Naugatuck Rotary - Naugatuck Rotary Newsletter

SaA Duncan Stephens fined himself, Jonathan Farmer, Rebecca Zandvliet, Debbie Wheelahan, Jeanine LeVasseur,Jeff Chipokas, Cathie Mauritz and Mary Connolly.

Happy Dollars: Brian Barrett, Jane Lobdell, Bruce Steinway and Jeanine LeVasseur.

General Fine: Those that were absent last week.

Announcements & Information

Jane Lobdell would like to have volunteers help take down the Christmas Tree at St Michaels Church on Friday, January 16 at 11:00. Please contact her if you can help.

Jane Walsh asked for host families for the GSE team arriving in May. There is also a need for transportation for the team and Derio to the District Conference in Newport in May.

Pre-PETS will be held on January 31st. We are the Sergeant at Arms for the district and will require volunteers to help with registration and the like for that day.

Marcelo congratulated Rebecca Zandvliet for her award from SafeCo Insurance.

Marcelo read a thank you note from Student of the Month Louis Matos.

There will be a Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, January 15th at 5:00PM at Alderson Funeral Home.

Guests

Nichol Yanerella - Speaker

Linda Cocchiola - Speaker

Rosa Rebindas - Guest

Upcoming Speakers

January 21 - John McCormack - Speaker, Peter Berube, Public Access TV Producer

January 28 - Jennifer Merrill - Speaker Jill Schoenfuss, LISA (Living in Safe Alternatives)

February 4 - David Mulhall

February 11 - John Roman

February 18 - Rupi Rupwani

February 25 - Michael Steir

March 4 - Bruce Steinway

March 11 - Duncan Stephens

March 18 - Bob Sutherland

Birthdays

Jennifer Merrill - January 14

Geoff Drawbridge - January 18

Ray Dowling - January 19

Membership Anniversaries

None this week

Our Speaker Today

Today, our speaker host, Cathie Mauritz introduced Nichol Yanerella and Linda Cocchiola from Naugatuck Discovery.

Linda Cocchiola and Nichol Yanerella from Naugatuck Discovery

Naugatuck Discovery is a local collaborative made up of Naugatuck residents, child care providers, parents, seniors, family service providers, community groups, faith-based organizations and educators.

Naugatuck Discovery has been serving the community since 2002. The initiative was the result of a grant awarded by the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund in Hamden, CT. Through Discovery, more than 50 Connecticut communities and other partners statewide are working with the Graustein Memorial Fund to improve the lives of young children from birth through age 8. With focused attention on parent leadership and engagement and collaboration, Discovery communities and partners are pursuing four objectives:

Expand the supply of high quality early care and education
Improve the quality of existing early care and education
Strengthen connections between early care and elementary education
Improve student social, emotional and academic performance.

Naugatuck Discovery seeks to increase the community's understanding of the importance of early childhood for a child's social, emotional and academic development. Naugatuck Discovery also works to create and strengthen community partnerships and engage parent to achieve its goals of having all Naugatuck children excel in school and in life.

Naugatuck Discovery publishes newsletters for young families and for Naugatuck's early childcare and early learning community. The newsletter explores issues in childhood growth, development and learning with insights from local and area professionals and families.

Discovery works with other Naugatuck organizations to host events that support and encourage quality early childhood experiences within families and within the community. Naugatuck Discovery is a growing resource for education, information and support on early childhood for the entire Naugatuck Community.

The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund funds Naugatuck Discovery and has committed funding through 2009. The United Way of Naugatuck and Beacon Falls serves as fiduciary. Naugatuck Discovery can be found in the office of The United Way of Naugatuck and Beacon Falls at 284 Church Street (Naugatuck YMCA).

The Naugatuck Discovery Committee is made up of volunteers eager to make positive impacts on the early childhood experiences of Naugatuck's children. If you want to help shape opportunities to support children's growth, development, happiness and success, join us. Call (203) 729-1564 ext. 10 or send an email to Naugatuckdiscovery@yahoo.com

Absent Members Today

Barbara Csanka, Joe DaSilva, Peggy Dufresne, Ginger Fennell, John Ford, Tracey Kelly, David Mulhall, Tony Purcaro

Happening Around the District and RI

January 31, 2009 Pre-PETS including 4 way speech contest finals

New Haven Lawn Club, New Haven

February 6-8, 2009 RYLA, Stratford, CT

February 14, 2009 Valentine's Day Dinner Dance

Country House Restaurant, East Haven

March 12 - 14 2009 PETS - Nashua NH

March 7, 2009 New Generations, Choate Rosemary Hall

March 27, 28, 2009 RI President's Membership Conference, Baltimore, MD

April 1, 2009 Deadline for Submission of Award Applications

April 19, 2009 GSE Inbound Teams Welcome Brunch

April 23,2009 District Assembly, Sheraton Four Points, Meriden

May 1-3 2009 District Conference, Newport, Rhode Island

May 15, 2009 GSE Farewell Brunch/Memo of Club visit due to DG

June 21 - 24 2009 International Convention, Birmingham, England

July 7, 2009 District Governor Installation, Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club

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

Rotary Cruise Deals

Naugatuck Rotary

P.O. Box 484

Naugatuck, CT 06770