President Carl Lynde welcomed all to the July 30th meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held via ZOOM. <ED NOTE: 35 Rotarians attended.> Tom French offered the following motivational statements from Mother Theresa:
“The fruit of silence is prayer, the fruit of prayer is faith, the fruit of faith is love, the fruit of love is service, and the fruit of service is peace.”
<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: Betsy Gentile (7/30), and Phil George (8/6).>
GUESTS: 2020-21 Rotary District 7870 District Governor Steve Puderbaugh (speaker)
TRIVIA QUESTION
Who was the first head of state to address a Rotary convention?
(Answer below)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For the joke of the week, Carl Lynde told the following:
When the Rotary meeting broke, John confided to a friend. “Mike, I’m in a terrible pickle! I’m strapped for cash and I haven’t the slightest idea where I’m going to get it from!” “I’m glad to hear that,” answered Mike, “I was afraid you might have an idea you could borrow it from me!”
At our July 30th meeting, Rob Szpila will tell a joke or lead us in song and Dave Twombly will offer a Rotary Minute. 2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
For today’s Rotary Minute, Jerry Theberge recounted how Rotary clubs around the world are helping during the COVID-19 era. To learn more, click here.
At our July 30th meeting, Rob Szpila will tell a joke or lead us in song and Dave Twombly will offer a Rotary Minute. 2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
07/30 – Bill Benneyan, executive director and general manager, Hermitage Members 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.
This is the4th newsletter of the 2020-2021 club year.
There has only been 1brag so far
FINES
NONE ;-(
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The following club members were recognized for their years of service: Tom French (29)
Thanks to the efforts of Regina Stefanelli, we will be distributing 1,800 masks from the District 7870 Mask project. <ED NOTE: you can read about this in the latest district newsletter.>
The district golf tournament will take place on August 21. For more info, contact Carl Lynde.
Plans for a project to repair the cathedral at Living Memorial Park and Island Clean Up are being discussed.
If you would like to be a sponsor of the club’s website, contact Marty Cohn. <ED NOTE: The list of sponsors for 2020-21 is The Richards Group, BMAC, Berkley & Veller Greenwood Country Realtors, and Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.>
BRAGS / HAPPY DOLLARS
<ED NOTE: Yes, we are keeping track of these happy dollars and brags.
Unless noted, happy dollars and brags are $1>
Mara Williams ($10) - for vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard.
Bill McKim ($10) – for a family gathering in Massachusetts.
Jeremy Coleman ($10) – for the recent opening of River Valley Credit Union in Bellows Falls.
Marty Cohn - for Liz Harrison and the gift-giving committee who distributed funds to 19 area non-profits including Early Learning Express Bus. <ED NOTE: Look for the Rotary wheel on the back of the bus as it travels through Windham County!>
Phil Steckler ($10) – for vacationing on Lake Winnipesaukee.
Carl Lynde ($5) – the Golf Committee
Carl Lynde ($5) - for participating in the 35th Annual Youth Services Golf Tourney
Message from Rhonda Calhoun, Club Treasurer
The following are the unpaid brag / happy dollar commitments for the last fiscal year. Please send your checks made payable to the Brattleboro Rotary Club and send it to: Brattleboro Rotary Club, PO Box 336, Brattleboro, VT 05302-0336.
Allbee - $12 George - $5 Miller - $3
Ambler - $4 Haine - $2 Purcell - $10
Anthes - $3 Harrison - $10 Rouse - $13
Brodhurst - $38 Hart - $13 Rucker - $4
Calhoun - $10 Jerard - $1 Saavedra - $5
Coleman - $6 Jones - $5 Steckler - $11
Coonan - $10 Lineback - $10 Szpila - $8
Donahue - $15 Mabie - $2 Theberge - $2
Everett - $13 Manson - $1 Twombly - $16
Gentile - $21 Mendelsund - $3 Vermouth - $6
Worden - $7
PROGRAM
President Carl Lynde introduced 2020-21 Rotary District 7870 District GovernorSteve Puderbaugh who told us about this year’s theme: “Rotary Opens Opportunities.”
<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...
ANSWER TO TRIVIA QUESTION
The first head of state to address a Rotary convention was U.S. President Warren G. Harding in 1923 in St. Louis.
