Naugatuck Rotary Newsletter - Archive  Jul 30, 2008

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President President Elect Secretary Treasurer Asst. Sec. & Treas.

John Ford Marcelo Martins Rebecca Zandvliet Rupi Rupwani Jennifer Merrill

Board of Directors  Charles Beebe  Debbie Corso  John McCormack   Jennifer Merrill  Bruce Steinway  Duncan Stephens

Rotary International Theme 2008-2009 Make Dreams Real

District 7980, Club 6738

July 30, 2008

Meeting Today

Pledge: President John Ford

America the Beautiful: John Ford

Invocation: Bruce Steinway

Four Way Test: Jeanine LeVasseur

50:50 Winner: Tracey Kelly

Song: “Daisy (Bicycle built for two)” chosen by Don Zehnder

Sergeant at Arms Duncan Stephens fined John Ford and Jack Tatigian

Happy Dollars: Bruce Steinway, Mike Elser, Rebecca Zandvliet, Jane Walsh, Jane Lobdell, Anne Butler, Doc Gerber

General Fine: Anyone that did not give Duncan any “dirt” for fines today.

Announcements & Information

We still need golfers and raffle prizes for the Annual Golf Tournament scheduled for September.

John Ford announced that the Bike Race was terrific and that many of the racers brought family and friends. A great big thank you to all that participated!!! A financial tally will be forthcoming.

Guests

None

Upcoming Speakers

8/6        – Anne Butler

8/13      – Jeff Chipokas will speak on Aphaeresis/Plasma Exchange, which is a treatment for M.S.

8/20      – Mary Connolly

8/27      – Debbie Corso

9/3        – Barbara Csanka

9/10      – Joe DaSilva

9/17      – Ray Dowling

9/24      – Geoff Drawbridge

10/1      – Peggy Dufresne

10/8      – Mike Elser

10/15    – Jonathan Farmer

10/22    – John Ford

10/29    – CLUB ASSEMBLY

11/5      – Ed Gerber

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Duncan Stephens - August 1st - Happy Birthday!!!

Geoff Drawbridge - July 30th - Happy Anniversary!!! 

Membership Anniversaries

None this week 

Our Speaker Today

Today was Club Assembly and President John Ford told that this year the number one issue is membership. Our DG Rick Benson would like to see a 4% increase in membership overall in our district. There may be new Rotary clubs placed in areas where there is a lack of Rotary presence. Also, we are asked to increase our giving to the Rotary Foundation. There will be continuing efforts to World Community programs such as clean water, health and hunger. Our own program for the Denan project should be through the final process soon. This will supply clean drinking water to that region.

Absent Members Today

Brian Barrett, Chuck Beebe, Mary Connolly, Debbie Corso, Peggy Dufresne, Jonathan Farmer, Marcelo Martins, Tony Purcaro, John Roman, Rupi Rupwani, Michael Steir 

Upcoming Club Events

Naugatuck Rotary Club

Fall Foliage Golf Outing

Wednesday, September 17th 2008

Wyantenuck Golf Club

Great Barrington, MA

Mohegan Sun Casino

Sunday, October 12th

$35.00 per person

Radio City Music Hall

for the Rockettes

Saturday, November 8th

$120 per person 

Happening Around the District and RI

AREA CLUBS FOR MAKEUP AND INFORMATION LINKS

Silvermine Tavern  -  Norwalk  -  Monday 12:15 pm

The Inn at Newtown  -  Newtown  -  Monday 6:15pm

John  J Sullivan's Restaurant  -  Ansonia  -  Tuesday 12:15 pm

The Waterbury Club  -   Waterbury  -  Every other Tuesday  12:15 pm

Sandwich Man - Seymour - 1st and 3rd Thursday 7:15 am

Brownson Country Club  -  Derby -  Thursday 12:15 pm

Crowne Plaza  -  Southbury  -  Thursday 7:15 am

www.rotaryeclubone.org   online makeup

Rotary District 7980

Rotary International

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Naugatuck Rotary

P.O. Box 484

Naugatuck, CT 06770