Meeting was opened by Rev. Todd Lattig at 12:15.
Prayer was led by John Cuozza. Michael Hanifan welcomed us all.
Kathie Shankman led us in God Bless America.
Althena Storm, from “Daisy” was our guest.
Today was International Women’s Day and we celebrated by honoring our female Rotarians.
Happy dollars $$$
Todd gave $5.00 in honoring his wife as a strong influence in his life, a salute to her!
Althena Storm gave $20. In honor of women in Sussex County who need support.
Jerry gave a happy dollar to say how proud he is of his son Michael.
John Cuozzo gave $5.00 and shared a beautiful picture of Walpack School from 1902.
Laura gave $1.00 in honor of a new play on Broadway called ”Elyria” the town in Ohio she
Grew up in.
Alden gave $2.00 for those who read the article on Ukraine. He stopped his subscription to The Herald Newspaper and donated the $ to Ukraine and to Manna House for pancake breakfast.
A big shout out to all our female Rotarians……….We all appreciate your efforts!!!
Reminders: the Ladies tea will be on Saturday, March 11th at 1:00 pm at the Windsor House Lafayette. See Alice if you are able to join us.
The Pancake breakfast will be at Applebees in Newton. Saturday, March 18th from 8:00 to 10:00 am. tickets are $12.00 and available, see Todd. Newton Parade is at 11:00. The chocolate candy bars are doing well. $2.00 each. See Marge if interested.
Our guest speaker today was Virgil Rome, the Sussex County Fire Marshall. He was well informed and very proud of his commitment to the citizens of our county. This is his 43rd year with the County. He was a volunteer fireman in Fredon and is now the fire chief. His job involves being the fire marshall and coordinator. He investigates each fire and calls in aide when needed. He inspects every commercial apartments and businesses, about 2,000 per year. If you are selling your home, you need to update your smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors on each floor of your home. Replace as needed.
Virgil is giving everyone a strong message. Safety first!! Don’t forget to clean your chimneys and fireplaces and well as pellet and wood stoves.
Thank you Virgil for all of your sound advice and informative presentation.
50/50 was wondering by Jim Taylor, $5.00 with the pot growing, $44.00 until next time.
Meeting was adjourned at 1:20 pm
Respectfully submitted by
Kathie Shankman
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