Newsletter 3-27-12
Rotary Club of Needham
March 27, 2012
Newsletter
Bill led us in the pledge of allegiance. Bob selected America the Beautiful. Lois led us in prayer
Announcements:
· Needham Art Association Spring Art Sale, Saturday, April 28, 1-4 PM will be held at Wingate (a percentage of the sales will benefit the NAA Art Scholarship for Needham High School students)
· Charles and Bill R. attended Leadership Conference in Lincoln, RI Saturday
· GSE is still looking for two hosts (we already have Bill P. and Karen hosting) for the a couple of Days in May (13-15). Look for an email with more info. Contact Karen if you would like to participate
· Needham Education is sponsoring the annual Spelling Bee on April 4. Come on down to support your favorite Rotarian team as they strive to get past the first round!
· Rotary district dinner March 30, in Boxborough to discuss fund raising ideas and PR initiatives to keep Rotary in the minds of the community and raise funds to support our local initiatives
· Crutches for Africa- clean out your closet, basement, attic and give away your crutches, walkers, canes, wheel chairs to be loaded into a shipping container to help folks in Africa- See Karen
· Reality Fair is May 21 at Needham High School. Volunteers are needed. Contact Rich, Bill P. or Chris if you would like to participate
· Cheer on Chris Teachout as he runs his first marathon Patriots Day!
· Raffle Tickets: Each member was given $250 worth of raffle tickets to sell to raise funds to support our local projects. It will be a 50:50, with a minimum pot of $1,000 up to $6,000. SELL, SELL, SELL to support our great initiatives and projects that serve to improve the quality of our community!
· Roberta Seligman will be inducted next week
· League of Women Voters is sponsoring a candidate forum at Broadmeadow School April 2. Voters may ask questions of the candidates.
Birthdays: Louise Condon and Bill Curry
Humor: Ken Davis (priest, golf, Sunday, hole-in-one while his parishioners are attending mass)
Guests:
Dr. Eric Roseen (speaker today)
Chaz Haverly
Roberta Seligman
Happy $$$:
Bill Paulson lost his Dad over the weekend. There were many dollars given in memory of Bill’s Dad ($20 from Bill alone) along with expressions of sympathy to Bill and his family.
Additional dollars were given in thanks for Louise for coordinating the flowers last week, Melissa for sharing the flower delivering experience with her son, Alex, several HTBH, Charles for RLI with Bill R., and Dan for spending quality time on the golf course with his son ad George for last week’s “summer!”
50:50: Pot still stands at $380 after Karen pulled the six of clubs!
Guest Speakers: Dr. Eric Roseen
Dr. Roseen talked about his visit to India and his personal experience with the dire poverty throughout the country. While visiting India, he decided that part of his mission would be to raise awareness of not only the poverty but the lack of education for most of the children of the country.
Dr. Roseen is a chiropractic doctor, focusing on lower back pain. He discussed two courses of treatment within the medical community. The first involves the use of narcotics to reduce the pain. Chiropractic treatment focuses on movement, flexibility and soft tissue work, along with nutrition and lifestyle assessment. The goal is to prevent unneeded surgery.