ROTARY CLUB OF VINELAND

August 1, 2006 Newsletter

Editors: Linda Foster
Photos: Jay Parks
Website: www.vinelandrotary.com
Email: vinelandrotary@comcast.net

Flag Salute & Prayer

Marty & Gov. Al led our singing,the flag salute and 4-way test.
Dan Leslie provided our blessing. Please keep Ed Bernhardt and Loren's daughter, Camille in your prayers.

Guests

District Governor Al Taylor joined us today.

Birthdays

Carol Captis - August 2nd
Bruce Middleton - August 6th

Announcements

Carol Captis announced that volunteers are needed for the Strike Out Hunger/Big Brothers Big Sisters bus trip.
Carol also mentioned we had a very low turnout rate for our latest blood drive. She offered her services for of "lap sitting" for the next blood drive signup.

Henry announced that he is receiving calls for bike donations and sewing machines for the Pedals for Progress project that will be held in his barn on September 16th.

Donations are being asked for a family in need of purchasing a handicapped equiped van. Please see George or Dave for tax deductible donation information.

Our club will be sponsoring a member to attend the Cumberland County Leadership Institute. If you are interested, please let P. Mike know as soon as possible. Registration is due August 15th. This is a 9 month committment. Rotarian graduates from the Institute include, P. Mike, PP George and Hugh and Paige.

Gail announced that next week's program is our club's Katrina Mission presentation. Please email Bonnie if you are bringing a guest. We have a goal of 50 people set for our return trip in November. Thank you to Jay Parks for helping prepare the photo portion of the presentation.

Pat shared another joke with the membership.

Finemaster

Bill Dudley was fined for finally showing up for a meeting! Mike, of course, was fined. Southern Steel Rotarins were fined for construction of a bank. Jay was fined for his new hybrid. Ed Duffy was selected to fine a Rotarain of his choice - he chose Finemaster Bill. Ken was fined for his new board position along with Marty.

Today’s Program

PE Bill Dudley announced he is looking for program suggestions. He did his first act as President Elect, inroducing District Governor, Al Taylor. DG Al is from the White Horse Club, has been a member for 40 years, served as President 3 times (one up on Bruce) and was recently the GSE team leader to Brazil.

DG Al stated he was representing RI President, Bill Boyd in bringing the "Lead The Way" Theme to Rotary Clubs. We need to get back to basics. "Who we are" is defined by "What we do". During his trip to Brazil, DG Al was deeply touched by their need for a school. This year, he would like our District Clubs to help support his project to raise $25,000 to build a school in Brazil. Our recent Brazil GSE team member, Wagner, is in charge of coordinating the project.

50/50

Henry was the winner today.

Upcoming Programs

August 8th - Katrina talk with Vineland Rotarian's

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