February 1, 2017 Meeting Minutes
Posted by Jim Verzino
February 1 meeting notes:
7:15 Meeting called to order by Damon
Guests:
Evelyn and Ava Rosenswieg
Student Rotarian Report: Hinsdale
Elementary school expanding to meet fire codes
Midterms just finishing
GIrls basketball currently second place. Record 10-1
BIrthdays: Turner
Rotary Anniversary: Jason since 1996
Board Meeting Tomorrow Feb 2 at WKVT
Overflow Shelter Thursday Feb 9
3 on 3 - Letters went out to sponsors
High school secured, printing done
Posters are available if wanted, see Toni
Dan and Amelia are heading up concessions. Dan is second in command.
Rescue is volunteering - thank you
Registration is $50 for adult team and $40 for school age children
Adult winners get cash, everyone gets a t-shirt
Still need teams. Last year they had 32 teams
Trivia on Feb 13
Charity Brattleboro Library
Saturday March 4 - Back to the 80’s dance by Sons of American Legion and Sunrise Rotary. Proceeds go to Pure Water for the World.
Thursday March 9 - Mixer with Nooners - 5-7 pm
Erin received our card and will be bringing back a flag. Deb read email from Erin.
Wil Shakespeare has a speaker that wants to speak in March if anyone is looking for a substitute
Cards - 9 of spades. You lose losers
Bowl of Life - Lisa Fitzgerald met and hung out with Katie Holmes in Florida. She puts her pants on one leg at a time.
Ameilia - Dan donated tires to Hilltop Montessori van.
Nick - son turns 5 tomorrow, go Pats
Ali - Champion overhead doors fixed the brand new garage door that she had run into
Josh - Had a great trip to England
Sandy - Jason and Brattleboro Subaru and Dan Brattleboro tire - thanks for helping nin car purchase
Lissa - BUHS Nordic team is rockin’ it
Speaker - Toni talking about what we do with our money
- $50 for each guest speaker to Brattleboro heat fund
- $1,000 to project feed the thousands
- $500 to Rescue Inc. every year
- $1,000 to shelter box
- 1,000 to Rotary Foundation
- Turners sorts individual donations
- 3 on 3 goes to scholarships
- High school touch a truck
- Camp for a common cause
- Groundworks - Shelter dinner
- We give out almost 10K in scholarships per year
- Nutrition project
- Disc Golf
Projects
- Disk Golf
- Playground at Morningside
- Gathering place deck
- West river park 5K raised
- Stone porch painting
- Post Irene Boys and Girls club
- Whetstone cleanout
- Gardens
- Car Washers
- Poker tournaments
- Clothing drive
- Harlem Globetrotters
- Pumpkins welcome center
8:33 meeting closes