Next meeting: July 26, 2018 (Jul 19, 2018)

From the President

At our most recent meeting on July 19, 2018 President Joe Livingston was pleased to award two final donation checks to the Boys and Girls Club of Taunton and the Taunton Area Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the club.

Joe announced that the speaker list for the new Rotary year will be sent by email very soon. Please note which date you are responsible for and think about who you could ask to be a speaker.

Joe welcomed the many guests with us today and was glad to see so many new faces.

Guests

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

Meghan Mello, speaker
Alexa Van Voorhis, speaker
Claire Fowler, guest of Ed Fowler
Becky Mello and Brian Sullivan, guests of Carol Sullivan
Gregory DeMelo, guest of Dick Shafer
Cameron Lail, guest of Joe Livingston
Michelle, Steve, Lainey, and Katie Van Voorhis, guests of Carol Sullivan
Joseph Fabio, guest of Dave Correia
Katie Dawkins, guest of Maureen Cody
Robert Rezendes, guest of Dan LeBrun
Carmen Aguilar, Visiting Rotarian from the Fall River Club
Bill Tennant, District Governor and Visiting Rotarian from the Braintree Club
Deb Zukowski, Visiting Rotarian from the Bridgewater Club

Last Week's Speaker

At this week's Rotary Club of Taunton meeting our Youth Exchange participants, Meghan and Alexa, presented a recap of their recent trip to Taunton, England.

Pictured: Alexa, Meghan, Rotary Past President Carol Sullivan, Rotary President Joe Livingston

Happy Bucks

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

Dan L. had a happy buck and wore a soccer tie in homage to France's victory in the World Cup. He has LeBrun ancestry that goes back to France and they must be very happy this week!
Carol had 5 happy bucks for all her guests and for the girls' safe trip!
Joanne had a happy buck that PRIDE's golf tournament has sold out.
Jess had a sad buck for missing recently, but a happy buck because she has been on vacation in Italy.
Bill Tennant had a happy 5. He was glad to be at our meeting. And gave a quick update for those in the room that world cases of polio are now down to the final 15 in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Greg DeMelo had a happy buck for his invitation to today's meeting and for the good work the Rotary Club does.
Carmen was happy to be visiting from her home club in Fall River.
Dave was sad to have missed last week, but he was on vacation. He was happy to have a guest with him today and also happy to see so many prospective members. He had a congrats to France buck for the World Cup but reminded Dan they didn't do so well two years ago at Euro 2016 when they lost to Portugal in the final.
Jody had a happy buck to welcome Greg DeMelo.
Dick had a happy buck for the recent event at the new Taunton River Watershed Education Center at Sweets Knoll DCR Park in Dighton.
Joe L. had 5 happy bucks for signed purchase and sale agreements for a new home. He is also happy that some friends from California are coming out to help unpack once everything is finalized.

News From Rotary International

Recent news from the Rotary Foundation:

Final Exam:
After a grueling year of preparation, two Rotarians and a Rotaractor face one last challenge before they can join the elite ShelterBox Response Team

https://www.rotary.org/en/shelterbox-daunting-final-exam-volunteers