President Phil George welcomed all to the May 12, 2022 meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary Club www.brattlebororotaryclub.org held at the American Legion. <ED NOTE: 18 members + 3 guests + 0 Student Rotarians = 21 attended.>.
The Rotary Thought for the day was provided by President Phil.
ED NOTE: Weekly assignments for the invocation or motivational thought can be found on the club website.>
Guests: Dwayne Johnson, who built the beautiful handcrafted cornhole board that will be a prize for the top Youth Services Fundraiser. Susan Bulhlman board member for Youth Services and veteran Cornhole player. Nanci Leitch, Youth services Development director.
TRIVIA QUESTION
When was Cornhole invented?
(Answer below)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
For our joke of the week:
My uncle was always unhappy on Father's Day because he never had children to celebrate it with.
"Weren't you happy at home?" I asked him. He said, "Oh, sure. My wife laughs at everything I do. That's the reason we don't have children."
ED NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
ROTARY MINUTE
President Phil read Maggie’s comments. I believe I am the first Brattleboro Rotarian to be welcomed into the Rotary during a pandemic and through an online platform, ZOOM. Tucker was also welcomed in the same fashion.
Rotary and geography;
1922 a small Rotary flag was carried over the South Pole by Admiral Richard Byrd, a member of the Winchester, Virginia Rotary Club. Four years later, the admiral carried a Rotary flag in his expedition to the North Pole.
--To visit the northernmost club you must travel above the Arctic Circle to the Rotary Club of Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A.
--The lowest club meets at 40 feet (12.2 meters) below sea level at El Centro, California, USA
Anniversaries: Rotary anniversaries were recognized for John Mabie = 26 years and Cheri Ann Brodhurst = 8 years
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
5/12 – Youth Services – Cornhole for a Cause
5/26 Tristan Johnson
6/2 Tim Johnson
NOTE: 2021-22 weekly assignments, are posted on the club website.
Presentations were made from the following Student Rotarians: None today.
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.
Tucker Kramer: this Saturday 9am Afghan family move, need trucks and volunteers – Bill McKim & Cheri Ann to provide pickup trucks; details:
9:00 this Saturday morning we are going to move furniture and boxes that have been donated by a generous family to our Afghan family.
We are moving around a dozen items and two dozen boxes from 63 Green Meadow Road to 115 Juniper Ridge for safekeeping in a barn of Maggie Lewis.
We need muscle and vehicles for transport, ideally pickups or a trailer or box truck.
If any of you can help it would be much appreciated.
Please let me know and thank you.
SAVE THE DATE: JUNE 9th Rotary Golf Tournament
SAVE THE DATE: JULY 2nd – Welcome Center
SAVE THE DATE: SEPTEMBER 17th – Brattleboro on Wheels
Thanks was given to those participating in last week’s bowling outing with the Sunrise club.
1 Refugees: George Anthes gave an update on Brattleboro’s refugees. The family is doing well, the father has a job, and a more permanent home has been identified. (Scribe note: The label of refugee will not last) Also (including a brag for Rob Szpila) he reported on Rob’s getting a refugee family now living in Georgia to and helping others as well.
2 Golf tournament: June 9. There is a signup sheet being maintained by Bill Vermouth. The club is looking for gift baskets, raffle and silent auction items.
3 Project: George Weir reported the Connecticut River Conservancy is looking for help on July 14 for a cleanup project between Walnut St and the river.
Carla: Rotary Foundation contribution with match ($50) needed by 5/31/2022
BRAGS / HAPPY DOLLARS / Fines
<ED NOTE: Yes, we are keeping track of these happy dollars and brags.
Unless noted, happy dollars and brags are $1>
Carla Jody Williams alum of BUHS & SIT
Tucker Afghan family move this Saturday
Stan Rotary Gardeners @ Gathering Place: Andy, CheriAnn; Tami; George, Roger, Stan
George CT River clean-up & daughter moved into to new house with cost overruns – asparagus early this year
Ana caught a fish on Florida vacation, nice dinner too
PROGRAM
Ana Saavedra and Youth services guests ( Dwayne Johnson who built the beautiful handcrafted board that will be a prize for the top Fundraiser. Susan Bulhlman board member for Youth Services and veteran Cornhole player. Nanci Leitch, Youth services Development director.) Introduced the 1st inaugural Youth Service Cornhole Tournament fundraiser. The registration link to participate in the tournament is below.
the registration page link which explains everything: https://youthservicesinc.org/cornstock/
We have this video PSA that people can watch: https://youtu.be/12BV-ZobpbY
Weekly changing scribes and questionable IT may have resulted in oversights and errors. We regret any mistakes.
Answer to the trivia question
When was cornhole invented? Answer: Some believe cornhole originated in Germany, where in 1325, a cabinet maker named Matthias Kuepermann, watching children throw stones into a dug hole (often injuring themselves), invented a less dangerous way to play using grain filled bags and a box made of cabinet materials lying around the shop..