ROTARY CLUB OF VINELAND

October 3, 2006 Newsletter

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

Flag Salute & Prayer

God Bless America, Flag Salute, Pledge of Allegiance and recitation of the 4 Way Test was led by Marty and group.
The opening prayer was led by Dan Leslie.

Guests

Florence Chatas and Melanie Druziako, were the guests of Charlie Loyle. Mary Jablonski was the guest of Ken Dondero. Eileen Duffy was the guest of Ed Duffy.
Visting Rotarians were Jack Surrency from the Bridgeton Breakfast Club and Scott Brown from the Ocean City-Upper Twp. Club.
Sergeant of Arms Bruce introduced our newest members, Gerry Dooley, Chalky Ottinger and Dave Hanrahan.

Announcements

P. Mike announced there are 11 members signed up to attend the dinner honoring Hugh McCaffrey who will receive the District Vocational Award. The dinner is being held on October 11th. Please let Mike know asap if you would like to attend.

Linda Foster announced that she will be placing an order for additional Rotary T-shirts and also long sleeve Oxford Shirts and Sweat shirts. Please see Linda if you are interested in ordering these items or any items from the LL Bean "Direct to Business" catalog. llbean.com/business.

Jay Parks will have a display at the Wheaton Village Festival of Fine Crafts being held this Saturday & Sunday. Over 160 artists and craftsmen are participating.

The next Adopt-a-Road cleanup will be on Saturday October 7. Meet at Larrys II for breakfast at 8:30AM. We need a good turnout for this project, because we’ll be joined by the Vineland Breakfast Club, and we’ll be policing our road and their road. Please plan to come and support this community service project.

Charles Loyle "Dad" announced that the Beth Israel Concregation will be honoring the "Kejzman girls" for their community service on October 28. $75/person. For tickets, contact Shaye Kotok.

Annual distribution of dictionaries to 3rd grade children has continued. There are 2 schools left in Vineland then we will distribute to Millville 3rd graders. Mennies is next Thursday at 10 am.

A sign-up sheet was circulated to donate a case of food for the Santo Domingo Orphanage Project. Only 14 cases are left to complete the pallet. If you know anyone (not just Rotarians) interested in sponsoring a case of food, please e-mail Dave Schad at daveschad@verizon.net. A thank you donation letter for their tax files will be provided.

Pat Proccacino entertained us with his “joke of the day”.

Finemaster

P. Mike paid a $10 fine - $1 year year his wife worked on completing her education. Congratulations Annie! Finemaster Bill fined P. Mike and Dad, Cornell, Shaye, Paige, Betsy, Jay P. and new members Chalky and Dave.

Today’s Program

PE Bill Dudley intoduced RYLA chairperson, Keith Petrosky. This year, our club sponsored 13 students to attend the 27th Annual Rotary Youth Leadership Award held at Stockton College June 25 through June 29th. One additional student was sponsored by the Vineland Breakfast Club. This was the largest group with 156 participants. Keith thanked the Rotarians that provided transportation for the students.

RLYA students attending were: VHS - Stevi Anderson, Doug Cherwien, Matthew Duffy, Ryan Gavigan, Brittany Giacomelli, Chad Justis, Shannon Scurlock and Kevin Beckford; Sacred Heart - Steven Bocchese; OLMA Kristin Jablonski; Cherokee High School - Alexandra Clark.

The students each discussed a different part of the RYLA program. They learned to work with others, made many new friendships, enjoyed meeting and learning from the Rotary exchange students, listened to motivational speakers and career opportunities and learned new leadership skills. All the particpants enjoyed their experinece.

The RYLA group presented Keith Petrosky with a RYLA pin.

**Photo -RYLA 2006**

Upcoming Programs

10/10/06 Assemblyman Frank LoBiondo
10/17/06 Jane Galetto – The Wild and Scenic Maurice River
10/24/06 Becky Schad - Exchange Student Experience - Red Cross Blood Drive
10/31/06 Vocational Service with Mike Benson
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