Chumline 10-2-14
Pledge & Prayer: We thank you Bob who lead us in the pledge and thank you to Eric who gave us a wonderful blessing. God Bless America!
Announcements:
- Please keep Warren in our prayers.
- Karen Moss will need help with the Thanksgiving Baskets – shopping and filling the baskets Nov 24. –see below.
- Bob reported that the Taste of Long Island will be raising money for the Gift of Life. October 8th (time: 7 pm to 10pm) at Appliance World on 414 New York Ave. Huntington (Donation $45 pp). This event has always been a lot of fun and the food is wonderful!! We look forward to supporting the Gift of Life while pigging out on great food ;-)
- The Halloween Party is going to be held at Seatuck again on October 17 (from 7pm to 11pm). WE DO NEED RSVP’s if you can come, please let Clay know. We have table, DJ and tombstone sponsorships. Please let Clay know if you can be a sponsor which will help toward our Rotary causes.
- District Governor Tony Civitano came to visit and announced that if anyone who wants to help in the process of choosing the next District Governor, the nominating committee (one member from each club) will meet on Saturday 11/22. You have had to be a board member or higher level in Rotary to be on the committee.
- Thank you Clay for helping with the wine and golf ball tickets and happy dollars.
- Rotary Polio Day is on October 24th, Phyllis will be handing out Polio bucket to collect donations for this great cause.
- Congratulations to Eric- Our club has given the prestigious of Paul Harris Award to Eric for his wonderful Rotarian dedication and hard work. Congrats Eric, well deserved!!!
- Bob received his overdue Paul Harris pin. Yeah ;-)
Special Guests: We welcomed District Governor Tony Civitano and Mike Devany, Kevin’s guest who is a former Rotarian. As well, we welcomed Ritva Gottesman who is back from her overseas travels.
- Theresa Rosario ( a retired surgical nurse) and Liz Mayott (a long time resident who loves to volunteer) were sworn in as new Rotarians. Denise Kordas will be sworn in hopefully this upcoming week. It is great to have them! Congratulations!!
“Announcements & Upcoming Events”
10-8-14 Gift of Life – Taste of Long Island at Appliance World on 414 New York Ave. Huntington (Donation $45 pp).
10-17-14 (Friday) Rotary Club of Islip Halloween Party at Seatuck &pm to 11pm) $75 pp – open bar.
10-26-14 Halloween Party for the family. Shandon Court East Islip 11 am- 2pm. FREE > Fun –food – games. (Donations accepted)
10-27-14 Monday at Racine’s Gala is October 27 at Obsessions on Route 109. Rachel will bring in tickets for anyone who wishes to attend.
11-2-14 Islip Arts Council is holding a Jazz fest at Treme’s in Islip to support its wonderful programs. 1 pm- 6pm. Only $20.
11-24-14 Thanksgiving Baskets- meeting at Shop & Stop, Sunrise Hwy in East Islip at 9 a.m. then going to Amvets to put the baskets together.
Upcoming Programs
9-Oct Joy Graceffo Long Island Educational Software & Training
30-Oct Karen Sobel is talking about her recent trip to California and Oregon.
Happy Dollars: Eric was happy for his new Paul Harris Fellowship award. Thank you. Merri was happy for our speakers and new Rotarians. Russ was happy to have Tone our District Governor visit us. Ryan was happy that he was attending his brother’s wedding. Cheryl was happy to helping our District Governor. Kevin was happy his friend Mike could make the meeting. Phyllis was happy to welcome her newest grandson and she had a wonderful cruise. Karen S was happy for Phyllis’s newest grandson. John Chinnici was happy that his two kids are employed. Tom C was happy that two of his bills made it out of committee to possibly become law. Theresa & Liz were happy to be a new member. Lynda was happy for the Taste of South Shore promoted by the Chamber of commerce – it was wonderful. Guy was happy for the beautiful weather- Amen.
$ 62 collected
The Wine winners > Clay and Tony, our District Governor, won the wine – ENJOY ;-)
The almost Golf Ball winner: Guy picked a golf ball that said “hold me.”
Collected $122 > - the kitty is over $700.
Guest Speakers: District Governor Anthony Civitano
We welcomed Tony who is a former Marine, fitness director and is a Knight at the Knights of Columbus. He has extensive charity passions that include caring for Veterans. It is Tony’s hope that each club will nominate 1 person to representative as a Veteran’s Chairperson. They would then go out to Veterans VFW, Amevets and alike to see how Rotary can help improve their lives. He also hopes to help people achieve their maximum potential in Health & Wellness and make it a Rotary goal. Further, Tony’s goal is to have every Rotarian in every club donate to the Rotary Foundation so that we have 100% participation. Even if every Rotarian donates $1.00 it would still mean we have a 100% participation rate.
It is Tony’s hope to see as many Rotarians as possible at this upcoming District Conference in April 2015 at Mystic seaport. Family Fun will be the theme. He was kind enough to present us with a District Governor Rotary Flag.
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Thank you very much Tony. You did a great job!! We look forward to a great Rotary Year with you as our District Leader!!!!
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If you would like to be a speaker or know someone else who would, please contact Russell F. Moran |
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Attendance: 24 members
Eric Ryan Karen M Cheryl Gary Tom C John C Theresa
Merri Kevin Kathy Tom J Bob Phyllis Lynda Tony
Joe Perino Russ Jim S Clay Tom L Guy Karen S Liz
Yours Truly in Rotary,
Merri Ciano
Mciano@MyBestTeam.net