• Butterfly Project will commence shortly. Butterflies will be released at last COMTU Park concert on the last Friday in August.
• Rotary District 7870 July newsletter has been posted. To read it, click here.
• Program assignments have been posted to the club website. To learn your assignment, click here.
TREX PLASTIC CHALLENGE UPDATE
We have collected 873 pounds of plastic film towards our goal of 1000 pounds of plastic film for the thirteenth recycled bench that will be given to Springfield Parks & Recreation. To date, 11,019 pounds of plastic film (over 5-1/4 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 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
July 22
Christine Edwins
Springfield Town Library
August 5
Deb Cox
TBA
August 12
Lisa Mobus
Life in Bogata
August 19
George Thompson
Ludlow Rotary
NOTE: Programs are updated on the club website.
The next board meeting will be at noon on Thurs., Aug. 7, 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
President Sue welcomed all to the July 15, 2025 club meeting held at the Springfield Area Parent Child Training Center. For the thought of the day, she offered this quote attributed to Bill Bradley:, “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”
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: "Hates to eat coconut" — no one fessed up
HAPPY EVENTS:
Sue: Changing of the District Gavel.
Sue: Her daughter has a new job for the semester.
Alan: Changing of the District Gavel.
Jeff: New DG Donna Does
Jeff: Mac attending today's meeting
Jeff: Finding out there are other coconut haters
Christian: Mac attending today's meeting
Christian: Successful Springfield Street Fair
Jim: Best friend visited and he got to show off Springfield.
Robert: Vacation at Lake Sunapee
Deb: Changing of the District Gavel.
Deb: Successful movie night at her church
Ed: Attended his 5-year old granddaughter's first soccer game
Carol: President Sue
Carol: Oldest grandson proposed to his girlfriend and she accepted
RAFFLE:
The weekly prize of $6 was won by Jim. The big raffle grows to $82.
PROGRAM:
Jim Fog, SHS Track Coach, gave a recent history of the SHS Track Team. Prior to COVID, there was only a 12-member track club. This year, there is a 55-member varsity track team. Among this year's highlights was the performance of SHS senior Cameron Williams. Cameron now only anchored the SHS State Champion Men’s 4x400m relay team, but also set the new school record in the solo 400m dash. Cameron is getting ready to serve our country in the US Army.
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