Newsletter 2-5-13
Rotary Club of Needham
Tuesday: February 5, 2013
Location: Needham Sheraton
Pledge of Allegiance: Charles; Song: Bob Cocks led us in ‘God Bless America’; Invocation: Karen Wetmore
Announcements:
- There will be a Social Media discussion at Jim Brown’s office on Friday February 15th at 7:30 am. If you would like to attend, just show up! Looking how to enhance our SM presence.
- Gift of Life update: Zamu, the 7 month old from the Dominican Republic, had successful heart surgery at Children’s hospital. Now he can drink from a baby bottle, and his pace maker was removed! 2 more children from the Dominican Republic aare due in our area on March 7 and 8.
- We are still looking for a host family for a foreign exchange student for the school year starting in August 2013. The host family does NOT have to be a Rotarian. Spread the word to see who may have interest The other slots have been filled. Maria Cronin from NHS will be going to France. Her Mom was a Rotary Exchange student as well.
Pedro Garcia Lopez will be our inbound student from Brazil. Bill Paulson will be our club ‘Student Exchange person, responsible for both outgoing and incoming students. Darrell will be the incoming student counselor; Charles will be the outgoing coordinator.
Guests: Ellen Clapper and Tatyana both from Eastern Bank, guests of Charles Nelson.
Happy $$$: A bunch of HTBH; spring has arrived with the departure of the Red Sox truck to FL for spring training; Dan Tibma for visiting his daughter at High Point University in NC; Doug George for his Mom’s 95th birthday! George for his fine dance performance at the Needham Historical Society’s dance; Scotti for Joe Kennedy taping an ad in front of one of his oil trucks; great happy dollar from Rachel for having someone else from her home country visit with us! Tom Savino got a rant for $5 about a company in California who makes iodine pills for water purification, and now the US Govt has labeled them as dangerous, and the company will go under; Erica because the Girl Scout cookies will be here next week: bring the cash! Ken Davis for no-snow.
50:50 Erica had the winning ticket, but not the winning card. The pot stands at $575!!
Humor: Doug George was all prepared, but no time.
Guest Speaker: Today we had Carol Hasenfus Cento and Beth Himmell from Needham’s “Own Your Peace” organization. In the wake of the teenage suicides in Needham, this group is involving NHS students to mentor each other to prevent such tragedies. They are going to have a $150,000 piece of sculpture installed at NHS. This 7 foot tall artwork is done in stainless steel and, Ted Clawson (who designed the memorial to the 7 Boston Firefighters who lost their lives at the Vendome fire in 1972) is designing the piece.
They are looking to raise funds by having a ‘Dancing with the Stars’ competition on June 15 at Mosley’s. They are also looking to find folks to deliver handouts to specific routes in Needham. Takes about an hour. See their web site at www.ownyourpeace.org.