Chips June 20th and 27

Jeff Guevin's twin daughters

 

Nicole Moran and Andrew Carlson, both representing Ravnah

 

Tom bragged for Mike's Birthday and we all sang happy bday for him.

Maria celebrated her 34th wedding anniversary on Saturday! Congrats!

Russ bragged about the event Come Alive Outside hosted at the hospital. there were 5-600 kids in attendance!

Chuck fined Russ Marsan, as he will be dancing with The Rutland Stars. Also, he spotted Brian and Vicky taking a walk in Proctor holding hands! How cute, guys.

Mike bragged for his soccer teams. They went 4-0 and won the championships over weekend.

Ron fined Watson Realty for their feature in The Herald.

Jeremy bragged for his time over at The Mount Washington Hotel with Edward Jones. (I Second that!)

Krista went to Nashua West's Rib Fest over in New Hampshire. Was a great time.

Jeff finished his first Triathlon over the weekend

Nick bragged for his father and said he really lucked out with the kind of dad he had.

Mark bragged for the Cleveland Cavaliers winning the championship

Kevin bragged for the life of an old school teacher from his past who recently died.

Joe saw the Red Sox yesterday with his sons.

 

Chuck announced the golf tourney, Krista announced tix sales status.

Kevin announced the club admin meeting

 

Mark alerted us to The Changing of The Gavel on Monday.

 

Raffle was 47 in small pot, won by Elias. Not so lucky on the bigg'en

 

Nicole and Andrew said that many people think that what they do must be depressing, sad work. That isn't the case. It is incredible. She use to work in the ICU at Dartmouth and locally. That was depressing...not this. Hospice isn't about the "Very end". It is more of a quality of care and life. Andrew combines the clinical aspect with the spiritual and it is the best job he has ever had because our lives are so filled with meaningless stuff, that this allows his to work with people and families at their most important and vulnerable times. They offered some advice on end of life decision making planning 1) know your options 2) communicate your wishes with your family 3) compete and advanced directive. Hospice focus is on care and comfort. It doesn't speed up or slow down death. Vermont is actually one of the few states that allows euthanasia in certain situations. Medicare has a hospice benefit that would pay for services.

 

 

 

It was a great social gathering of many Rotarians along with their significant others. Jay prepared a fantastic meal to please any palate. Mark spoke about our accomplishments over the year and they were many. We have a lot to be proud about as Rotarians! Krista introduced her plan for the year and it revolves primarily around letting the community know about us and all the good work we do, while continuing to build on our many projects. Chuck released the final total for the golf fundraiser, which was over $10,000!! Great work everyone, especially Chuck, Steve, and Krista, whom without, the golf tournament wouldn't have happened.

 

See you all in TWO WEEKS! No meeting on Monday, July 4th...Be careful playing with fireworks everyone haha