Acting President Gina opened the meeting at our lunch meeting site: Holiday Inn Express & Suites Brattleboro, an IHG Hotel, 100 Chickering Dr, Brattleboro, VT. Rob welcomed all to the August 1, 2024 meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary www.brattlebororotaryclub.org
Invocation:
Kathy Coonan gave the invocation
For the meal we are about to eat,
For those that made it possible,
And for those with whom we are about to share it,
We are thankful.
Gina lead the club with the Pledge of Allegiance
29 Members, 0 Student Rotarians and 2 guests attended the meeting.
Guests:
Dart introduced his guest Mike Roj (pronounced Roy) who immediately started to give his presentation. Dart was subsequently fined for not telling Mike the rules of engagement. Dart insisted on getting 90 cents change for his dollar.
Greg introduced Theresa our former student Rotarian who is being proposed for membership in the Club.
JOKE OF THE WEEK - For our joke or song of the week:
Ron Staley substituted for Frank Rucker on short notice. He pulled out his old Chestnut the “Pinwheel Smith.”
ED NOTE: 2023-24 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
Rotarians for Rotarians:
New Members:
ROTARY MINUTE
Dave Twombly spoke of the wonderful time he and Cindy spent with their former Belgian exchange student when she made a recent trip to Vermont. After visiting here, the student went to visit Sue and Art Greenbaum, who were the other host family.
Note for future presenters; The Rotary Minute could also have the speaker talk about their personal involvement in Rotary or personal background.
Years of Service in our Club for July:
On Behalf of our Club and all Rotarians, thank you for your Service Above Self
Meeting location -Holiday Inn Express - off Putney Rd
Announcements
Stan asked for help designing the Groundworks Meal for August. Date TBA
ED NOTE: Weekly assignments for the invocation or motivational thought can be found on the club website.>
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Jim Haine announced
August 8 Club Assembly
August 15 Road Show at Retreat Farm with Coop catering
August 22 Community Farming at Moonscape Farm
REMINDERS
Please bring your bottles and cans to the Putney Road redemption center to benefit APPN. Pure Water for the World is no longer operating in the USA; it continues in Honduras as APPN.
Maria Inestroza, the PWW country director for Honduras is continuing the work in that country under the name APPM, acronym for Agua Pura para El Mundo, or Pure Water for the World in Spanish Pure Water for the World. Please remember to inform the staff that the bottles and cans should be credited to the club.
• Cyndi for finishing her exhibit for the Harmony Collective. It opens on Gallery Walk tomorrow. All invited.
• Tom Franks for getting all his new home projects finished yesterday…alas the dishwasher failed this morning.
• Mara for Tom French’s granddaughter Olivia Apps, on winning a Silver Medal in Rugby 7s. Tom said he’d send a big check in Livy’s honor. Gina reported Bill Vermouth sent a brag for the team in honor of Tom French
PROGRAM
Mike Roj on the Windham County Sheriff’s Department “Enhanced Driving Safety Programs.” After giving an overview of the Teen Driving Program, he cited how effective it is in keeping teens safe during the critical two years of novice driving. The department also runs an adult program for new drivers, largely women who recently immigrated here from other countries. Many have never been in a car let alone allowed to drive in their home countries.
Scribe: Mara
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