Meeting: Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 AM, at the Holy Ghost Society,20 Howley Street, Peabody, MA
Thursday, September 29, 2011
October Theme:
Vocational Service
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.
September Birthdays:
2: Brian Cassidy
6: Christine Doherty (Jeff)
7: Norm Burnett
22: Dave Gravel (Cathy)
Jody Pedro (Peggy)
September Wedding Anniversaries:
3: Fred deNapoli & Rachel Williams
21: Martha & Chuck Holden
28: Cathy & Dave Gravel
October Birthdays:
8: Chuck Holden (Martha)
12: Martha Holden
18: Jessika Rodriguez
October Wedding Anniversaries:
5: John and Tanis Meakin
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.
NEXT BOARD MEETING: TBD
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Haven From Hunger:
Friday, October 14, 2011
Team Assignments: HERB HARRIS (Meal Pickup), JEFF DOHERTY (Salad and Cookies)
Arrive at at 71 Wallis Street, Peabody. Dinner is served at 5:00PM.
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. Thanks. Look at NEWS and Haven From Hunger Schedule for the future schedule and specific responsibilities. See website for further information:
President Steve discussed next week's Mayoral Candidates meeting. He reported that between our club and the Chamber, we have about 50 confirmed attendees. Be sure to e-mail President Steve (spadulsky@baystatefinancial.com) and let him know if you'll be attending and if you're bringing a guest. Also e-mail him with questions to be asked of the candidates.
President Steve reported that the number of golfers was down--only 67 were registered. Despite that, the preliminary figure for a profit is approximately $4,800 for the club. Sponsorships and raffle items helped. There was a brief discussion about the possibility of moving the date next year to June. The issue will be revisited
Discussion about the Taste of The North Shore, which will be held on Tuesday, March 20th, was deferred to the October 13th meeting. Be sure to bring suggestions to that meeting or e-mail Vanessa (vsilveira@metrocu.org) any time with them. We all know how much work is involved for each of us. So let's all be thinking of potential members to help ease the workload on each member.
President Steve shared information about other organizations' events: Citizens For Adequate Housing's/North Shore Bank's Raising The Roof on November 4th at Kernwood Country Club; Danvers Rotary's Variety Show, also on November 4th, at the Danversport Yacht Club; and the Peabody Library's Starry, Starry night on October 5th at Brooksby Farm.
Mel reminds us to keep displaying and selling the Entertainment Books. Each book sold gives us $15 profit!! He once again thanked Vanessa and Metro Credit Union for their fine display of books at the CU.
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Happy Dollars: Sergeant-at-arms John collected $28.
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. We can use the money!! But more important--we'd like to recognize and applaud our members.
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50-50 Raffle: Neither Peggy L nor Brian picked the new card this week, the 9 of Diamonds nor the Joker so the $50 for the Joker and the huge pot of $9 are both safe.
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Reminders:
Our speaker scheduler, Brian Cassidy, asks that you tell him 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!! Mel thanks former peabody Rotary Club member and Past President Dick Berg as well as Beth Hoffman of Temple Ner Tamid for their generous contributions.
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2010-11 DONATION RECIPIENTS
Alzheimers Association
Brian Silber Memorial
Cape Ann Children's Fund
College Scholarships
Chelsea Rotary--Colombia Clinic
Children's Friends and Family Service
Citizens For Adequate Housing
Friends Forever
Green Peabody
Guatemala Literacy Project
Haven From Hunger
Jewish War Veterans
National Organization for Rare Disorders
Northeast Arc
Pakistan Flood through Ipswich Rotary
Peabody Arts in the Storefront
Peabody Babe Ruth League
Peabody Council of Aging
Peabody Schools Drug Program
Peabody School Department
Progeria Research Foundation
St. John's Food Pantry
Rotary Foundation
NEXT MEETINGS:
October 6, 2011: Mayoral Candidates Ted Bettencourt and Sean Fitzgerald
October 13, 2011: Taste of the North Shore Planning Session
October 20, 2011: Jessika Rodriguez Classification Speech
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!
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:
October 15, 2012: Rotary Leadership Institute in Chicopee, MA
October 27, 2011: District Membership/Foundation Meeting
January 18, 2012: Mid-Year Presidents Meeting for Pres. Steve
January 31, 2012: Pre-PETS for Vanessa
February 8, 2012: World Peace Dinner at DYC
March 8-10, 2012: PETS for Vanessa
March 20, 2012: Taste of the North Shore
April 11, 2012: District Assembly at CoCo Key, Danvers
May 18-20, 2012: RYLA Weekend
June 1-3, 2012: District Conference in Mystic, CT
June 27, 2012: District Installation Dinner at DYC
After spending all day watching football, Harry fell asleep in front of the TV and spent the whole night in his armchair.In the morning, his wife woke him up.“Get up, dear,” she said.“It’s twenty to seven.”He awoke with a start and said, “In whose favor?”
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.
