President JOHN RACINE called the meeting to order and led us in singing God Bless America. After saying The Pledge of Allegiance, LEE OLEWINSKI gave our Invocation. PRES. JOHN noted how small our group was today – one of the many local effects of SPRING BREAK. As he pointed out, it's also the one week during the year where we have the least amount of traffic. ENJOY CRUSIN THE CITY! RAMONA PLEVA was our song leader for the day but because of technical problems, she decided to forgo it.
RAMONA, this had to be a "FIRST" for you. No songs? Fortunately, it was grandpa KEN WEAVER'S birthday and we were able to serenade him with a heartfelt "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" tune. LISA POINTE introduced one VISITING ROTARIAN and our two OUTBOUND STUDENTS, Amelia and Adrian.
DAN RICKARD gave us an update on ROTARY CAMPS.
DAN RICKARD gave us an update on ROTARY CAMPS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. Amelia and Adrian reminded us that the Youth Exchange Outbound Fundraising Dinner will be April 17th @6:00 pm at the Boathouse Restaurant. The cost is $50 per person. Half of this goes to the students to help with their outbound expenses. GREAT DINNER, GREAT TIME, GREAT CAUSE!
2. VERN GAUTHIER reported on the Rotary Christmas Bellringing totals. He recognized those that participated in this annual event and said they raised $2242 this year compared to $1900 last year.
3. PRES. JOHN announced there will be a joint meeting of the membership and ROTARY CAMPS and SERVICES and ROTARY CHARITIES on April 10th. (Please see the below notice for details)
4. There is a meeting of the Committee for the Handicap right after today's meeting.
The 50/50 DRAWING was won by KEN OSBORNE. He got all 30 of his dollars back.
Outbound Students Adrian and Amelia with Birthday Boy, Ken Weaver (& Amelia's Grandpa:)