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We started the month of March with Birthdays!! Today's presentation is Bridge to Hope by Denise Buck.
Thank you for your Club Service:
- Invocation: Pauline Emery -- from “A Place for Wild Things”.
- Greeting/50:50: Ernie
- Photographs: More here.
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Guests: Jessica Smith from the YMCA; Eric Biribuze; Justin - Interact advisor with students Luca [Interact President] and Indiana. Collin Hughes could not join us but Ted shared important information about Endless Mountain Music Festival. Please check their site for upcoming concerts.
Announcements: Ray - doing well with Syodi Project – $32k in pledges so far. John Whalig asked the students about their plans for next year. Indiana is headed to Japan for aerospace engineering. Ted pointed out that Ray presented at SUNY CCC Interact and have a program with sewing machines being used to raise money for Syodi. Spelling Bee is upcoming!
Wendy: applications for Rotary District Grants, Annual Fund and more. See Wendy for info. Good info on the video!
Rotary Cares: a job to connect us with people that are being thanked, or in sympathy for illness or loss. GRETTA took the job; thanks, Gretta!!
Membership: speak with someone from membership if you have someone in mind. Lots off opportunities for members to pitch in with our club's many activities. Click here for some ideas. Have an idea for a new member, click here for a quick form that lets you send their name to membership.
Good News: deferred to next meeting.
Presentation: Denis Buck presented an amazing on the Bridge of Hope project. Definitely watch the video if you missed the presentation.
50:50 Ernie drew and …… won again!
Good News Bucks: Gretta is the Rotary Cares Person!; Bill Boland - asked for thoughts about Gretta's son, who is serving in the middle east as a pilot; Mayor Pam received an award on behalf of the City of Corning re Excellent Visionary Planning Updates.
🎥 video of the meeting.