Mark Anderson filling in for President Rob opened the meeting at our lunch meeting site: Holiday Inn Express of Brattleboro, VT. Mark welcomed all to the February 20, 2025 meeting of the Brattleboro Rotary www.brattlebororotaryclub.org

Invocation:

Roger Miller invoked Our Almighty God in his invocation. Betsey Gentile requested a moment of silence for the untimely death of Greg Lesch.

Mark lead the club with the Pledge of Allegiance

An esteemed Rotarian led us in reciting the Rotary motto:

Motto - Service above self

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?

27 Members, 0 Student Rotarians and 0 guests attended the meeting.

Guests:

JOKE OF THE WEEK - For our joke or song of the week:

Bill McKim didn’t have a joke but recited a memorized poem instead.

ED NOTE: 2023-24 weekly assignments are posted on the club website.

Rotarians for Rotarians:

Greg Worden had no new news for us on Rotary for Rotarians.

New Members:

ROTARY MINUTE

Teddy Kramer discussed his journey to Rotary during The Rotary Minute.

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 January:

On Behalf of our Club and all Rotarians, thank you for your Service Above Self

Student Rotarian updates:

Stay tuned.

Birthday greetings -

BIRTHDAY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM RUBEN -

Ron Stahley

Ruben Garza

Tom Franks

Dart Everett

Mara Williams

Meredith Lewis our student Rotarian.

Announcements

Mark Anderson Gateway next week 2/27

Betsey Gentile Ski Jump brought in $2,000

Cindy Ferrante Gift Giving next week 2/27.

Happy Dollars - Brags - Fines

Cindy Ferrante, Cindy Jerome, Ron Stahley and Greg Worden for Betsey Gentile and all her hard work at the ski jump.

Roger Allbee for Sugar on Snow

Rhonda Calhoun for Rhonda Calhoun and her dear grandbabies !

Ruben Garza proud coach for his 3rd place youth basketball team.

Cindy Jerome for her fiancé and the art ice shanties.

Jennifer Ambler for Sugar on Snow and Milt Gilmore and his bride., her trip to El Salvador, and James Wept at Center Congregational.

Mara Williams for Betsey’s Bill (Pennington) and what a great team they are.

Rick Manson for Cathy, and all the credit he gets for her work !

Rick also for him and Jennifer and their membership 35 and 36 years ago.

Betsey for her Bill !

Frank LaGrande for his son’s birthday and his donation of proceeds to Brattleboro Rotary

ED NOTE: Weekly assignments for the invocation or motivational thought can be found on the club website.>

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Jim Haine announced:

Interfaith Community next week.

Chris Doherty of BMH

Club Assembly

Vt. Natural History Museum.

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.
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PROGRAM

Speaker:

A number of personal testimonials and Rotary reminiscences from

Bill McKim

Ron Stahley

Betsey Gentile

Mara Williams

George Weir

Stan Nowakowski

Jennifer Ambler

Rick Manson

Rhonda Calhoun

Scribe: Ted

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