ROTARY CLUB OF VINELAND

September 5, 2006 Newsletter

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

Flag Salute & Prayer

Marty let our singing, the flag salute and 4-way test. The lead singers consisted of Marty, Loren, Dan, Dick, Ted, Ken and Jay E. and prospective member Dave Hanrahan.

Guests

Matthew Duffy was the guest of Ed Duffy. David Hanrahan was the guest of Paige Desiere. Welcome new members: Jerry Dooley and John Barber

Birthdays

George Steinbronn - Sept. 9th
Kevin Bernhardt - Sept 10th

Announcements

President Mike opened the floor for announcements.
Henry H. Pedals for Progress. Will be meeting at his place (in the barn) to break-down the bikes collected, September 16th between 9am to 1pm. Henry¹s place is located 1/8th mile north of Lincoln Ave. on Sherman Ave., on the left. Look for the split rail fence.
Ken D: Membership Committee will meet 7:15 am, September 21st at Larry¹s II. Our Membership Committee meeting will be the program for the Breakfast club that day. Please join us.
Bonnie L. has lined up both Rotary Club members as well as non Rotarians for the next Katrina work trip. Even if you can¹t make the trip you can be part of the team by making a financial contribution. Just make your check out to: Vineland Rotary Charities.
Other news; Dr. Ender, President CCC, thanked the club for the Kejzman Scholarship, awarded to Andrea Joy Morna this year.

Pat P. with the joke-of-the-day...a long walk for a HA HA!.
Dennis Palmer thanked everyone involved in reviewing the latest Rotary By-Laws, and fine tuning them to meet the needs of our club. . Marty made a motion to accept the new By-Laws, Dick P. 2nd the motion and they were received unanomously. Every member should have received a copy of them via email or mail. If you didn¹t, see Dennis.
Bill Dudley announced , Joe Perna donated 4-tickets (great seats) for the 9/6 Phillies game. Money for the tickets would go to the club.

Membership

Please view the "Members Only" section for prospective member information.

Vineland Breakfast Club

Next Thursday, September 14th at 7:15 am, the Vineland Breakfast Club¹s will be holding a membership recruitment meeting at Larry¹s II. They are having a guest speaker from the Youth Alliance and hope to have over 24 people attend. Please try to support them with your attendance, and if you can, bring a Rotary prospect who might think the breakfast meeting time might better suit their daily schedule than our lunch meeting time.

Finemaster

Finmaster Bill was in fine form. At this rate he¹ll have made his budget by New Years!

Today’s Program

PE Bill Dudley, introduced Charles Loyle who performed the new member induction ceremony.
Charles proceeded with a brief history of Rotary, mentioning that at this time we are part of 1,200,000 members world wide. He also reminded all members that you can always make up a meeting anytime, almost anyplace in the world at one of the more then 32,600 clubs. If you plan to travel, check the Rotary International web site, and find a club in the area you plan to travel to. This is a great way to meet other Rotarians.
Charles then asked our new member Gerry Dooley and his sponsor Marty Hoag to join him at the podium, where Marty presented Gerry with his Rotary pin. Charles inducted G erry into the club. Welcome Gerry, to Vineland Rotary.

The second part of the days program was the vocational presentation of new member, Louann Ferrari-Brooks.
Louanne has the distinction of being our youngest member. Don¹t tell her...if she was 40 she¹d probably still be our youngest member!
Louanne is a 1993 grad of Vineland High, she attended St. Joseph university in Philly for 2-years and transferred to Rowan, with a major in Chemistry for 2 more years. During that time she moved in with her grand parents, so she could care for them.
Louanne is married to a Vineland Fireman, and they are expecting their first baby in March.
Louanne is the Director of The United Way in our area. The United Way works with most all the service organizations in our area. Her goal this year is to raise $650,000.00 to continue to support these local services. She said she is most proud of the 211 program she has been working on. The program is a hot-line to find services and financial support for people in need. She also reminded anyone involved in other service organizations to be sure your organization is included.
In addition, Louanne and her husband have a home based business ³Sweet Impressions². They rent, and set up chocolate fountains, for weddings, party's, special events, like the up-coming 1st Year anniversary party at Liz Ryan Gemstones.
Welcome Louanne!

Upcoming Programs

9/12/06 Jack Dilks - Rotary District Update
9/19/06 Dave Fixler - Health, Exercise and Fitness
9/26/06 State Senator Nick Asselta
10/3/06 First Tuesday - RYLA Program
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
10/31/06 Vocational Service with Mike Benson
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