Rotary Spoke 06 12 17
Bob O'Hara of "No Labels.Org" Speaks to Rotary.
On a beautiful summer day, 20 Rotarians and 2 guests met at Lexington CC with President Susan C presiding. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by PP Domenic, one verse of America was led by Charlie V (who also did the Welcome song), and PP Don S provided the Invocation. The lunch was great as usual with some grilled chicken, grilled pork loin, veggies, salad and of course cookies!
Happy dollars were started by PP Domenic for the great singing to start the meeting. Allan put in $20 for this being the last meeting we had a speaker. Allan did an excellent job setting up the speakers this year. Thank you! Ugur paid happy dollars for his new Rotary Badge. PP Spencer (myself) put in some happy dollars for going to Monster Truck show with my son Ryan this weekend.
There were no fines, even though Allan was pushing the dress code in shorts and flip flops. Don’t get any ideas PP Jim S.
Next week’s meeting is going to be a celebration of our Rotary year. The following week, June 26th, is the induction ceremony meeting. Good luck Lori!
We had a few members attend the Sports Night at Minuteman Tech, they had a wonderful time and Minuteman is excited to have our partnership with their sports night.
Speaking of Minuteman, we have officially signed the paperwork to sponsor an Interact Club starting this Fall. Finally, we are going to be purchasing new shirt for Rotarians (see below), if you are interested a shirt and matching hat, the cost will be $50. Please reach out to me, Spencer.Betts@lpl.com, and let me know the size of shirt you would like.
Raffle gifts were donated by Patriot Community Bank and Walpole Cooperative Bank.
The speaker this week was Bob O’Hara. Around 10 years ago Bob got fed up with the discourse within our national and local politics. He felt there had to be a better way to have people talk to each other and find common ground. After doing some research he found the group, No Labels (www.nolabels.org). A non-profit that helps people wanting to have their voice heard within politics. No Labels does not support any political party, but works to help bring people together to get involved with politics outside of election time. Here is their opinion if you want to get in touch and have your voice heard. Call the local office of your representative, tell them you are local and a registered voter in their district, get to your point right away, share how it affected you or your community and finally give you address to confirm you are a registered voter in their district. The best way to talk to your rep is to make an appointment. You can also send personal hand-written mail.
PE Lori’s son Ethan won the 50/50.
PP SB