service to fellow citizens and to our community. Keeping in mind always the enduring values of life, exerting our efforts in those areas and on those things upon which future generations can build with confidence. Let us continue to strive to make a better world. Amen.
<ED NOTE: Weekly assignments for the invocation or motivational thought can be found on the club website. The following would be the next people on the list: Chris Hart (9/10), Sophia Howlett (9/17).>
For the joke of the week, Mara Williams told a version of the following:
Two women meet on a park bench. The first one says, “Oy”. The second woman says, “Oy, oy.” The first woman replies, ”Well, enough about the children.”
At our September 3rd meeting, Greg Worden will tell a joke or lead us in song and Jenifer Ambler will offer a Rotary Minute. 2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
For the Rotary Minute, Roger Allbee talked about the Rotary Global Grant to help establish Whiteclay Makerspace, a place to provide jobs and resources to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation artists. To learn more about this project in which the Rotary clubs of Brattleboro participated, click here.
At our September 3rd meeting, Greg Worden will tell a joke or lead us in song and Jenifer Ambler will offer a Rotary Minute. 2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
09/10 – Club Assembly
09/17 - TBA
09/24 – 45th Annual Golf Tournament @ Brattleboro Country Club
NOTE: 2020-21 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
REMINDERS
Please bring your bottles and cans to 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.
The 45th Annual Rotary Golf Tournament will take place on 9/24. Players are still needed, as are volunteers. For more info, contact Gina Pattison. <ED NOTE: Rotary face masks will be included in the gift bag. Ana Saavedra, Cathy Coonan, and Rich Carroll have made contributions to offset the cost but more is needed.>
Chuck for Charity, the annual disc golf fundraiser, will take place on October 24-25. For more info, contact Rob Szpila.
<ED NOTE: Rotary International published a blog post about the Rotary Dairy project. Check it out by clicking here.>
BRAGS / HAPPY DOLLARS
<ED NOTE: Yes, we are keeping track of these happy dollars and brags.
Unless noted, happy dollars and brags are $1>
Rob Szpila - for his son moving to Champlain College to start his junior year.
Jeremy Coleman ($50) – for the great idea of adding Rotary face masks to the golf gift bag.
Marty Cohn – for Joe Little and Brattleboro Saving & Loan becoming a gold sponsor of a new BCTV series, “Meet the Candidates 2020). Check out the updated list of interviews that have been lined up by clicking here.
Mara Williams ($10) – for the 10/24 opening of a new exhibit at BMAC on ice fishing.
PROGRAM
Ana Saavedra presented Elizabeth Weaver, President, Wildlife Conservation Trust who told us about how her group is preserving a large tract of pristine woodlands in southwestern New Hampshire.
<ED NOTE: On BCTV you can now watch the club’s new show, “Brattleboro Rotary Club Speaker Series” by clicking here.>
Rotary Cares - TV Show
Rotary Cares, Episode 27 – Passing the Gavel
In episode 27 of the award-winning, monthly show, Rotary Cares, Brattleboro Rotary Club past president Marty Cohn discusses “passing the gavel”, a time when a club president steps down. Our guests are Brattleboro Rotary Club Past President Sandy Rouse and Brattleboro Sunrise Club Past President Kevin Yager. The show is produced by Brattleboro Community Television.
Past President Martin Cohn who attempts to give a gist of the meeting respectfully submitted this bulletin. However, it is always better to attend. If you have any complaints about the contents of this bulletin...
