Next meeting: November 17, 2016 (Nov 16, 2016)

Intro/Programs/President Announcements

"Service Above Self"

Next Meeting:

November 17, 2016
SPEAKER: Linda Quinn and Jessica Costa, Classification talk

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12:10 pm

Stoneforge Publick House

Raynham, MA

President's Announcements

President Carol Sullivan started the meeting by thanking all veterans for their service, in honor of Veterans Day.

Carol reminded the club of the upcoming Children's Christmas Party will be the evening of December 8 at 5 pm. Santa is on board and all other plans are in motion. The club is collecting donations for toys this week, and we are looking forward to another great annual Rotary event.

Don't forget to sell raffle tickets!

Member Announcements

Ed Fowler reminded the club about the Annual Christmas lunch which will be held at noon on December 8, 2016 at Taunton High School. Lots of fun, delicious food, heart warming entertainment, wonderful camaraderie, and a great Rotary Christmas tradition. Ed will need a head count by November 17, 2016. All guests and spouses are most welcome.

Guests

You can bring a guest to a Rotary meeting!

This week we welcomed:

Guests:

Kit Tunney’s guest, Kim Murphy, our speaker
Bob Hunt's guest, Barbara Hunt

Upcoming Events

Scratch Ticket Raffle is on! The winner will receive One Hundred $10.00 scratch tickets. The raffle will be pulled on a date to be announced.
Rotary Foundation Centennial Dinner, Thursday, November 17 at Venus de Milo, 75 Grand Army Highway,Swansea, MA 02777. More information can be found here. This will serve as the Board's meeting for November.
Annual Christmas lunch which will be held at noon on December 8, 2016 at Taunton High School. Ed will need a head count by November 17, 2016. All guests and spouses are most welcome.
Children's Christmas Party, evening of December 8 at 5 p.m. at Pilgrim Church.

Happy & Sad Bucks

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

Kit T. was happy to announce the AHS wine tasting at Occasions 11/10 from 5:30 to 8:30 ! Buffet! 100 wines! Do your holiday wine shopping! Always a great event.
Ed F. was happy to have seen a regular commercial on his t.v. this week.
Dan L. was happy that the election is over.

RI Foundation Minute

Recent news from the Rotary Foundation:

An interesting article from the Rotary Foundation titled: "Join us in supporting Miles to End Polio"
Click to read the article and learn more here.

Program Speaker

At the November 10th meeting, Kit Tunney was the Program Chair. We welcomed Kim Murphy, Executive Director of TCAM TV. Kim updated the club on highlights from 2016 and offered ways people can get involved with their own show. Kim answered a number of questions and even shared news of their new green screen technology! It was a pleasure to welcome Kim back to the club!

For this week's meeting Linda Quinn and Jessica Costa, new members, will be giving their Classification talks. Please join us to welcome our new Rotarians to the club!

And the Winner is...

Joe Livingston was this week's scratch ticket winner.
Phil did NOT win the 50/50 raffle. The pot stands at $326.

Quote of the Week

"Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought."