President Phil George welcomed all to the July 22, 2021, meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club www.brattlebororotaryclub.org held via ZOOM. <ED NOTE: 26 members + 7 Visiting Rotarians = 33 attended.>. Rich Carroll offered the following summer prayer of thanks:
Thank you for summer,
for green grass
and honeysuckle,
leafy trees
running streams
bare feet
balmy days
singing birds
laughing children
baseball games
cookouts
sunshine
clear skies
the smell after a summer rain
beauty
and fecundity
everywhere
I turn.
Amen.
ED NOTE: Weekly assignments for the invocation or motivational thought can be found on the club website.>
Guests: DG John Bob, DGE Randell Barclay, DGN Dave Saturley, Visiting Rotarian President Mona Williams (Sunrise), Josh Trager (Sunrise), Visiting Rotarian Katja Matthews (Sunrise), Visiting Rotarian David Crespo (Sunrise)
TRIVIA QUESTION
What was the #1 song for the year the Brattleboro Rotary Club was established?
(Answer below)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For our joke this week, Rob Szpila offered this quote by E.B. White
“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”
ED NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
For the Rotary Minute, Frank Rucker talked about Rotary pioneer Arthur Sheldon.
NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
08/05 - Maggie Lewis
08/12 - Kris Pavek - The Van Lady
08/19 - Lenny Derby, "Vietnam Moving Wall coming to Brattleboro"
08/26 - ANNUAL CLUB GOLF TOURNAMENT
NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
REMINDERS
Please bring your bottles and cans to the Putney Road redemption center to benefit Pure Water for the World. Please remember to inform the staff that the bottles and cans should be credited to the club.
This is the 5thnewsletter of the 2021-2022 club year. The editor would like to thank the 6 people who bragged last year. Who will be the first reader to brag this year!
FINES
NONE ;-(
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Face-to-face meetings will be on 8/5 and 8/12 at the American Legion.
The Rotary Clubs of Brattleboro will be supporting the effort to bring the Vietnam Moving Wall to Brattleboro 9/16-20. Volunteers will be needed. To make a donation, click here.
Brattleboro Community TV is a vital community asset. Now, you can help it be even better by taking a short survey to ascertain how it is meeting the needs of the community as a public access TV station and community media center. Your responses will help shape the future of BCTV! Thank you. To take this short, 5-minute survey, click here.
Upcoming events:
Aug. 7 – Welcome Center. For more info, Greg Worden
Aug. 26 – Annual Club Golf Tournament. For more info, Gina Pattison
Sept. 18 – Brattleboro on Wheels. For more info, Mike Mandracchia.
Oct. 2 – Southern Vermont Disc Golf Tournament. For more info, Rob Szpila
BRAGS / HAPPY DOLLARS
<ED NOTE: Yes, we are keeping track of these happy dollars and brags.
Unless noted, happy dollars and brags are $1>
Phil George ($30) – for winning $3,000 at the Youth Services golf ball helicopter drop
Past President Martin Cohn who attempts to give a gist of the meeting respectfully submitted this bulletin. However, it is always better to attend. If you have any complaints about the contents of this bulletin...
Rotary Cares - TV Show
Rotary Cares, Episode 36 – Passing the Gavel
In episode 36 of the award-winning, monthly show, Rotary Cares, Brattleboro Rotary Club past president Marty Cohn discusses “passing the gavel”, a time when a club president steps down with his guests Brattleboro Rotary Club Past President Milt Gilmore and Brattleboro Sunrise Club Past President Tristam Johnson. Directed by Brattleboro Sunrise Rotary Club past president Kevin Yager and produced by Brattleboro Community Television.
Past President Martin Cohn who attempts to give a gist of the meeting respectfully submitted this bulletin. However, it is always better to attend. If you have any complaints about the contents of this bulletin...
