Next meeting: February 6, 2020 (Jan 30, 2020)

From the President

President-sub Mike Tabak started our meeting off before Carol arrived--thanks, Mike!

Some upcoming events to put in your calendars:

Next week: regular lunch meeting with Productivity Coach Margot Crawford
Feb. 13th our meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. with the Interact Club and their families. Please let Carol know if you are coming so we can give an accurate headcount to Stoneforge.
Feb. 20 will be a new member classification talk for Rebecca Raposa
Feb. 27 will be the Million Dollar Meal at Pilgrim Church at 12 noon.

Guests

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

Erin Kelley-Green, our speaker
Carolyn, Roman's guest
Chrissy Sherman, Rich's guest

Last Week's Speaker

At our most recent meeting, we welcomed Erin Kelley-Green, Program Manager of the Taunton Family Resource Center as our speaker.

Lots of great info and a downloadable brochure can be found online at https://www.oldcolonyymca.org/locations/social-services/community-programs/taunton-family-resource-center?fbclid=IwAR3JrlWK7z1N5hqo9z9JG5W5UymtDD2fDEjoqd2fW6ra1YPbWsw24mXcAtA.

Happy Bucks

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

Mike Tabak had an info buck that Dave Hutchinson is in the hospital with a bad flu. He asked the club to send some good thoughts his way.
Ed had 2 happy bucks for Chrissy Sherman. Her grandfather and father have helped with the Knights of Columbus St. Patty's Day events in the past. And he offered his thanks for all the time she gives the club to help with the billing.
Dick had an info buck for a Mass Econ meeting he went to in Lexington. Despite the rough commute, he heard from Michael Goodman of UMass Dartmouth. Some key takeaways were that the economy is slowing down after 10 years of growth. Massachusetts has a housing shortage. Unemployment is under 4% which is great.
Will had a buck for bumping into Ray McAndrews at Hannaford's. Ray said to say hello to everyone.
Roman had a buck because he was happy to be at the meeting. He had a second buck for his two guests and the great work they've been doing in the past few months.
Jody had a buck that came along with the amazing story of ordering a new coat from Poshmark, a cautious yet dutiful postman, and a box fo cremains. He tells it better than I, so I encourage you to ask him about it and hear it yourself.

News From Rotary International

Recent news from Rotary International:

Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation extending fundraising partnership to eradicate polio

https://www.rotary.org/en/rotary-and-bill-melinda-gates-foundation-extending-fundraising-partnership-eradicate-polio

Feb 06, 2020 12:10 PM

Margot Crawford

Productivity Coach

Feb 13, 2020 5:30 PM

Interact Club Dinner

Feb 20, 2020 12:10 PM

Rebecca Raposa Classification

Feb 27, 2020 12:00 PM

Million Dollar Meal

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President

Carol Sullivan

"I flew the Atlantic because I wanted to ... Whether you are flying the Atlantic or selling sausages or building a skyscraper or driving a truck, your greatest power comes from the fact that you want tremendously to do that very thing, and do it well."
- Amelia Earhart