Chips January 25th, 2015

Jim Watson and Nancy Greenwood, guests of Joan

 

Joan bragged for Chuck putting together the Mentor Connector Bowling. It was great fun. Joan also bragged for Kwame who is "killin' it in Seattle"!

Mike fined Bob Amelang for bowling story.

Chuck bragged that the bowling event was fun. He enjoyed watching the heated battle between Maria and Bill Drummond to see who could break 50.

Terry gave us the hockey update. The women's are nationally ranked, beat Norwich. Men's team had some wins and ties recently. Terry bragged for his new grandson! Congratulations, Terry.

Dick had his annual family get together. He lost to a 10 year old in Scrabble. During Scrabble, his wife pulled out a dictionary and his grandkids laughed at it and didn't know what it was.

Kevin had a water pipe burst at Templewood Court, but got a fantastic response from the city. The Mayor got them a pallet of water to drink and the fire department delivered it. He thanked the DPW and all involved.

Steve Costello said that he is an "old" member of the Rutland Young Professionals and encouraged not only the old and young members, but all members to consider donating to the United Way, as 3 companies have made pledges to match donations up to a $1,000 each.

Nicole Moran bragged because she became and aunt and her son got a belt in karate.

Will bragged about the Meals Challenge and how fun it was. They prepared over 50,000 meals at the event.

 

Mike announced the Rotary Student Snowball Dance and Trivia night with the Granville, NY Rotary club.

Joan announced the joint mixer at Stonehenge indoor golf for Thursday, the 28th at 5:30

Dick said he is missing Cale and checked in on him. He was currently in Arizona and had found a Rotary club there he had attended. Dick also encouraged members to sign new members intro forms.

 

Coldwell Banker Watson Realty were brought in as the newest corporate members. They have over 20 associates and 2 offices. Jim Watson accept into the club as an honorary corporate member. Congratulations Jim and Joan!

 

Dick welcomed her and Joan talked about her experience knowing Nancy. Joan has been working with Nancy for 14 years and she has found her to be not only a gret person, but a great mother of 5 kids. She is very creative, practical, and has fundraising skills like none other. In June of 2015, she was commemorated for 10 years of service to the American Cancer Society. Nancy has helped to raise over half a million dollars for GOLM and American Cancer Society. She raised $23,000 to help send the Rutland Cheerleading Team to Nationals in Dalls. Welcome to the club, Nancy!

 

Nancy Greenwood won the little pot!

 

Sonia Yao was our speaker today! She was born in Taiwan and said it truly was a concrete jungle. Everything was made of concrete, including the playgrounds. She had 55 kids in her class in 4th grade. Growing up in Taiwan was different. She and the other kids not only had to study, but also clean the whole school. When she was 10, she moved to Montreal with her family and learned to speak French after moving. She never had recess in Taiwan, so that was new for her when she moved to Canada. She went to England in High School to study at an all girl's school and said she hated it. In her under-grad studies, she decided to pursue Engineering and wound up working in finance for 5 years after graduating. She thought she wanted to work on Wall street, but quickly came to find that wasn't the direction she wanted to go. After her 5 years in finance, she decided to attend Dental school and found she truly loves what she does. She joined Rotary to have a way to give back.