Next meeting: April 12, 2018 (Apr 06, 2018)

From the President

Past President Carol welcomed everyone to our latest meeting, held at the Stoneforge on Thursday, April 5, 2018.

Carol reminded the group that Pancake and Family fun Day is just over 2 months away. Dave reported that he has already secured $2,500 in scholarships. Everyone should starting thinking about ad partners and raffle basket ideas.

A reminder that our next meeting will be a joint event with Pro-Home for their annual wine and beer tasting at Quality Beverage, in the Industrial Park. Directions can be found here: https://goo.gl/maps/W32yrkQJByR2. We will be pulling our raffle winner at this event.

Ed gave a Youth Exchange update to say that applications are out for this year's trip. We hope to send 2 kids to Taunton, England in early July.

If you haven't answered Joe's email survey, please do so. A link can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWE7yDosqlXL9WZpg0gNciMNXitT45p99nFx_y_G2eCjJ16A/viewform

Guests

You can bring a guest to a Rotary meeting!
This week we welcomed:

Visiting Rotarian, Darrell Carlson, from the Lee, MA Rotary Club. He is the new Executive Director of Lifecare in Raynham.

Last Week's Speaker

At our most recent meeting, on April 5, 2018 Bob Hunt shared stories and memories of Phil Robertson ahead of Phil's Memorial Service on April 7th. Bob and Phil joined the club only 2 months apart in 1976. They shared many Rotary memories together including meetings at Pilgrim Church, trips to New Hampshire, and the entertainment of Rotary Youth Exchange students in Falmouth Harbor. Many thanks to Bob for such a thoughtful presentation and kind tribute to Phil, a Rotarian's Rotarian.

Happy Bucks

Did you know that your happy and sad bucks help the club make a donation to the Rotary Foundation?

Dick Shafer had a happy that the spring job fair at the Holiday Inn had a great turnout from both job seekers and employers.
Bob Hunt had a happy buck for Phil Robertson.
Darrell had a happy buck in thanks for the warm welcome.