Members (9): Bob F., Carol, Ed, Emma, Jeff, Keren, Marty, Peter, Rod
Guests: Chester Rotarians Ed Grossman, John Holme, & Ron Theissen, Jill Lawrence, Diane Holme (speaker)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• The Diaper Drive will take place during the month of April. Collections will take place at several business locations. For more info, contact President Emma.
• Family Center is moving. If you can help this Saturday, contact Karen.
• April 16th club meeting will be a bag lunch since the kitchen will be closed at Maebellines.
• We will be discussing location of club meetings at board meeting on 3/7
Trex Plastics Challenge Update
We have met our goal of 1000 pounds of plastic film for a sixth recycled bench. To date, 4,133 pounds of plastic film (over 2 tons!) have been removed from the waste stream and are being recycled. We will now work towards our seventh bench. You can bring your plastic to the Springfield Town Library. We need more volunteers to help sort at the Library, please contact Sue Dowdell.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
March 26
No Regular Club Meeting
March 27
Club Social at Fullerton Inn, Chester
April 02
Elizabeth Frascoia
Governors Institute of VT
April 09
Springfield Police Chief Jeff Burnham
April 16
Aaron Grossman
Beta Technologies
April 23
No Regular Club Meeting
April 24
Club Social at Fullerton Inn, Chester
The next board meeting will be Wed, Apr. 10, 2024, @ Noon @ Senior Solutions Conference Room. All members are welcome to all board meetings, your input is valued, please come!
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
President Emma welcomed all to the March 19, 2024 club meeting held at Maebelline's Restaurant. For the thought of the day, Emma offered this quote by Theodore Roosevelt: “Keep your eyes on the Stars, Your feet on the Ground, and don't forget the Tent”
BOWL OF LIFE: (members put three things about themselves on paper and place into a bowl and then we try to identify the member)
This member's clue was "Forget Me Nots"- Carol Cole who owned a flower & gift shop at DHMC.
HAPPY EVENTS:
Emma: Made it through the weekend.
John: Having Diane as featured speaker.
Jeff: Carrie is now official Spanish sub at Riverside.
Jeff: Went to museums with Lisa.
Jeff: Water & Wastewater crew are busily fixing sewer leak
Bob: Good time in Florida.
Bob: $1M grant from Sen. Welch for Park Street School.
Peter: Vacationed in Florida.
Karen: Went to Montreal with her twin sister.
Ed G: Family performed at Jazz Festival.
RAFFLE:
The weekly prize of $4 was won by Rod. The big pot grew to $24.
PROGRAM:
Diane Holme told us about an exciting project, Green on Main. First Congregational Church, UCC is planning to create a welcoming space on Main Street that would include a patio, accessible pathways and beds of native plants and ground cover. To learn more about this project and to donate, click here.
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