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From the President
At our most recent meeting, Carol reminded the club to sell scratch tickets. The drawing is planned for January 9th.
A recent issue of the Taunton Daily Gazette was passed around highlighting the Business After Hours at the Boys and Girls Club. 
We, again, passed the basket to start collecting for the upcoming Head Start Kids' Christmas Party. We will pass it a few more times ahead of the event. Also passed was a sign-up sheet for the annual Christmas luncheon at the High School. If you haven't signed up but plan to attend, please talk to Ed!

Upcoming Events:
  • November 21 will be a Family Fun Day committee formation meeting during our regular lunch meeting
  • Rotary's Providence Bruins night is November 22
  • Taunton High School Holiday Luncheon, December 5
  • Head Start Christmas Party, December 19
 
 
 
Guests
You can bring a guest to a Rotary meeting!
This week we welcomed:
 
  • Becky Mello, Carol's guest

  • Barbara Hunt, Bob's guest

  • Heidi Taylor, Morton Hospital Corporate Member, and speaker

  • Julie Masci, Morton Hospital Corporate Member, and speaker

  • Mary Pat Tranter, Morton Hospital Corporate Member, and speaker

Last Week's Speaker

Coordinated by Zulmira, our speaker this week was Heidi Taylor, President of Morton Hospital. Born at Morton Hospital, Heidi is a lifelong Taunton resident with a deep understanding and appreciation for the community. Heidi’s grandparents, Lenny and Christine Rose, owned and operated Highland Heights Roller Rink for more than 50 years. Heidi was taught, from a very young age, the importance of caring for her community. 

Heidi has more than 20 years of health care leadership experience. Heidi spent the first nine years of her career at Morton Hospital, starting as a Registration Clerk in Patient Access and leaving as Director of Support Services.  Heidi left Morton in 2006 for Good Samaritan Medical Center, where she held a variety of positions in Finance, before being promoted to Chief Financial Officer/Vice President of Perioperative Services, in 2010. Heidi returned to Morton Hospital in 2016, as the Chief Financial Officer and became Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer in 2018.
Join by Mary Pat Tranter and Julie Masci, Heidi shared a presentation of "See What's New at Morton Hospital" with the club, highlighting all the great new investments, improvements, and awards Morton has received in recent months. It was a treat to hear about all the wonderful things going on at the hospital and we appreciate them joining us for lunch!

Happy Bucks
Did you know that your happy and sad bucks help the club make a donation to the Rotary Foundation?
 
  • Johnny B. was very happy to hear that the board voted to hold Pancake and Family Fun Day at Camp Riverside in 2020. That was the first choice of venue back when the event was in the development phase. He offered a second happy buck for our guests joining us today.
  • Jody offered a delayed sad buck for Hal Goren. And he had a "thank you" buck to Taunton for the 14th time. 
  • Dick had a double sad buck for the University of Kentucky. In football, they lost to rival Tennesee, at home, in the final seconds. In basketball, they lost to unheralded Evansville despite being ranked #1. 
  • Will had a happy buck for our guests. He also had a buck to encourage everyone to get/check their carbon monoxide detectors after his went off at home alerting the family to what could have been a much worse situation. 
  • Carol had a happy buck for Becky joining us. She had a happy buck for her grandson Ryan finishing 3rd in his age group for a recent race he was in. And she had happy bucks for our speakers.
  • Mike Quinn had a buck for his son surviving the rugby season at college. And a buck for his wife surviving her son's rugby season at college.
  • Zulmira had 3 happy bucks for our guests and thanks bucks to everyone who attended the AHS wine tasting. 
News From Rotary International

Recent news from Rotary International:

 
For 11 consecutive years, The Rotary Foundation has received the highest rating — four stars — from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of charities in the U.S.
Upcoming Speakers
Nov 21, 2019 12:10 PM
Nov 28, 2019
Dec 05, 2019 12:00 PM
Dec 12, 2019 12:10 PM
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"It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences." - Harry S. Truman

 

  • Zulmira won the scratch ticket.
  • Ed did NOT win the 50/50 raffle. 
Birthdays
Member Birthdays
Cameron Lail
November 5
 
Joseph Crespi
November 14
 
Katie Dawkins
November 23
 
Beth Teixeira Ferraro
November 24
 
Michael Goldstein
November 25
 
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