President Laura opened the meeting with the Pledge. Prayer was given by Alden who
asked for a moment of silence for the souls lost past and present. Steve led us in the song of praise - God Bless America.
Our Guests were - John Hauck from the Blairstown Rotary and is the owner of Darlington Mills. He was working in the area today and decided to visit. Our other guest was Marge McCabe.
Bob Shankman welcomed our guests and rotary members and felt humbled after Alden's prayer.
Happy $$
John happy his checkbook balanced to the penny, which he said is all he has left...lol
Denise reported Charles Grotyohann has sold $300 of quilt tickets by visiting other clubs and his people at work.
Bob words of wisdom from the great physicist Albert Einstein " We can not solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."
Barbara - Happy John is here.
Carl (using his last 4 quarters) glad Laura's letter to editor made it into the Rotary Magazine as he held it up.
John Havck - Dick Wallace told of a Gift of Life recipient ,Mara Ducan, who was scheduled for a heart operation but was in a crib fire. She now uses crutches and prosthetics and works in Morristown Hospital, She got married in March in Wharton. ( ok, now I'm crying...)
Alden - Carl can read and not just look at pictures.
Jim happy Laura's letter to the editor got through.
Laura pleased that Rotary thought enough of her letter to publish it...yay! She's published!!
Down to business - Bob Shankman received a brand new badge today.
Marge and Wayne have donated plants to beautify the Newton Rotary Food Booth.
Denise- Report on Rotary Quilt - Charles is actively visiting other Rotary Groups to sell Quilt tickets
Save The Date - June 15th - Scholarship Recipients will be at our regular Rotary Meeting, please plan to attend the presentation of their Scholarships to them.
Garden Party - June 25th at Denise Current's house. Remember to sign up that you are coming and will bring a side dish or entrée, preferably from your culture...Italian, French, Irish, etc. Don't forget to tell us what your are bringing so we don't have five bean salads....lol
Rotary Shirts - are now in. $30 each, we have all sizes. See table with them at our regular Rotary meeting.
Newton Rotary MEMBERS Booklet - Possibly finished to have for the Garden Party.
Laura passed out some photo books saved from past events in our club. She asks that we write the name of people we recognize on the back of the photos, so we have its history. These will go into our history boxes and be displayed at the 100-year gala.
Laura is collecting old pins for reuse, if you don't need yours, kindly donate back to her. She has a lovely blue felt with them all attached for all to see.
October 22, 2022 - New Providence Rotary Club is 100 years
Summerville/Bridgewater Rotary Club is 100 years
Summit - New Providence Rotary Club is 100 years
Our Installation of Officers is at the end of this month. Wallkill Valley Rotary has invited us to join them at the Aqua Via on Rt 23 for a joint Installation Dinner. It's $55 each and it starts at 6 PM on 7/7/22. The address is 87 RT 23, Hamburg.
Golf Outing - Charles and Bud have begun the planning.
Save The Date - Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice Honors - A benefit to celebrate those committed to the hospice mission. 6 PM on July 14th, 2022 at Perona Farms.
50/50 - won by Jim Taylor but left the pot of $10 there to grow.
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