Date: 1/24/24

Meeting was opened at 12:16 pm by Alice.

The prayer was led by Wayne

The patriotic song was God Bless America and was led by Steve Wescott.

Happy Dollars:

John Frank had a happy dollar for Laura for driving him to the meeting

Mike Hanifan has a happy dollar because he no longer has to pay for my lunch

Laura has a happy dollar as I don’t have to sit with Mike anymore because I am a member

Helen has a happy dollar because she adopted a new 5 month old kitten from Father John’s shelter

Announcements:

John Frank announced that George Kaiser is now a resident of a senior center in Matawan. He is in good spirits and John talks to him weekly.  John passed around a card for all to sign for John

Todd Lattig announced a past presidents’ meeting immediately following today’s meeting

Program:

Paul Mantell of the Maasai Girls Fund presented an update on the great things the organization is doing for girls in Africa.

The organization started helping send 5 girls to school and now up to 48 students.  You can sponsor a grade school girl for a year for $400 or a high school girl for $600

Some have graduated and started teaching

Working to change culture – outlawing genital mutilation

Other information:

Chili Open on 2/3 – Theme is Hawaiian Beach

Next week will be a business expo  - bring business cards and flyers to talk about your business

New part of meeting “magazine tag”  Alice talked about a recycling article from Rotary Magazine

Paul won the 50/50 and left $42 in the pot.

Meeting was adjourned at 1:10