Rotary Spoke
On a Sunny 60 degree beautiful afternoon, twenty three Lexington Rotarians, two visiting Rotarians and 2 guests met at Waxy’s. The lunch included cold cuts, bread, chicken ziti & broccoli, and chocolate chip cookies for dessert.
Raffle gifts were donated by Walpole Co-Op, Brookhaven, Arlex, RCOL, Fitness Together, and Geek House Calls. The pledge of allegiance was led by PP Doug H, 1st verse of America was led by PP Dan O, and the Invocation was given by PP Don S. Charlie V led us in the welcome song.
Happy dollars were given by PP Bob O for his retirement from the Lexington Fire Department. P Dave S gave happy dollars for missing PP Bob O’s retirement party. Michelle G gave happy dollars for finally making it to a meeting. PP Dan B gave happy dollars for the purchase of his new home on Cape Cod. Fifty more to come when he sells his old house… PP Doug H gave happy dollars for a great time he had in Northern Vermont with his kids and grand kids.
PP Dan O fined PP Spencer B for being disruptive during the singing.
Announcements:
- Susan C announced that the Veteran's breakfast will be on Nov 8 and that we will receive an e-mail with more information on signing up to help serve the Veterans that day. Attire will be black pants and a white shirt.
- Susan C also announced pumpkins are being sold at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 55 Coolidge St, Lexington. Go get your pumpkins!
- Steve M announced that the cash raffle will be on Friday Nov 14 at Waxy’s. We are in need of raffle gifts for the event.
- President Dave S reported that the Friend's Forever group will be coming on Oct 27. The plan is to treat them to a Liberty bus ride in the AM, lunch with the club, a movie in the afternoon, and a Bar B Q at PP Don M's house.
- Andrew announced our joint meeting with Burlington will be Nov 24 at Waxy’s, and there will be more information to come.
- PP Spencer B announced Comedy Night will be moved to the Hilton Gardens Inn in Burlington and will be on May 8th next year.
Andrew introduced our speaker, Gem Munro from the Amarok Society. Amarok Society teaches uneducated mothers how to read and write, and then teaches the mothers to be neighborhood teachers – educating their own and their neighbors’ children every day in their homes, with astonishing result. Amarok Society effects miraculous changes in the lives of thousands of Bangladeshi children through our unusual and daring design for educating the dwellers of desperately poor slums. As a result of a hastily prepared meeting of Canadian and Bangladeshi Rotarians held in a cafeteria at the Montreal International Rotary Conference in the spring of 2010, a new partnership was been created.
With the assistance of Rotary District 7070 Literacy Chair, Joan Hayward, Zone Coordinators Roger Hayward (for Canada) and Safina Rahman (for Bangladesh) and Rotary International Literacy Coordinator Richard Hattwick, an Agreement in Principle was made between the Rotary Club of Belleville, Ontario, Canada and the the Rotary Club of Midtown Dhaka, Bangladesh with Amarok Society for the purpose of supporting specific initiatives in the poorest slums of Dhaka.
The winner of the 50/50 was PP Dave E and the ticket number was 606674 in the amount of $160.00. Just kidding it was only $70.00.
Submitted
Michelle G.