Kristen Jackson-student from VT Tech working w/ Nicole Moran

Jeff Mobus-visiting Rotarian from Springfield, VT club and assist. DG

Charlene Seward-CPA and Partner and Valente and Seward

Karen Giancola-Speaker from Community Cupboard

 

Jeremy fined Mike Coppinger because he saw him get pulled over for a cell phone while driving ticket. Jeremy also bragged about going to his brother's wedding in New York recently.

Tom bragged for the BROC annual meeting at The Holiday Inn Ballroom. Leahy keynote speaker. Also bragged for Rutland County Women's Network and Shelter's Walk a Mile Fundraiser over weekend.

Rich bragged for the 30th anniversary of Neighborworks of Western Vermont and specifically for Ron Bower's 25 years of service to the organization!

Colie went to the Red Sox game yesterday and had an amazing day.

Jeff introduced himself to our club (Mobus).

Lou bragged about getting people engaged and involved in Rotary. He urged us to transform our thought process and don't be afraid to share ideas.

Chuck bragged for his son, Aaron, who got married in Boston over the weekend.

Kevin went to NYC to see step son and went to not one, but two Tedesky Trucks Band shows.

Gwen bragged for the VT business Magazine Rising star winners from our club; Karen and Reed.

Krista thanked those of us who brought canned good and egg cartons to the meeting. She said that she and Chad are building a tiny house. Also, she encouraged all of us to take walks around Rutland...there are lots of little nooks and crannies with cool stuff!

 

Polio fundraiser kicks off today! Goal is to raise $2,650 from our members which will be matched by the club then double by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Ie. if we raise 2,650...it will turn into over 15,000!)

The parade float is getting painted at 11 o'clock on Saturday. The parade is taking place on October 29th and we need as many characters with costumes as possible. See Steph for details.

Bob Amelang was pleased to announce that we will have an outbound student next year.

Brian is now the point person on Xmas trees and that he has some ideas of how to retrofit the tree racks to make them collapsible and would need some help to get it done. The trees are arriving the Saturday after Thanksgiving and we will need all the help we can get.

Next Thursday, the 13th, we will be renting out the bocce courts at The Italian American club. Cost is $10 a person. We need good attendance as it is $300 to rent out.

Rotary Expo is coming up on November 17th. It is $25 a head and $30 after November 1st.

Nick had dinner with a former exchange student from 1990. She lives in Argentina .

Peter announced a 5k in Granville to benefit the Haines House of Hope, which brings in end of life patients free of charge to feed, clothe, shelter them etc.

We did receive a $1,000 District Grant for our Santa Raffle again!

 

Cale won the little pot

 

Karen introduced our speaker, Kelly Giancola. She is the director of The Community Cupboard. She likes speaking to our club because we are a fun and supportive group. Toward the end of the month, the cupboard sees the most amount of traffic. The reason being; people run out of other monies and assistance programs. Folks can only come to the cupboard 6x a year, therefore making it a truly emergency food shelf. They have 65 volunteers who put in on average 250+ hours a month in total. Panera donates bread to them, Aldi's donates meats, etc. 500 families are directly helped each month through their efforts. Last year, 263,000 items were distributed! They even allow gardeners/farmers to donate extra veggies and crops. Elias and Will are going to be celebrity waiters at Southside Steakhouse soon in a fundraiser that directly benefits the Cupboard. All are attended to come. They do not receive any federal or state funding. They do, however, get a few state grants from the Vermont Food bank. Almost 100% of their funding is through local individuals and businesses. They are a 501c3 and completely separate from any other entities or organizations. They tend to run lowest on food at the beginning of Summer, since kids are home and need 3 meals a day.