President Elect, Mitch Ruffalo stood in for President Melissa who was on vacation with her husband, celebrating 25 year’s of marriage.
WELCOME VISITORS
Pam Hannan was a guest of PDG(and husband) Dave Hannan.
Sara Visingard was visiting from the Victor-Farmington Rotary club.
John French was visiting from Naples.
WELLNESS REPORT - MARGE GILE
Bill Doebler is home from the hospital and doing well. His son Dave gave us fair warning - at his follow-up appointment he was given permission to drive again.
John Zornow informed the club of the passing of John Lawrence(Marilyn’s husband). Celebration of life will be held at the Elks club on August 28th.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Remember there is no lunch meeting on the last Thursday of each month. This month our alternate social activity will be the picnic on Sunday the 22nd. Thank you to those who read their e-mail and signed up. There is no rain date, but you will get a call to bring a dish to pass.
The Gorham Rotary club is asking for help to work in a booth at the CMAC concerts. Talk to Gary if you are interested or have any questions.
Linda Werts reminded us of the “Buy-a-Part” fundraiser. Newark Rotary is partnering with Living Waters for the World to bring clean water, sanitation and economic development to the rural community of Tabi in Quintana Roo, Mexico
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Pat Albrecht - 6 years
Mary Fitch - 6 years
Scott Healy - 22 years
Tim Johnson - 42 years
Mitch Ruffalo - 15 years
Steve Taylor - 21 years
Mark Thoms - 9 years
Jim Weiler - 9 years
Michele McManus & Ken George - birthday July 24th
Jean Bendix & Brian Manktelow - birthday July 26th
Eli Coleman - birthday August 2nd
Ann Rogers - birthday August 4th
Jim and Sally Praino - anniversary August 5th - 54 years!
HAPPY MOMENTS
Jean Bendix had a lot to be happy about. They recently celebrated their daughter’s wedding at a beautiful venue in the Adirondacks. They were happy to have Cindy Timerson visiting from Florida. Jean was especially pleased with the DOLLAR she received from Bob for her birthday that she will use to pay her fine!
Dave Hannan was happy to have his wife join him at Thursday’s meeting.following a wonderful family visit celebrating Christmas in July.
Lucina was happy to visit her grandson(post-Covid)in San Francisco. She was reminded of Mark Twain’s quote - “The coldest winter I ever spent was a Summer in San Francisco”.
Paul and Jean Salisbury were happy to celebrate the marriage of their granddaughter at the Lamberton Conservatory in Highland Park.
MEMBER BIO - PAT ALBRECHT
Pat was born in Lyons and grew up in Clyde, finally settling in the Big City of Newark. Pat was well educated at Central City Business Institute and St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry. An impressive work history includes Pastoral Assistant at St. Mary’s of Waterloo and St. Michaels in Newark. She was also Administrator and retreat team member at Notre Dame Retreat House, Director of associate membership at the Sisters of Mercy - not to mention the highly esteemed title of “Gala Girl”, working to raise money for Laurel House. Family includes husband David, son Todd, 2 grands, Sophia snd Marissa and the highly important and well known Sherman the cat.
Did you know Pat collects 1st edition Boyd Bears? Once upon a time she was Bob Havrilla’s secretary at Parker Hannifin and she writes a unique Facebook column under the pen name of “Sherm”.
SPEAKERS - SARA VISINGARD & JOHN FRENCH
Norma Reilly gave an in depth introduction of Sara and John. I hope everyone took the time to read the impressive bios that Norma distributed to each table.Sara comes from a family of active Rotarians. She was inspired by her Mom(our own Sue Colacino)who always told her “We make a life by what we give”. Sara’s education includes a Magna Cum Laude degree from Syracuse University of law and a BA from Nazareth.
John was an Eagle Scout and graduate of St Lawrence University. He is going to be President of the Naple’s Rotary for the second time, proving that ROTARIAN’S RARELY SAY NO! He is co-chairing with Sara on the District 7120 Membership development Committee. Both speakers are Paul Harris fellows and great supporters of the Rotary foundation.
Sara and John are very passionate about Rotary and it’s future with a goal of helping all clubs in our district to grow their membership by at least 2%.
They hope to be a resource to clubs looking to add corporate members, keeping diversity, equity and inclusion at the forefront. They recommend that as you gain new members, encourage them to participate and be engaged.
We were invited to attend the Membership event at Harris Beach on October 2nd. Three exciting breakout sessions are planned with competitions and prizes.
Next week’s meeting - August 12
Greeter - Eli Coleman Cashier - Sue Colacino
Our speaker will be the 2021-2022 DG Janet Tenreiro (ten-rare-ro)