President Carl Lynde welcomed all to the June 3 2021 meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club held via ZOOM. <ED NOTE: 28 members + 4 student Rotarians + 3 guests = 35 attended.>. For a motivational thought, Mara Williams offered the following Baha’i prayer for peace:
Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity. Be fair in thy judgment and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness and a home to the stranger. Be eyes to the blind and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart, and a fruit upon the tree of humility.
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: Greg Worden (6/10), and Roger Allbee (6/17).>
Guests: Linda Bedard, Chris Mays, and Chloe Learey (speaker)
TRIVIA QUESTION
Besides The Jungle Book, what other books did Rudyard Kipling write in his Dummerston, VT home?
(Answer below)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For the joke of the week, John Meyer recounted going sailing with his grandchildren when one of his grandkids looked over the side of the boat and said, “Look grandpa, there are soap dishes in the ocean.”
At our June 10th meeting, Roger Miller will tell a joke or lead us in song and Dave Neumeister will offer a Rotary Minute. 2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
There was no Minute ;-(
At our June 10th meeting, Roger Miller will tell a joke or lead us in song and Dave Neumeister will offer a Rotary Minute. 2020-21 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
06/10 - Susan McMahon – Landmark Trust USA
06/17 – Sophia Howlett, TBD
06/24 – Changeover Dinner
NOTE: 2020-21 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
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.
This is the 46thnewsletter of the 2020-2021 club year.
On average, 48% of the readers each week did not attend the meeting.
The editor would like to take this opportunity to thank the 5 people who have bragged so far. Readers, don't be shy to brag.
FINES
NONE ;-(
ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you have a question about your donations to the Rotary Foundation, contact Carla Lineback.
If you can help build benches for the Living Memorial Disc Golf Course on 6/8, contact Rob Szpila.
President Carl will be sending out an email to find out attendance at Changeover Dinner and whether there should be the 57th annual Brattleboro Rotary Club Christmas Tree Fundraiser
The following members were recognized for their years of service: Bill Bedard (57) and Jenifer Ambler (32).
The following students gave their monthly and annual reports: Alex Shriver (WRCC), Elias Gradinger (BUHS), Arth Patal (Hinsdale), and Kailyn Fleury (Hinsdale). <ED NOTE: Alex Shriver and Arth Patal are graduating..>
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 ($5) – for Tom Franks planning the wood for the Disc Golf benches.
Mara Williams ($10) – for Bill Bedard’s years of service and for Linda Bedard attending today’s meeting.
Bill McKim ($2) – for driving an electric vehicle.
Bill Bedard – for planning to attend his 60-year BUHS reunion in October.
George Anthes – for the moving Memorial Day service by the American Legion.
George Anthes – for BMH vaccinating his 12-year old daughter.
PROGRAM
Tom Franks presented Winston Prouty Center for Child and Family Development executive director Chloe Learey who updated us about the planned changes to the Winston Prouty campus. She also told us about the upcoming fundraiser, Par for the Cause, a Mini-Disc-Golf tournament on Saturday, June 26 10:00-6:00 and Sunday, June 27 10:00-2:00. For more info, visit https://winstonprouty.org/
<ED NOTE: You can watch past presentations on the BCTV show, “Brattleboro Rotary Club Speaker Series.” https://www.brattleborotv.org/brattleboro-rotary-club-speaker-series
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...
Rotary Cares - TV Show
Rotary Cares, Episode 35 – Local Rotary Scholarships
In episode 35 of the award-winning, monthly show, Rotary Cares, Brattleboro Rotary Club past president Marty Cohn discusses local scholarships with Brattleboro Rotary Club Scholarship chair John Mabie. Directed by Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary Club past president Kevin Yager and 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...
