THIS WEEK’S PROGRAM:
Eric Bunge, Northern Stage’s Executive Director, will fill us in on the latest developments with his organization. An actor as well as an administrator, Eric’s presentations are always lively as well as informative. Be sure to be there Wednesday to hear from him!
LAST WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Rod Thomasgave our diligent waitstaff leader Sarah a gift certificatein honor of her promotion to manager at Jesse’s. Good service will undoubtedly continue.
- Nan Carrollalerted members to the Angel Treeat Coldwell Banker where community members can take tags from the tree that identify gifts sought by children in our community who might otherwise not receive them. She noted that due to the generous spirit of our community members who want to participate should do so quickly.
- Dave Allenoffered some details on the plan to fund toilets for a village in Ghana, noting that our donation of $2,600 would yield in excess of $10,000 thanks to matching grants at the district and RI levels.
- Dick Podolecannounced that our district is still seeking participants for friendship exchangethis summer in Alberta… a two week trip that will include side visits to Lake Lousie and Banff.
- John Hochreiter announced that he had a new grandchild, and offered high praise for the EMTs who took the child to DHMC and the staff at the hospital for their help when some complications emerged during the home delivery.
- Mike Urnezis won the raffleand will be getting a guided tour of Jeremy Lambeth’s executive suite. I am certain it will not require extended time away from his work… but I am also confident the tour is a coveted prize!
LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM
Last week’s programs had three parts.
First, Heidi Postupak explained the Philanthropy Committee’s process for reviewing grants, noting that last year the Committee started with 50 submissions which they winnowed to 23 non-profits who received $44,000 in total. She indicated the committee would review the process for awarding grants in January before presenting their final recommendation to board in early 2019. Heidi also invited other Rotary members to join her committee.
Second, our new Head Elf Mike Urzenis explained the procedures for retrieving and returning the belland sap bucket we use to seek Listen contributions and reminded the members that the club is matching the donations the public is making… a fact that should be widely broadcast when we are ringing the bell. Hats off to Mike for his outstanding job of taking over as Head Elf! Julia set a very high bar for this task and Mike has measured up and then some! Kudos for a job well done!
Last but not least, we heard Allison Sherman’s new member talk. We learned that Allison went from HS to college to law school to the DRM and given that trajectory, she was afraid her talk might be boring. She was very wrong! After briefly describing her academic career, Allison regaled us with stories of her many and varied part-time jobs which included work at Smugglers Notch where she began folding towels but ended up working in the tennis shop where she learned the best grips for a racket… and how to play the ukulele and juggle. She described the 4 jobs she worked at Middleburg College, including work on the campus cab service and sportswriting for the Burlington Free Press where she covered box lacrosse. After two years at Middlebury she transferred Grove City before attending law school in Boston where her part-time work consisted of caring for aunt and editing book on gay marriage. As always, the new member talks are worth hearing!
COMING ATTRACTIONS:
We will close out 2018 with an Auction wrap up and the presentation of a physically and fiscally large check to Wise.
Wayne Gersen
