Durham-Great Bay Rotary - Newsletter - Archive (Jun 24, 2009)

We are waiting to hear if we can still meet at NEC (later today we heard that we can meet there through July). Working to find a new permanent location because NEC will no longer serve breakfast in the near future.

Henry Distributed statements for dues.

Scott Distributed sign-up sheets again for July 4th and for the clean- up July 5th. Boy Scouts and 3 football players will help. We expect 20% of their sales from food vendors; and we'll try a 50/50 raffle. Flyers will be done by Monday. Congrats to everyone for bringing in $20,000 in sponsorship!

Pres John Reviewed the slate of officers:

President Richard W

Pres-Elect Jud P

Secretary John B

Treasurer Henry

Sergeant-at-Arms Mark N

Club Svc Steve K

Community Svc Sean S

Vocational Svc Ron

International Svc Madiha

Membership Bill D

Joe P moved to approve and Arthur and Dave L seconded at the same

time; the slate was unanimously approved.

Pres John Recognized the efforts of Madiha and Cellissa with a special sponsor pin for the 10 new members who joined the club in the last 2 years.

Pres John presented the Golden Oar Award to Ric Erickson, congrats Ric! Ric's involvement in Quackfest, the website, advice, the Cairo project and Group Study Exchange was all remarkable and contributed to the strength of our club. Ric said "the work we get to be involved in is reward itself."

Happy Bucks:

Forgive me, I forgot I was scribe for a couple of minutes and missed the first few Happy Bucks!!! I am so sorry!

Madiha Pres John and Ric, thank you!

Scott Sponsorship for July 4th!

Ron Pres John and Joe P for RYLA work

Richard Thank you to pres John and to incoming board

Dick B Welcome back, John A

Ric Thank you Pres John

Henry Thank you Scott for July 4th work and to Pres John

Arthur Thank you all!

Program:

President John, Club Forum

Pres John did a review of our year: some tremendous accomplishments!

Roadside Clean-up two times

July 4th with DG and wife and past DG

23 vouchers for ES and MS kids: $660 from the Boot and Shoe Program

200 Xmas turkeys into the local communities

Daigle Family cookout - cold but fun!

"Light Up Durham" spaghetti dinner and bonfire

Food to local food pantries

NH Disaster Relief Fund after the tornado

Camp Sunshine volunteer visits

Built storage shed (twice!) for Durham Library

Womenade and Quackfest

On Belay program for kids who've lost parents

Completed $5000 donation to Heider House hospice

Paid out two years of scholarships for total of $22,500

Awarded a scholarship for a student to attend St Paul summer program

RYLA

Finalized the structure and process of our new scholarship program

Bobcat Bolt Durham community initiative

Operation Santa Claus

Sent 200 lbs of goods to troops in Iraq

Exceeded club goal of $1000 this year to Polio Plus

Submitted a grant for funding for pediatric hospital in Cairo

Hosted Polish GSE team; 2 team members stayed with our club members

Sent three club members to Rotary Leadership Institute

Participated in Rotary annual giving

Exceeded our goal for new members

Developed a video for member recruitment and fundraising

Awarded four Paul Harris Fellows

Had a successful Charter Night

Completed new 501(c)(3) paperwork (the state lost ours)

Purchased memorial bricks at the Wright Museum in memory of three of

our deceased members

Literacy support for Read Across America program at Mastway School

Collected printer cartridges and cell phones for recycling and fundraising

Durham Marketplace cookout

Conducted the fuel raffle

Had a successful July 4th event and raised more than ever in our past

Frank hosted a fundraising dinner that raised money for the Daigle family

Wow, what a productive year! Hats off to all!

Megabucks:

Amos had the ticket but did not draw winning card. $19 pot rolls over.

Upcoming Programs:

July 8 Jim Boulanger, Track and Field Coach

Your Scribe: Cellissa