ROTARY CLUB OF VINELAND

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

Flag Salute & Prayer

Guests

Birthdays

Announcements

Bruce announced the viewing for Carl Kirstein’s mother to be held Thursday at the Freitag Funeral Home in Bridgeton at 10 AM.

Betsy Frank was “happy” be at the meeting and thanked Rob Tola for the support of a $1,000 donation to the Duck Race from the Newfield Bank.

Betsy announced Alan Dickinson’s “Public Service Announcement” that the Dream Date Raffle will bring in $16,500 to the club if every member sells or buys the ten tickets for the event. This will garner nearly ½ of our charities budget for the year. If we do this, we “won’t have to listen to Betsy” for the rest of the year!

Keith Petrosky asked for members to join the Education Committee. All members are invited to become involved in the administration of our annual scholarships.

Ron McMahon said our next Red Cross Blood Drive will be held on the first Tuesday in May, the 8th. Ron will be away on vacation for two months and needs a volunteer to bring a CD player to the meeting so we can play a CD of Kate Smith singing “God Bless America” for our opening number.

Carol Captis asked who will be attending the Phantoms game on February 23rd. The event will allow us to take a bus and have “Littles” join us for an afternoon of fun. The Phantoms will be playing the Hershey Bears. Bears will be provided if you don’t bring one for your Little. Contact Carol if you have not signed up. The cost is only $20 per person.

Jay Parks asked members going to Washington, D.C. to take photos. Jay asked for CD-based photos for documentation for the club. Contact Jay if you have any questions on the picture format. Jay said he has CDs of Vineland Rotary activities available, and sold one to George during the meeting. He said he will sell CDs to “anyone at anytime”. And they are only $10!

Dave Schad announced the Valentines Day gala event at the Vineland Developmental Center on February 13th, from 6 to 8PM.

Dave also announced a Rod Stewart impersonator will be performing at Merighi’s on February 17th. A Rotary table is being formed. Contact Dave if you are planning on going.

Pat’s Joke of the day confused “hot momma” with “heart murmur”. A few smirks indicated that this was one of his more clever ones.

Finemaster

Today’s Program

Sponsors and new members were questioned why they sponsored and why they joined Rotary. Without a constant flow of new members, a club will die because of the normal turnover of members. We still have a number of Rotary Past Presidents who are members in our Club, and that is one reason we are so active. “Every member is a mentor to every other member”. Membership Breakfast Meetings are once a month at 7:15 at Larry’s II. Contact Ken Dondero if interested in becoming active on the Membership Committee.

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