Posted by Steve Kirkland on May 25, 2017

PDG District 7680 Chris Jones Travels to Lexington to

Deliver His Message on "Rise Against Hunger"

It was a dark, drizzly, overcast, cool day when 19 Rotarians and 2 guests gathered at the Lexington Golf Club for the May 22, 2017, Rotary lunch meeting.  
 
The luncheon fare was delicious, as usual, consisting of salmon, chicken, hot pastrami, rice, asparagus, salad, with fruit and cookies for dessert.
 
President Susan called the meeting to order at precisely 12:30 p.m.  
 
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Meghan.  One verse of America and the Welcome Song were led by Charlie V.  Past Pres. Nick C. delivered the invocation.  
 
In the raffle, Terri won the golf balls, which she gave to PP Dan B.
 
Happy Dollars:
 
  • PP Murray gave happy dollars for his fantastic trip abroad, visiting seven countries, including stops in Amsterdam, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, and Copenhagen.  
  • PP Nick gave happy dollars also, because he didn’t realize Murray was gone.  
  • PP Dominic gave some happy dollars for his goddaughter’s graduation from Salem State.  
  • PP Spencer gave happy dollars for having his daughter want to dance with him at a Father-Daughter dance and be happy about it; he’s “not sure if that will ever happen again.”  
  • PP Dan B. gave happy dollars for being 64 years young.  
  • And PP Murray matched that for his upcoming 76th.
 
Announcements:
  • Pres. Susan announced that the Rotary’s donation to the “Light up Lincoln Field” was a contributing factor in the lights soon being installed on the playing fields.
  • She also asked for member support of the upcoming Memorial Day events on Monday.
  • PP Dan B. urged members to take advantage of electronic media when replying and/or signing up for Club events.  If you need help installing the app, consult PP Dan and he will be glad to help you.
  • Pres. Susan also suggested that club members go out and tell somebody about their experience with Rotary and about our meetings and what great speakers we have as a way of growing our membership.
 
Today’s speaker was Chris Jones, who flew up from Raleigh, North Carolina to speak with us about Rotary Foundation work with his organization, “Rise Against Hunger”, formerly called “Stop Hunger Now."  This is the organization we packed meals for at Pilgrim Church last fall.  They seek to eliminate hunger in the world, in much the same way Rotary strives to eliminate polio.  Rotarians have packaged 30 million meals for this organization in the past twelve years.  In addition to food assistance, Rise Against Hunger works to nourish lives and empower communities.  They also provide emergency relief.  Ending hunger also promotes peace.  See their website for more information: www.riseagainsthunger.org
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