Newton Rotary

Minutes April 8, 2026

 

President Charles opened the meeting at 12:15 PM

Pledge of Allegiance: Charles

Prayer: Barbara Miller

Song: Charles

 

Guest: Anita Horn, Home Care Administrator at Bristol Glen. Denise, who is absent today, had encouraged her to join us.

 

Guest Speaker: Bonnie Gessling of Bonnie’s Healing Hands

 

Happy $:

John Roberts was happy to see Jim Taylor at Lowe’s this morning.

Jim Taylor is happy to be back at Rotary.

Charles is happy for the Easter Holiday with family

Bonnie is happy to be here today AND happy for her daughter, an FIT grad who is a makeup artist. She has been asked to do makeup for the models of “Say Yes to the Dress”.

Barbara Miller is happy to pay a fine for forgetting her Rotary pin.

Guest Speaker: Bonnie Gessling talked about the various services she offers, from massage therapy to cosmetic treatments and reiki. Her clients include athletes, cancer patients, and patients seeking cosmetic treatments and therapy.

Announcements:

Ads are rolling in for the Pickleball Tournament. We have collected $5,700 of an expected $8,000 of sponsorships so far, versus expected costs of $2,000. We are also assembling 50 goody bags for participants. There will be three categories: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced and 3 prizes (1^st Prize is $1,000, 2^nd Prize is $500, 3^rd Prize is $250).

December 5^th is the Pancake Breakfast at Sussex Tech.

September 26^th is the Farm to Table dinner at Denise’s Barn.

Please plan to attend lunch on April 29^th, when Jim Alison will join us to talk about Gift of Life.