Members (13): Karen, Rod, Michelle, Marty, Carol, Deb, Alan, Robert F., Ed G., Emma, Ed M., Jeff, Sue
Guest: Waterbury Rotarian Jeff Smith and Ashley Newton (speaker)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Food Drive will be 11/22. To sign up to help, contact Karen
• Books will be distributed to Chester Elementary School on 11/14 and Union Street on 11/18. If you can help read to students, contact Emma.
• Springfield on the Move's Festival of Lights is on Nov. 21. For more info, click here.
TREX PLASTIC CHALLENGE UPDATE
The 14th bench that honors Lori Muse Gurney and the club’s 95th anniversary has been assembled and is awaiting pick up.
We are collecting towards out 15th bench which will be given to Union Street School. We have collected 306 pounds of plastic film towards our goal of 1000 pounds
To date, 12,454 pounds of plastic film (over 6 tons!) have been removed from the waste stream since we started this project in February of 2023, delivered to Shaw’s Supermarket, and heading to Trex Company for recycling.
Please continue to bring your plastic film to the Springfield Town Library. NOTE: We need volunteers to help sort the plastic at the Library. For more info, contact Alan.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
November 18
TBA
November 25
No Regular Club Meeting
Happy Thanksgiving
NOTE: Programs are updated on the club website.
The next board meeting will be at noon on Thurs., Nov. 13, 2025 in the conference room of Senior Solutions. Minutes of the board meetings can be found on the club website. All members are welcome to all board meetings, your input is valued, please come!
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
Club President Sue welcomed all to the November 11, 2025 club meeting held at the Springfield Area Parent Child Training Center. For the thought of the day, she offered this quote attributed to Ben Franklin, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
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: "Graduated Bellows Falls HS" — No one fessed up.
The weekly prize of $7 was won by Carol. The big raffle grows to $148.
PROGRAM:
Ashley Newton, director of the Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative (VVLC), discussed the cooperative’s mission and services that support students and schools throughout Vermont.
She outlined how VVLC provides online learning opportunities that expand access to a wide range of courses for Vermont students. She highlighted the program’s flexibility, allowing students to take advanced or specialized classes, recover credits, or explore subjects not available in their local schools.
She emphasized the importance of virtual learning in helping schools meet diverse student needs while maintaining high academic standards.
For more information about the Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative, visit www.vtvlc.org.
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