Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 AM, at the Holy Ghost Society,20 Howley Street, Peabody, MA
February Theme:
World Understanding
February Birthdays:
1: Fred deNapoli
February Wedding Anniversaries:
3: Steve & Nancy Padulsky
17: Peggy & Donald Lyons
NEXT BOARD MEETING: TBD
Haven From Hunger:
Friday, February 10, 2012
Team Assignments: JOHN MEAKIN (Meal Pickup), MEGAN SHEA-PEREIRA (Salad and Cookies)
Arrive at at 71 Wallis Street, Peabody. Dinner is served at 5:00PM
If you're unable to attend on the specified date, it's your responsibility to locate a replacement. Please inform the meal pickup person of the change and the replacement of your assigned responsibility. Thanks. Look at NEWS and Haven From Hunger Schedule for the future schedule and specific responsibilities. See website for further information:
The Polar Plunge is this Saturday! Come support Vanessa as she runs fearlessly into the Atlantic! There will be a room for the Peabody club before and after. Join us!
Thank you to all who attended last night's World Peace and Understanding Dinner. Peg L, Peggy P, Megan, Vanessa, Cathy, Fred (and Rachel), and President Steve. And of course Bob Wood was there running the show!
Reminder to John and Megan about Haven From Hunger on Friday. Perhaps bring fruit instead of salad fixings? They always seem to have supplies for a green salad. We will also be trying the food from Raices Carribbean for next months meal and take a one month break from Santoros. Let's see...
We received a Thank You letter from the Babe Ruth baseball club for our donation. Our name will be listed on their hats and the website as usual!
We had a meeting last week with new mayor Ted Bettencourt. Thank you to Jessika, Brian, Peggy P, Herb, and Steve for coming. Each one brought up a few good points. Even though we didn't get an overwheling agreement, the mayor took in all of our information and wants us to reach back out to him in the beginning of March! That's progress!
Bob confirmed a date of Monday June 18 for our next Chamber/Rotary golf tournament. It will make for a nice long Father's day weekend for the dads in the group! Bob will let us know when the first committee meeting will be.
Happy Dollars: Sergeant-at-arms John collected $32.
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50-50 Raffle: Neither Jessika nor Bob C picked the Jack of Spades. Only 37 cards left!
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Reminders:
Our speaker scheduler, Brian Cassidy, asks that you tell him of any people who may want to speak to the club or whom you think may be of interest to the club.
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Secretary Gary Epstein reminds members of Rotary's attendance requirements. Members cannot miss more than three consecutive meetings without making up. However, there are plenty of opportunities to make up. Attend a Board meeting (All members are encouraged to attend, anyway.), attend a committee meeting, work on the website, and the most basic make-up--attend other clubs' meetings. Be sure to steal ideas our club can use!!
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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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NEXT MEETINGS:
February 16, 2012: TBD
February 23, 2012: TBD
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:
March 8-10, 2012: PETS for Vanessa
March 20, 2012: Taste of the North Shore
April 11, 2012: District Assembly at CoCo Key, Danvers
May 18-20, 2012: RYLA Weekend
June 1-3, 2012: District Conference in Mystic, CT
June 27, 2012: District Installation Dinner at DYC
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.
