Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30 AM, at the Peabody Marriott, Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA
April Theme: TBA
April Birthdays:
April 8: Bob Wood
April Wedding Anniversarys:
April 5: Al & Catherine DiMambro
April 26: Steve & Lori Morad
April 26: Peg & Jody Pedro
TO ALL MEMBERS: IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS WITH THE BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY DATES, PLEASE NOTIFY GARY EPSTEIN. ALSO, THERE ARE NUMEROUS MISSING DATES ON OUR ROSTER. PLEASE GIVE GARY YOUR INFORMATION--JUST THE DATES--NO ONE CARES HOW OLD YOU ARE. BUT WE MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED.
HAVEN FROM HUNGER
April 3 2009:
Team Assignments: Nicole Nelsen(Meal Pickup), Jeff Doherty(Salad), Cathy Gravel(Cookies)
Arrive by , 4:15 P.M. would be great,
at 71 Wallis St., Peabody.
If you're unable to attend on the specified date, it's your responsibility to locate a replacement. Please inform the meal pickup person (Chief Entree Officer) of the change and the replacement of your assigned responsibility. Thanks. Look at NEWS and Haven Team Assignments for the future schedule. Please check out the assignments.
On March 6th there were about 25 people served by Rotary
Meeting notes
Today's visiting Rotarians: None
Guests: None
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President Steve ran the meeting.
He reminded everyone that the District Conference is on May 1st & 2nd. He said to go online to register. Peabody Rotary is holding a table for 10 at Finz on Friday night. If you are interested contact Steve to hold your spot.
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The District Assembly is on April 22nd. President Steve asked who was planning on going. If you want to attend contact either Steve or Loring.
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May 7th we will have a joint meeting with Beverly, Danvers and Manchester by the Sea to meet the GSE team. The meeting will be at Danverport at 12:15pm. As we get closer President Steve will need a head count to let Danversport know.
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April 25th is our club project "Safe -2-Pedal Day" The event will be held at Higgins Middle School from 10am-1pm. We will be assisting the Peabody Police with Bike Safety demo's. We will also be handing out Bike Safety coloring books & crayons, helmets and a few bikes. There will be a meeting with the committee right after our regular meeting next Thursday. The committee is as follows: Cathleen Wardley, Peg Pedro, Steve Smith, Joanne donovan, Peg Lyons and Cathy Gravel. This is a District Simplified Grant project so we all Rotarians to be involved with project to receive the grant money.
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President Steve announced that we will be donating a total of $1000. to the "Take a Bow" group at the High School. The group had sold $250. in ticket sales and $550. in the auction items. The club will contribute $200. more to make it an even $1000. Steve will present to the group leader with the BIG check.
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A letter will be sent out to two former members that still owe dues. President Steve will follow up.
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A Letter will be sent to Governor Tom and Governor Elect Ingrid about the Youth Exchange Program. There are things that need to be addressed with the program coordinators. We hope to resolve this with a meeting so the program can move foward.
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President Steve mentioned the the PEABODY POLICE UNION had donated a check of $100. to our fundraiser.
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Steve Smith proposes Ellen Gale, Eastern Bank. Ellen will replace Gayle Cavanaugh
"if anyone has objection to Ellen's membership in the club please detail your reason in writing and submit it to the Board of Directors within seven days".
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Our speaker scheduler, Grace Martins, is asking that you tell her of any people who may want to speak to the club or whom you think may be of
April 2,2009: Bill Power/ Peabody Historical Society
April 9, 2009: Martin Munera/Rotary Exchange Student
April 16, 2009: Gail Wakefield-Peabody Animal Shelter
April 16,2009: Julie Erickson/ Classification Speech
April 23, 2009: Cathleen Wardley/Classification Speech
April 23, 2009: Joanne Donovan/ Classification Speech
April 30, 2009: Bob Wood/ Classification Speech
Please make every effort to attend your Rotary meetings. The more members we have each week, the better we look to potential members--and to our visitors and speakers.
Thank you!
Bill Power did not speak today. We will get in touch with him and try to reschedule.
Reminders:
What do you do with your empty bottles and cans? (And we know there must be a lot of empty beer cans and bottles.) Please bring them (both beer and soda) to the meetings every week to give to Mel. Every nickel helps!!
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Happy Dollars: This week's Sergeant-at-arms Jeff collected $41.
Reminder: If you see any news articles or pictures (not Rotary related) of our members, bring them in so the member can donate $$$ to the club. We can use the money!! But more important--we'd like to recognize and applaud our members.
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50-50 Raffle: The pool was $90.00 We are looking for the 8 of Clubs. Cathy Gravel got the Joker for $50. Cathleen Wardley did not pick the 8 of clubs.
Please make every effort to attend your Rotary meetings. The more members we have each week, the better we look to potential members--and to our visitors and speakers.
Thank you!
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UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:
April 22nd: District Assembly
April 25th: Safe-2-Pedal Day
May 1st-2nd: District Conference in Salem
May 7th: Joint meeting at Danverport @12:15
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It's easy to become a Rotary Sustaining member. It's $100 per year, but Loring can bill you $25 per quarter. That's $8.33 a month, or 28 CENTS a day, or a little over a penny an hour.
LET'S BECOME A 100% SUSTAINING MEMBER CLUB!!
THE 4-WAY TEST of the things we think, say or do:
1. IS IT THE TRUTH? 2. IS IT FAIR TO ALL CONCERNED? 3. WILL IT BUILD GOODWILL & BETTER FRIENDSHIP? 4. WILL IT BE BENEFICAL TO ALL CONCERNED?
