Newsletter for Tuesday, 6 January 2015 Meeting at the Sheraton Hotel in Needham
Our guest speaker for Tuesday, January 13th will be State Representative Denise Garlick (13th District)
Come and listen to our newly reelected state representative as she briefs us on the work of the state house of representatives and the challenges of funding a state deficit of about $500 million. She'll also be working with the new Republican Governor, Charlie Baker! That's an experience Democrats don't get to have very often.
News for All Rotarians
To celebrate the milestone of India being polio free, 40,000 people in Chennai, India were mobilized by Rotary in December and were formed into the world's largest flag. They set a Guinness world record by breaking the previous record of 30,000 people in Lahore, Pakistan!
District 3230 Rotarians first formed a blue wheel for the inside center of the flag. They were joined by RI President Gary C.K. Huang and his wife.
Another 50,000 people came to watch, and the whole group practiced on the day before. The participants had to hold their colored placards over their heads for five minutes before the event became official.
Congratulations to Needham Rotarian Ted Shaunghnessy and Gift of Life New England!
The Dedham Rotary Club recently gave $500 to GOLNE! Since last summer, Dedham Rotarian Carmen Nazario, has been volunteering her Spanish language skills to aid in translations for four families who traveled from Latin America to Boston to receive life-saving heart surgeries.
Needham Rotary 2nd Annual Music Competition on Saturday, January 31, 2015
We need every club member to promote and buy tickets this week for the 2nd Annual Needham Rotary Music Competition on Sat, Jan 31st at the Needham Town Hall. If you buy tickets with cash this Tuesday, we save the on-line (Eventbright) ticket fees.
We also need help putting out yard signs in the next two days.
The Music Event committee will be meeting on Tuesday right after the end of the luncheon meeting.