Monthly Archives: May 2024

President Mark Foster started the meeting with the customary Ringing of the Bell.  Our Patriotic Song today is ‘My Country Tis of Thee’, accompanied by Rick Ingram. Don Deatrick provided our inspirational message today and in line with today’s speaker (A2 Thrift Shop) spoke of the value of compassion and generosity when a community comes […]

On this lovely and breezy May day, President Mark Foster started our meeting with Ringing the Bell and Downs Herold lead us in our patriotic song, ‘America the Beautiful!’ Just in time for Memorial Day! Rick Jarzembowski provided our inspirational message today.  Also in honor of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, he gave a brief […]

Today’s meeting began with the Ringing of the Bell and Tom Strode leading us in our Patriotic Song. Our inspirational message today was from Doug Ziesemer. While thinking of recent political demonstrations and also of wars being waged right now, Doug wanted to remind us that there is good in the world, and gave the […]

On the final day of the month of April our club had 212 Active Members. Attendance for March’s meetings was 58% (up 6% from last month). The average attendance at each meeting was 119 members and 6 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 65% (up 2% from last month). ** Please note that […]

Past President Mark Ouimet rang the opening bell and The Star Spangled Banner turned us up.  Foreshadowing this week’s program on the Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award, Bev Seiford’s Inspiration identified passion as the key driver of accomplishment. Joey D and pianist Curt Waugh turned out the DipSticks and DipChicks to reprise the Everly Brothers’ […]

YOU can get a customized “path to zero” decarbonization plan for your home. The A2ZERO Home Energy Advisor will evaluate the “health, safety and energy efficiency” of your home and offer recommendations. The free assessments take about two hours to gather data throughout your home. Most assessments are conducted virtually while a small portion will […]

On Saturday, June 29 at Pioneer High School, Zero Waste.org is sponsoring a Neighborhood Swap Day. There are THREE ways Rotarians can help. 1. Give your unwanted items a new home instead of sending them to the landfill. 2. Find that item you’ve been looking for, without having to buy it new! (No need to […]

May 8th was a great day to be a Rotarian as RCAA presented the Robert S. Northrup Humanitarian Award to Dr. Robert H. Gilman MD, DMD. He is recognized for serving in multiple Rotary International areas of focus, including Disease Prevention and Treatment, Maternal and Child Health, and Basic Education and Literacy. As a practicing […]

Three distinct-sounding sighs were heard while coming to today’s meeting. The first – the sigh of students stuffing their dorm belongings into the family car – already wistful for their time so quickly passed as a student. The second – a parent’s sigh who, while happily anticipating their child being home for the summer, is […]