Members (17): Bob F., Buddy, Carol, Christian, Deb, Ed, Emma, Jeff, Jessica, Jim, Karen, Marty, Patricia, Paul, Rod, Sue Dana, Sue Dowdell.
Guests: Visiting Chester Rotarian Ed Grossman, and scholarship recipients Amon Chumba, Thomas Czwakiel and Alexis Tewksbury.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• YMCA Weekend Backpack project meets on Thursdays at 5:30 pm. If you can volunteer, contact Karen.
• Butterfly Release project will kickoff on July 15 and packets given out at next week's meeting. If you can volunteer, contact Karen.
• We have a foursome for the District Golf Tournament on 8/18.
• "Changing of the Gavel" will take place on July 6 at the Inn at Weathersfield from 5-7 PM. Tickets will be $20 per person. There will be a cash bar.
• On Monday, several Rotarians attended the public safety summit to discuss approaches for reducing violence and harm in the community.
• The club is a sponsor of Lace Up for Laura on June 24. If you would like one of the five club registrations, contact Jeff.
Trex Plastics Challenge
We collected 88 pounds of plastic film from the Springfield Town Library towards our goal of another 500 pounds of plastic film. To date, 1576 pounds of plastic film has been removed from the waste stream, delivered to Shaw's, and heading to Trex for recycling.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
June 20
Anne Eddy, Springfield Humane Society
June 27
No regular Club meeting
June 28
Club Social
July 4
No regular Club meeting
July 6
"Changing of the Gavel"
The next board meeting will be Thurs, July 13, 2023,
@ Noon @ Senior Solutions Conference Room.
All members are welcome to all board meetings, your input is valued, please come!
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
President Karen welcomed all to the June 13, 2023 club meeting held at the Crown Point Country Club.
For our inspirational moment, Jessica Martin offered this quote from Sam Ewing:
“Hard work spotlights the CHARACTER of people; some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.”
HAPPY EVENTS:
Karen: Scholarship recipients attending today.
Karen: Buddy attending today.
Karen: Successful Summit meeting.
Deb: Upcoming visit by the daughter of a good friend.
Buddy: 55 years since his high school graduation
Sue: Emma graduated
Sue: Winning the jackpot two weeks ago.
Jeff: getting lost on a Springfield trail.
RAFFLE:
Amon won $7 but the $13 big pot continues to grow.
PROGRAM:
The Springfield Rotary Club honored this year's Rotary scholarship winners. Amon Chumba, Thomas Czwakiel and Alexis Tewksbury were each awarded a $2000 scholarship. Chumba will be attending UMass Dartmouth, majoring in biology and pre med. Czwakiel will be going to Keene State College majoring in secondary education, social studies. Tewksbury will study at Coastal Carolina University on her way to a nursing career. Funds for the Scholarship Awards came from the annual Springfield Rotary Penny Sale, which will return this October.
Photo (l-r): Rotary Scholarship Committee Chair Bob Flint, Rotary Scholarship recipients Amon Chumba, Thomas Czwakiel, and Alexis Tewkbury, and Springfield Rotary Club president Karen Longo.
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