• The RI Convention will take place June 21-25, 2025 in Calgary Canada.
• The District 7870 December newsletter has been posted with several articles about Springfield.
• If you are interested in serving on the club's 2025-26 board, contact President-elect Sue.
Trex Plastics Challenge Update
The Springfield Rotary Club collected 489 pounds of plastic film towards our goal of 1000 pounds of plastic film for the tenth recycled bench that will be given to Elm Hill School. To date, 7,633 pounds of plastic film (over 3.8 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.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
December 24
No Regular Club Meeting
Merry Christmas!
December 31
No Regular Club Meeting
Happy New Year!
NOTE: Programs are updated on the club website.
The next board meeting will be Thurs., Jan. 9, 2024, @ 11 AM 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
President Deb welcomed all to the Dec. 17, 2024 club meeting held at our new location, Springfield Area Parent Child Training Center. For the thought of the day, she offered this quote by Colin Powell: “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure”
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: "My first concert was Judas Priest"— No one fessed up so we will have to set this up another time.
HAPPY EVENTS:
Deb: Birth of Emma's new son, Mason John
Deb: Got blood work to find out about her hives.
Deb: Fun as the Grinch at Kurn Hattin
Ed G: Watching his granddaughter and grandson play basketball and not score for the other team.
Ed M: Successful Kurn Hattin project
Ed M: Birth of Mason Joh
Andrea: Welcoming her new foster child, King
Jeff: Lisa went to San Antonio to visit her mother
Jeff: Birth of Mason John
Jeff: President Deb's announcement that we would begin the meeting with the American Pledge of Allegiance.
Michelle: Having Nick as today's speaker
Nick: Upcoming visit with his niece and nephew
RAFFLE:
The weekly prize of $5 was won by Andrea Murray who turned it back to club. The big raffle now grows to $64.
PROGRAM:
Nick Matush, owner of The Copper Fox, discussed the history of his popular Springfield restaurant. Nick grew up in Springfield and graduated from Springfield’s River Valley Technical Center. He went on to study at the New England Culinary Institute. After graduation, he worked with high-profile chefs across the U.S. and learned to cook in a variety of cuisines, including Caribbean, Italian, Cuban, and Peruvian. In 2018, he opened The Copper Fox with Elise Ulrich as a Farm-To-Table restaurant. To learn more about the restaurant, click here.
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