The Rotary Club of Peabody, Massachusetts

District 7930

Service Above Self

The Ripple

The Newsletter of the

Rotary Club of Peabody - District 7930

P.O. Box 94, Peabody, MA 01960

WWW.ROTARYPEABODY.ORG

Meeting: Tuesdays, 12:15 PM, at Spinelli's Function Facility on Rte. 1 South, Peabody, MA

PRESIDENT: Grace Martins

PRESIDENT-ELECT: Steve Morad

VICE PRESIDENT:

SECRETARY: Gary Epstein

TREASURER: Loring Merrow

SERGEANT AT ARMS: Jeff Doherty

PAST PRESIDENT: Peggy Pedro

BOARD MEMBERS: Cathy Gravel, Scott Bronstein, Tom Rowen, Nichole Nelsen

District Governor (2007-2008): Julia Phelps

District Governor-Elect (DG 2008-2009): Tom Elliott

Our Assistant DG: Ingrid Brown (and 2009-2010 DG)

DG 2010-2011 Steve May

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Peabody Club Members at District Level:

Fred deNapoli (ADG for Ipswich, Malden, Saugus, Wakefield)

Peggy Pedro (ADG for Chelsea, Everett, TBM, Swampscott

Herb Harris (Outbound Ambassadorial Scholar Coordinator)

Grace Martins (GSE Team Leader)

Friday, June 20, 2008

Special Installation Issue

June Theme: FELLOWSHIP Let's all embrace the theme of Fellowship!!

Today's meal: Not much Garlic with: Appetizers: Potato skins & chicken wings; Entrees and sides: Chicken/Ziti/Broccoli, Steak tips, Rice, Green Beans.

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What a special evening!!! Not only did we get to see the Red Sox honor the Celtics on the TV screens in our room, have great food and an open bar (many thanks to President Grace and almost President Steve), everyone had a great time!

President Grace listed all of our club's accomplishments during her year, including all $23,208.83 of donations so that our guests could hear why we all are ardent Rotarians and sometimes away from home longer than we'd like to be.

Since we have a small membership and EVERYONE was responsible for our successful year, President Grace named everyone as Rotarian of the Year and handed out Certificates of Appreciation to all.

President Grace then presented President-for-life-elect Steve Morad with a bottle of special wine (maybe so he won't whine?), and his wife, Lori, with a bouquet of flowers. In turn, President-for-life-elect Steve presented President Grace with her outgoing President's gavel.

Peggy Pedro made a presentation of the Paul Harris Fellowship to President Grace. Not to be outdone, Fred deNapoli awarded President Grace a second Paul Harris Fellowship and one to Tom Rowen. These awards are never made lightly and CONGRATULATIONS are in order to Garce and Tom!!!! Well deserved!!

It was a really enjoyable Rotary evening!!

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Would you like to help Mel Babner deliver food for the Citizens For Adequate Housing families, temporarily housed in Salem? Future delivery dates will be July 17th and further months. Anyone who would like to help Mel, please contact him.

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What do you do with your empty bottles and cans? (And we know there must be a lot of empty beer cans and bottles.) Please bring them (both beer and soda) to the meetings every week to give to Mel Babner. Every nickel helps!! Mel Thanks Gayle Cavanaugh, Eastern Bank and Dick Berg for their generous contributions.

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Our speaker scheduler, Gayle Cavanaugh, is asking that you tell her of any people who may want to speak to the club or whom you think may be of interest to the club.

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Happy Dollars:

Reminder: If you see any news articles or pictures of our members, bring them in so the member can donate $$$ to the club. We can use the money!! But more important--we'd like to recognize and applaud our members.

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Your Contributions to Rotary at Work

Here's a list of Donations that Peabody Rotary has made so far this (2007-2008) year under President Grace:

Rotoplast $4,300

Haven From Hunger $1,224.83 (for meals)

Progeria Research Foundation $710

Africa Project (through Jessica Glynn) $250

Making a Difference in Peabody $1,000

Peabody YMCA $1,000

Pure Water for the World (Mike Eidelman's raffle winnings!!) $264

Peabody High Athletic Revolving Act--drug awareness $500

Citizens for Adequate Housing $500

Citizens for Adequate Housing--meals $160

Scholarships $7,000

Peabody YMCA Y It Matters $3,000

Higgins Middle School Chocolate Program $500

Cape Ann Children's Fund $100**

Peabody Council on Aging $100**

NSCAP $100**

Pioneer House $100**

Brian Silber Memorial $250**

PVMHS--DECA $750**

Higgins Middle School breakfast $250**

RYLA Sponsorships Up to $550** (not disbursed yet)

Dearborn Fire Victims--via Red Cross $1,150

**Approved at March 31st Board Meeting

Total so far: $23,208.83

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JUNE BIRTHDAYS:

24th Lori Morad (Steve)

JUNE WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES:

TO ALL MEMBERS: IF THERE ARE ANY ERRORS WITH THE BIRTHDAY OR ANNIVERSARY DATES, PLEASE NOTIFY GARY EPSTEIN. ALSO, THERE ARE NUMEROUS MISSING DATES ON OUR ROSTER. PLEASE GIVE GARY YOUR INFORMATION--JUST THE DATES--NO ONE CARES HOW OLD YOU ARE. BUT WE MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED.

Upcoming Programs:

NEXT MEETING:

JUNE 24:

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Please make every effort to attend your Rotary meetings. The more members we have each week, the better we look to potential members--and to our visitors and speakers.

Thank you!

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UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:

June 26th -- District Installation Dinner at danversport Yacht Club.

July 1st--The first day of President Steve Morad's Monarchy.

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It's easy to become a Rotary Sustaining member. It's $100 per year, but Loring can bill you $25 per quarter. That's $8.33 a month, or 28 CENTS a day, or a little over a penny an hour.

LET'S BECOME A 100% SUSTAINING MEMBER CLUB!!

" Let us keep our hearts strong, enthusiasm fresh,hope high. As long as we keep imbued with this spirit, Rotary can never die."

**The Rotarian, August 1926**

THE 4-WAY TEST of the things we think, say or do:

1. IS IT THE TRUTH? 2. IS IT FAIR TO ALL CONCERNED? 3. WILL IT BUILD GOODWILL & BETTER FRIENDSHIP? 4. WILL IT BE BENEFICAL TO ALL CONCERNED?

Please keep this in mind!

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Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind - John F. Kennedy

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