November 10 Meeting notes

                                                                                                      

Announcements

Board Highlights

• club elections Dec. 8 - we still need a VP for 2021-22                
• club will donate $2100 to the Nigeria Wheelchair project for    the donor advised fund
• hybrid meetings are on hold until after the new year
• approved quilting some of our club banners from member visits around the world
• Tuesday, Dec. 22 will be changed to an evening virtual meeting with Santa at 6 pm

Road Apple Roulette

we need prizes - we all need to get a couple donations

Kathleen has a form for donations to track who and what that she will get us

we can start selling tickets for squares after we have our gambling permit

Dinners-for-6 may start up again in December or January (or both).  More details later.

We have an opportunity to help widows and children in Burundi.  Boxes of all kinds of useful goodies will be given to them, and for $25 you can sponsor a person's gift box. Email Ruth if you would like to donate (rldagg@gmail.com).

Brags and Confessions

Robin is taking her challenge scholar mentee to Olive Garden

Ruth met with her new mentee

Jim & Carol met with their new mentee

Kathleen got to see their daughter on her birthday.  It has been a long time due to COVID, and right after they met they were all exposed (no positives).

John S's son had a birthday and finished off the string of birthdays for their 7, 4 and 1 year olds.

Jill talked with ex-member Alice Thompson and got a hug - Mitch is going through another round of cancer treatment.

Alan said that Community Action Council unveiled their new mobile food pantry.

Wayne gave a Rotary Moment discussing Foundation Month, and the adapting polio efforts during COVID.

Program

Chelsea Lenker, Founder and Coordinator of Stuff-a-Sackpack, explained how the program helps homeless and needy teenagers.  Citizens and businesses donate goods to stuff sackpacks with fun things, gift cards, and non-perishable foods for the holiday season.  The organization goes through school administrators to get names of kids, and the stuffed bags are delivered to the schools, who then get them to the kids.  With COVID, safety precautions are in place at every step.  There is more need during the pandemic with many students being isolated already.  There have been requests for 545 packs.  Warm clothes and shoes are also appreciated.

On December 4-5, a dozen volunteers will receive, process, and box all the donations.  People can help by partnering as a group, volunteering to help, donating to schools, donating to the non-profit directly, and/or writing cards or letters of encouragement to students to go in the packs.

Find more information, and instructions for donating on their website: stuffasackpack.com.