Chips Nov 17th
Posted by Reed Wilcox
on Nov 18, 2014
Guests/Speaker:
Approved New Member, Sonia Yau Michelle Shelley Duprey, Guest of Joan Watson Rachel Fried, found out about us online Visiting Rotarian from Wells, Peter O'Brien
No Speaker as this was a committee business meeting
Brags/Fines
Jeff Wennberg went to mother-in-laws?? 95th Birthday and she joked that the numbers on the cake were 59, not 95.
Mike Coppinger was a model in Catwalk For a Cause w/ McNeil and Reedy and won Most Creative.
Joan had an "all clear" mammogram scan recently and also was on the anniversary of her sister being diagnosed w/ breast cancer. Sister doing well now.
Brian was in paper this week with a great "pr" piece about Rotary and what this community means to him.
Krista got to see a good friend's daughter score her first ice hockey goal and they fist pumped on the ice.
Peter O'Brien bragged that Dec 5th is 90th anniversary of Granville Rotary Club
Gary said that Castleton Football beat Norwich
Terry gave us the update on Castleton Hockey
Caprice survived another weekend in Boston with the Youth Exchange students, 19 to be exact
Joe is going to see his daughter in Europe for the Holidays. The whole family is meeting in London.
Cale bragged for Stephanie and her kids: They are always at Rotary events and were also at The Tree Shed setting up decorations this past weekend.
Steve bragged that his investment advisor (his son) told him that he can retire and he plans to do so end of year
Announcements:
Brian presented Caprice with a pin from RI for sponsoring another member
Caprice is looking for a host family for a female from Mid Dec-Mid Mary. (She is an avid skier and on the ski team)
Kevin- Club Admin Committee meeting postponed to accommodate the Rutland Young Professional Mixer time conflict.
Robyn announced Dine and Donate to Benefit the Parent Child Center. Stop by Rutland County Parent Child Center to buy gift certificates to Kelvans, Little Harry's, Southside Steakhouse, and Three Tomatoes and 25% of proceeds will benefit RCPCC.
Rich has tree sign ups ready to go. Please get shifts filled
George challenged someone to work more shifts than him and if they do, he'll donate a few bucks to their charity of choice.
Krista has the Santa Claus Raffle tickets ready to go and urged the club members to sell, sell, sell as the proceeds will be used to buy kids at The Northwest School the only present some may receive this Christmas.
Ron stressed that if you are selling said raffle tickets remember 3 words COMPLETE! ACCURATE! LEGIBLE! in reference to recording credit card info correctly
Foundation Dinner update: Brian, Joan, Bob, and Reed went to the Foundation Dinner in Ludlow last week. One big take away from the meeting is that there are a lot of clubs doing a lot of really great things around the world. President Joan would like to work on finding our niche in the world and explore a grant of our own.
Polio Fundraiser:
Starting with the meeting on Monday the 18th of Nov, our club has challenged ourselves to raise $2500 to help end polio. The club Board has agreed to match member donations dollar for dollar with a $2500 cap. All of our contributions raised will then be tripled by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The challenge will run for a total of 12 weeks and will be considered a charitable contribution for tax purposes. Our goal is $4 a week per Rotarian and $2500 in total.
Our total collection for week one was $105.
Thank you for your generosity fellow Rotarians!
Raffle:
Dave Anderson won the small pot of $56. The big pot is up to $990 and he didn't win it.
Committee business meetings:
We all broke off into our respective committees to do good things!
Next Week:
We will be presenting a plaque to Chief Baker