Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 AM, at the Century House Restaurant, Route 114, Peabody, MA
Thursday, June 9, 2011
June Theme:
Rotary Fellowships
How to propose a member:
Identify an individual (would s/he pass the Four-Way Test?).
Invite that person to a meeting.
Fill out a proposal card.
Board votes on the proposed member.
Proposed member has information session with Secretary Gary.
Proposed member is asked if s/he would like to join. If yes, application is signed.
Proposed member's name is published in The Ripple.
If there are no objections sent in writing to the Membership Chair within seven days, the proposed member becomes a member.
Welcome to the Peabody Rotary Club, Jessika Rodriguez ! ! ! !
June Birthdays:
24: Lori Morad (Steve)
June Wedding Anniversaries:
1: Vanessa and David Silveira
4: Brian and Denise Cassidy
20: Megan Shea- and Nick Pereira
30: Bob and Melissa Clattenburg
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.
NEXT BOARD MEETING: TBD.
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Haven From Hunger:
Friday, June 10, 2011
Team Assignments: MARTHA HOLDEN (Meal Pickup), MEL BABNER (Salad and Cookies)
Arrive at at 71 Wallis Street, 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 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:
President Martha reminded us of the schedule of meetings for the rest of her term as Club President, which ends on June 30th. We'll meet as usual on June 16th (Megan's Classification Speech) and June 23rd (speaker will be past Ambassadorial Scholar and current head of the Peabody High School Art Department, Nancy Schallern). The evening of June 23rd (6:30PM) will be our annual installation dinner at the Holy Ghost Society--be sure to RSVP with dinner choices for you and your mate. The evening of Wednesday, June 29th, will be the District Installation Dinner at the Danversport Yacht Club. There will be NO MEETING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 30TH. On Friday, June 10th, we'll be serving at Haven From Hunger. Thanks, Mel, for filling in at the last minute. President Martha will also be serving.
President Martha will miss the next meeting as she'll be under the knife for rotator cuff surgery. Once back, she'll be a much stronger pitcher.
President-Elect Steve led a contingent of Peabody Rotarians, including Gary, Peggy P, Fred and John Meakin in a visit with Mayor Bonfanti yesterday. The Mayor made no commitments for prospective members, but invited the club members to return in September to speak at his staff meeting. The Mayor did suggest speaking with the folks at the light plant, Brooksby Village and Library Trustees. Because there's a link on the city's website to the Peabody Chamber of Commerce, he was asked if there couldn't be a link to our website, as well. He'll mull that idea. He also thought that the Peabody Lions is about to fold because of low membership and that we might be able to join forces. Although that does not seem to be the case, on their way out our members ran into Arthur Pavlo, a member of Peabody Lions Club. He invited us to attend their monthly meeting on Monday at Carrabba's to speak to his group. P-E Steve will send out a separate e-mail about this.
WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be sure to welcome JESSIKA RODRIGUEZ, a bank Officer at Eastern Bank on Foster Street.
President Martha said that our scholarship winners were announced at the High School Awards night last week. We'll have a reception for them in the near future.
Fred presented what was supposed to be his Re-classification Speech. But instead of talking about himself (although when asked later, he admitted to attending the Glover School in Marblehead), he gave his opinion on how we should say this year (2011)--is it two thousand eleven or is it twenty eleven? Fred feels it's the latter, twenty eleven. He then discussed the new managed accounts and mutual funds with detailed charts and graphs. This is valuable information, particularly for those getting up there in age toward retirement.
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Happy Dollars: Sergeant-at-arms Bob C, collected $39.
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: Neither Gary nor Bob C. picked the Queen of Spades. So no-one won the $107.
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Reminders:
Our speaker scheduler, Grace Martins, asks that you tell her 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!! Mel thanks former member Dick Berg for his generous donation of cans and bottles.
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2010-11 DONATION RECIPIENTS
Alzheimers Association
Brian Silber Memorial
Cape Ann Children's Fund
College Scholarships
Chelsea Rotary--Colombia Clinic
Children's Friends and Family Service
Citizens For Adequate Housing
Friends Forever
Green Peabody
Guatemala Literacy Project
Haven From Hunger
Jewish War Veterans
National Organization for Rare Disorders
Northeast Arc
Pakistan Flood through Ipswich Rotary
Peabody Arts in the Storefront
Peabody Babe Ruth League
Peabody Council of Aging
Peabody Schools Drug Program
Peabody School Department
Progeria Research Foundation
St. John's Food Pantry
Rotary Foundation
NEXT MEETINGS:
June 16, 2011: Megan Shea-Pereira Classification Speech
June 23, 2011: Nancy Schallern, past Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar (under Loring's Dad's club presidency), Head of Peabody High School Art Department
June 30, 2011: No Meeting, but members are encouraged to attend the District Installation Dinner the evening before.
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!
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:
June 23, 2011: Peabody Club Installation Dinner, Holy Ghost Society, Howley Street, Peabody, opposite Stop 'n' Shop
June 29, 2011: District Installation Dinner, Danversport Yacht Club
July 1, 2011: STEVE P BECOMES CLUB PRESIDENT!!!
September 18, 2011: International Festival
September 19, 2011: Golf Tournament with Peabody Chamber of Commerce
One day, a grandfather and his grandson go golfing. The young boy is really good and the grandfather is just giving him tips.
They are on the 8th hole and there is a tree in the way. The grandfather says, "When I was your age, I would hit the ball right over that tree." So, the grandson hits the ball and it bumps against the tree and lands not to far from where it started.
"Of course," added the grandpa, "when I was your age, the tree was only 3 feet tall."
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.
