President Bill Vermouth welcomed all to the June 20th meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held at the American Legion in Brattleboro. <ED NOTE: This is the last meeting of the year since the changeover dinner will take place next week at the Brattleboro Country Club.>. Members of the Brattleboro on Wheels committee welcomed members and guests. For today’s invocation, Ricky Davidsion offered an Iroquois prayer of thanks.
We return thanks to our mother, the earth,which sustains us.
We return thanks to the rivers and streams,which supply us with water.
We return thanks to all herbs,which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases.
We return thanks to the moon and stars,which have given to us their light when the sun was gone.
We return thanks to the sun,that has looked upon the earth with a beneficent eye.
Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit, in Whom is embodied all goodness, and Who directs all things for the good of Her children.
This was followed by the pledge of allegiance. Birthday greetings were extended to Jim Haine, Sophia Howlett, and Sandy Rouse.
As a luncheon of chicken, roast beef, zucchini spaghetti, black beans, carrots, salad, rolls and brownies for dessert was being digested, the meeting continued.
GUESTS: Teddy Kramer, and Eric Bye (speaker)
TRIVIA QUESTION
What is the greatest distance from Chicago that a Rotary pin has been displayed?
At our July 11th meeting, Greg Worden will tell a joke or lead us in song and Jenifer Ambler will offer a Rotary Minute.
NOTE: 2019-20 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
For the Rotary Minute, Greg Worden reminded us of the origins of our fundraiser, Brattleboro on Wheels, which will be held on June 29.
At our July 11th meeting, Greg Worden will tell a joke or lead us in song and Jenifer Ambler will offer a Rotary Minute.
NOTE: 2019-20 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
06/27 – Changeover Dinner at Brattleboro Country Club at 5 PM
07/04 – No meeting. Happy July 4th!
07/11 – Cheri Ann Brodhurst, TBA
07/18 - District Governor Nancy Russell
07/25 – Karen Carroll, VT treatment courts
08/01 – Sally Struble, Restorative Justice
08/08 – Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, “New Youth-led Business Initiative”
NOTE: 2019-20 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
REMINDERS
Bottles and cans can be brought 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.
Brattleboro Rotary Club past president Marty Cohn discusses Rotary local giving with Brattleboro Rotary Club Gift Giving chair Liz Harrison and Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary Club Past President Will Shakespeare. Directed by Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary Club past president Kevin Yager in the studio of 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
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, an honorary Rotarian of the Rotary Club of Spring Lake-Brielle (New Jersey) where his father was a member, planted a Four-Way Test pin on the moon when he landed Apollo 11.