Newton, New Jersey June 3, 2020 Carolyn Ottenbreit, Editor
This Week: This Wednesday, 6/10, we will participate in the Polio Webinar at 12 noon, in lieu of our weekly meeting. Please email carolyn_ottenbreit@ml.com if you did not receive a Zoom link.
Last week: We opened with a prayer for unity, justice, and peace for ourselves and our nation.
Happy $: If you cannot attend the Zoom meeting, you can email your virtual Happy Dollars to Pam Lazzaro at ptl18@ptd.net
Barbara Miller is happy to be home, despite a full flight from Florida.
Heidi is happy to be back at Rotary. She is also happy for her nephew, Andrew, who graduated from Harvard.
Alice is happy for her granddaughter, who graduated from 8th grade.
Carl is happy not to have kids in college anymore.
Mark is happy for the virtual Awards Ceremony at Kittatinny, where Susannah received a Rotary Scholarship.
Barbara Miller is happy for her granddaughter, who graduated from High Point.
Carolyn is happy for her daughter’s virtual graduation from the Hotchkiss School.
Announcements:
Our Rotary District 7475 is matching Paul Harris points, to a maximum of 100,000 points, on donations to the Rotary Foundation – now extended through June 15th. If you have not yet made a contribution to the Rotary Foundation for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, or if you have already made a donation but would like to do more in the current environment, you can go to the Foundation website at www.rotary.org/give and login with your Clubrunner ID to give online. Other options include downloading the Rotary Foundation Contribution Form to send a check, or mail a check to our Foundation Chair, Steve Wescott, and he will forward it to the Foundation (this last option may be too slow for matching points, given my recent experience with the post office). Carl noted that Tom Brodhecker’s obituary listed Rotary as a recipient of memorial donations and suggested that donations be made in memory of Tom this month.
There will be a Newton Rotary Board Zoom meeting on Wednesday June 10th, at 8:00 AM. We will discuss the forward calendar and especially the fundraising schedule.
Mark pointed out that the Hontz family band is available through August. After that, the kids are off to college.
Please contact Pam if you wish to be added to the on call list to volunteer at Manna House.
We continue to brainstorm ideas for fundraisers. All suggestions are welcome.
There will be a virtual RI Convention this year on June 20th-26th. The general sessions will be held on Saturday and Sunday, with breakout sessions on the weekdays. If you follow the link to “View Full Schedule,” you can see the breakout sessions for each day. While it is free to attend, they are still requiring participants to register. https://www.riconvention.org/en.
The District is running a district-wide 50/50, with 50% of sales distributed to the clubs. If you are interested in selling, or buying, tickets, please contact President Carolyn at carolyn_ottenbreit@gmail.com. The new draw date is June 25th.
