CHIPS April 27th, 2015

Father Carlson, of All Saints Anglican Church on Woodstock Ave.,   Maria Burr and Kristen Kabron of The Castleton College Rotaract Club. Maria and Kristen were the speakers for the day.

 

Caprice fined Rich for bragging about his Birthday.

Maria bragged about a new term she learned from Rich; "relationship partner"

Dick bragged for great website that MIke Coppinger has had assembled for the Downtown Partnership to promote business.

Jeff W bragged about being in North Carolina seeing family and it was warm and sunny.

Colie bragged that the Junior Dance Troupe she helps coach won some categories down at a recent tournament held in Massachusetts.

Kwame bragged about losing 15 pounds, but went on to elaborate the reason why he lost the weight...a certain Rotary President told him he looked chubby a few months back.

Caprice then piped up and said, that's why the Grinch tights fit so well, Kwame! Caprice then followed that up with a brag and thank you to all that came to the Brandon Parent Child Center on Saturday for the Comcast Cares Day.

Mike bragged about the Spring Fling dance at Southside Steakhouse that raised several hundred for United Way.

Tom bragged for Father Carlson's TV show on PEG TV. Also thanked the Father for giving the upcoming blessing to the Red Knights Bike Club on May 17th (don't quote me on that date...)

Jeremy bragged for Comcast Cares and all the great work they were able to get done throughout the day.

Robyn bragged about ride sharing with Bob Miller while they went around to spread the news of The Parent Child Center and Rotary.

Joan fined Kwame for the white sweater he was wearing. She said Kwame should give it to Rich, since he likes wearing sweaters like that. haha

Krista bragged for Bob Miller's saw training since Jeremy took Bob's "course" and did a great job with the skill saw at Comcast Cares Day.

 

Chuck gave us an update on the golf fundraiser. Our Rotary club already has a team of 4 Rotarians playing. He reminded all of us that we are all expected to contribute to the effort. So far, $2700 has been raised through strictly selling sponsorships. The Red Sox tickets are $170 a piece per ticket and the seats are supposed to be absolutely DYNOMITE! Chuck is trying to focus on signing up actual golfers now. The end of May is the deadline to try to have our sales and fundraising complete, so we can simply focus all of June on making the tourney a success.

Will announced the field day that Jeff G. is trying to arrange over at the NW School for k-2nd graders. The date is May 11th from 9:30-12:30. 6 volunteers are needed to help with things like a bouncy house, relays, games, storytelling, etc.

Dick put together a nice ad for the district meeting in Portland

 

Rotaract was the topic. Rotaract is a Rotary sponsored organization that acts separately from Rotary and is targeted for individuals ages 18-30. It was first started in North Carolina and spread across the globe. Rotaract shares many of the same ideals as Rotary like community service and professional development.

 

$26 won by Joan

 

Speakers: Castleton Rotaract Club giving us a report of their trip to Honduras that we helped support.

The Rotaract Club of Castleton has been around for 2 years, and was actually started by Maria. She got involved because she wanted to help a local Rotarian make a difference when she was a little girl. That Rotarian is a member of the Fair Haven club and has gone to Honduras every year for many years to help folks down there. Maria actually went on a trip with the Rotarian and fell in love with Honduras and the Rotary values. This past year, the Castleton Rotaract Club made their own trip to Honduras to try to make a difference. They went to Danli, Honduras where they were hosted by a Rotary Club there. They even got to meet the local Honduras Rotaract Club! 9 Castleton students in total went, along with a couple chaperones. While there, they met with local Honduras children and helped them with art projects, gave 11 suitcases away of supplies, school items, and medical equipment. They even helped to do some work on the foundation of an under construction school the Fair Haven Rotary Club had started.