President Rob opened the meeting at the meeting site: Holiday Inn Express of Brattleboro, VT. Rob welcomed all to the March 20, 2025 meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary www.brattlebororotaryclub.org
Invocation:
Tammy P as an ode to first day of spring read a poem “Wake Up O World”
Rob lead the club with the Pledge of Allegiance
President Rob presented the Rotary Motto Service Above Self
Bill M lead the club with the Rotary four way test.
Four Way Test -
Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
24 Members, 0 Student Rotarians and 2 guests attended the meeting.
Guests:
Deborah Rosenzweig (incoming President Sunrise Rotary)
Mike Clough -speaker
JOKE OF THE WEEK - For our joke or song of the week:
George K attempted to get us to laugh with VT-based jokes…including mad cow disease, penguins and woman attempting to con money from her husband.
ED NOTE: 2023-24 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.
Rotarians for Rotarians:
Bill Bedard rehab and doing well.
New Members:
ROTARY MINUTE
Dart encouraged members to remember Chris Brown, a former member, 95th birthday on 4/3/25
Chris Brown
150 Rivermead Road Apt 211
Peterborough, NH 03458
1-603-924-0225
ChrisandMileva@Comcast.net
Note for future presenters; The Rotary Minute could also have the speaker talk about their personal involvement in Rotary or personal background.
Years of Service in our Club for March:
On Behalf of our Club and all Rotarians, thank you for your Service Above Self
Tom F will hold an organizational meeting for the Peace Builders Club following this week’s meeting
President Rob mentioned a new storage facility will be available starting April 1 in Guilford. If anyone has any Club related material, we now have a place to consolidate our history.
Next meal April 9 and Stan will be out town so looking for group to pick up the details
Gina- Golf tournament June 5th
Happy Dollars and Brags
Bill McKim – for the money savings now that someone found his lost hearing aid at Latchis
Tammy P – for the fun evening at the Sunrise Trivia Night -
Frank – for the community support of education with the passing of the WSESU budget
George – for the Brattleboro FD for property inspectin and notice for getting his fire extinguishers upgraded to code
Reuben – for the VFW showing support and courage in selecting him as the next generation of post leadership
ED NOTE: Weekly assignments for the invocation or motivational thought can be found on the club website.>
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Jim announced the upcoming programs as follows:
March 27 – “Walk In Clinic” – Chris Chapman
April 3 – Brattleboro Music Center
April 10 -Nancy Wies, Director of Career Center
April 17 – Windham and Windsor Housing Trust
REMINDERS
Please bring your bottles and cans to the Putney Road redemption center to benefit APPN. Pure Water for the World is no longer operating in the USA; it continues in Honduras as APPN.
Maria Inestroza, the PWW country director for Honduras is continuing the work in that country under the name APPM, acronym for Agua Pura para El Mundo, or Pure Water for the World in Spanish Pure Water for the World. Please remember to inform the staff that the bottles and cans should be credited to the club.
Tammy P introduced Mike Clough and “Ambrose” a barred owl. Mike is the Executive Director of the Southern VT Natural History Museum. He provided an educational and entertaining presentation about the barred owls in Vermont….while walking through the membership with Ambrose securely attached to his arm….cellphone cameras were definitely snapping pictures.
The meeting was adjourned by President Rob at approximately 1:04pm
Scribe: Mike M
DISCLAIMER
Weekly changing scribes and questionable IT may have resulted in oversights and errors. We regret any mistakes.
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