Chips May 2nd, 2016

Joel Perry, guest of Nicole Moran and approved new member

Speaker: Marry Ann Kamangar of Goodwill

 

Reed bragged for Brian Perkin's Housewarming BBQ.

Terry bragged about just getting back from Florida. Got to spend time w/ family and also attended national hockey coaches conference.

Mike had the opening of the VT Soccer League with 2 teams he coaches. Won both games.

Joan's father in law played 6 holes of golf recently after overcoming aortic valve surgery and also hip replacement in the last year!

Tom bragged for the LaFlamme's Food Drive and it's success. Also, told us to keep an eye out for the postal service food drive. Leave non-perishable items outside for mail courriers to collect. During the school vacation, the food shelf went through 2500 lbs of food!

Joe said the Bruins didn't make the playoffs, his Celtics got bounced from the playoffs, his QB is re-suspended, but his Red Sox Swept the Yankees!

Nick said that he is accepting donations to pay his mental health bills!

Lou said that an old friend from his days in the Army used to call him a Yiddish word meaning "kind of crazy". Lou is taking an herbal supplement that has him feeling great, only catch is 14 pills a day.

Caprice fined Dick Rohe for his award he earned at the District Assembly Conference. Congrats Dick! This was earned for his role in helping the district and our club bring in new members. We tied for first in district.

 

Chuck-10 of 9 tournament is only 7 Wednesdays away. Keep selling

Bob Amelang is excited to be the new Exchange person for our club. He is looking for a host family for a girl. The host family must live in Rutland Town/City.

Rotary Park Clean up is this Saturday at 9am.

Barb is still trying to sell some tickets for The Derby at Southside to benefit The Chafee.

Introduce yourself to our new member, Dan Sgali, Russ Marsan, and anyone else I may be forgetting to mention!

Brian said that we will be repainting the racquet ball court at Rotary Park, Clearing the hill side, planting cover plants and seeding patches in the turf.

 

Dick was presented an award from President Mark for his efforts in growing our club's membership. Great job, Dick!

 

$800 in the big pot and a lot less in the little one. Mark won the little, not the big one...

 

Mary Ann from Goodwill. Mary Ann lives in Williamstown, MA and is also a Rotarian. She had been trying to find a suitable location for a Goodwill store in Rutland for a long time. The Territory of her Goodwill chapter stretches from Great Barrington, MA to here. She is the community development manager and specializes in going out and sharing Goodwill's mission. Everything that you are able to buy at a Goodwill store is donated in the area of the store. Everything must stay in the area where it was donated as well. Our Goodwill chapter is the smallest in the country. With the help of Tom Donahue, Mary Ann was able to find the space on North Main Street. It took 8 months to accumulate enough merchandise to sell. They never buy anything. They have hired 20 people in the area to work and run the store! They have a program called "suit yourself" which provides suites and dress attire for folks to help get jobs and interview well. They also pick up donations from Manchester Center and other places around the state on a regular, weekly basis. They pay a driver to sit in a lot and help folks load their donated goods.