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Thursday March 18, 2010
The Ripple
The Newsletter of the
Rotary Club of Peabody - District 7930
P.O. Box 94, Peabody, MA 01960
WWW.ROTARYPEABODY.ORG
Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 AM, at the Peabody Marriott, Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA
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March Theme: Literacy
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How to propose a member:
Identify an individual (would s/he pass the Four-Way Test?).
Invite that person to a meeting.
Fill out a proposal card.
Board votes on the proposed member.
Proposed member has information session with Secretary Gary.
Proposed member is asked if s/he would like to join. If yes, application is signed.
Proposed member's name is published in The Ripple.
If there are no objections sent in writing to the Membership Chair within seven days, the proposed member becomes a member.
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March Birthdays:
March 3: Peg Lyons
March 11: Judith Harris (Herb)
March 12: Bob Clattenberg
March 14: Gary Epstein
March 29: Joanna Merrow (Loring)
March 30: Megan Shea-Pereira
March Wedding Anniversaries:
None!
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.
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NEXT BOARD MEETING: TBD
E-mail President Cathy (Cathyg@Gravoc.com) with agenda items.
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CITIZENS FOR ADEQUATE HOUSING
Thursday, April 1, 2010
CATHLEEN WARDLEY (Meal Pickup), STEVE PADULSKY (Salad and Cookies)
Arrive at 4:45 P.M at 42 Washington St., Peabody
If you're unable to attend on the specified date, it's your responsibility to locate a replacement. Please inform the meal pickup person of the change and the replacement of your assigned responsibility. Look at NEWS and Citizens For Adequate Housing Schedule for the future schedule and specific responsibilities.
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MEETING NOTES
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Today was the joint meeting with the Peabody Education Council.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Peabody Ed Council. We got to hear from Chair person Dave Gravel about the latest projects PEC is involved in including Best Bet, the Guest Reader Program, and the upcoming Career Day at the high school.
The Peabody Education Council has a brand new website, designed by Diverging Soul Media, that better highlights all their latest projects and involvements.
We also brought up the potential for other ways for Peabody Rotary and PEC to work together and support each other. One upcoming joint venture will be the 2010-2011 Peabody Schools calendar. The calender will be available to all Peabody students and detail projects and events scheduled throughout the year for families to reference. These calendars will be sold for $5 each.
Today 2 Paul Harris Fellow Awards were given to Sudi Smoller and Martha Holden.
Sudi Smoller currently works in the library at the Higgins Middle School and is an Executive Board Member of the Peabody Education Council. Sudi is dedicated to the community and teaching its students. Sudi is always willing to help others and is always trying to think of new ways to reach our students and better their education. Thank you Sudi for all of your hard work. It is much appreciated. Congratulations!
Martha Holden is the Director of the Peabody Institute Library and President-Elect of Peabody Rotary. Martha is always working on new projects and new ways to help Peabody residents, families, and students. She is Chairperson of the Literacy Committee for Peabody Rotary and organized the STOP program, an anti-bullying program brought to Peabody schools starting with the Carroll school. Martha is dedicated to making a difference and this award is much deserved. Congratulations!
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Reminder: If you see any news articles or pictures (not Rotary related) of our members, bring them in so the member can donate $$$ to the club. But more important--we'd like to recognize and applaud our members.
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50-50 Raffle: No winner this week... Jeff picked the 5 of clubs and Chuck picked the 4 of spades.
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REMINDERS:
Our speaker scheduler, Grace Martins, asks 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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Secretary Gary Epstein reminds members of Rotary's attendance requirements. Members cannot miss more than three consecutive meetings without making up. However, there are plenty of opportunities to make up. Attend a Board meeting (All members are encouraged to attend, anyway.), attend a committee meeting, work on the website, and the most basic make-up--attend other clubs' meetings. Be sure to steal ideas our club can use!!
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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. Every nickel helps!!
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NEXT MEETINGS:
March 25: Philipp Häsler- Ambassadorial Scholar
April 1: Membership meeting
April 8: Grace Martins (Nicaragua Project)
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:
March 19, 2010: Literacy Month/STOP program, reading at Carroll School @9:30
March 23, 2010: Taste of The North Shore
April 14, 2010: District Assembly
April 19, 2010: 142nd anniversary of Paul Harris's birth
April 26, 2010: Alumni Event
May 14, 2010: Joint Meeting in Peabody with GSE Team
May 21-23, 2010: District Conference
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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!!
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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Note: Other Rotary Club meeting locations are posted at www.rotary.org, then, click on 'Club Locator'.
The District 7930 Club locator can be found at www.rotary7930.org
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