OCTOBER 16, 2019

Meeting Recap

Greetings fellow Rotarians! Our speaker today was Tim Jerman from the Essex Community Historical Society. Tim took us on a trip back in time with a slide show featuring pictures of the area that were taken by F.C. Sawyer in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Included amongst the pictures of Essex and Essex Junction were a number of photographs of the University of Vermont. Tim’s presentation did a great job of showing us how much the community has changed in the past century. For more information about the Essex Community Historical Society, please visit its website at:

https://essexcommunityhistoricalsociety.org/

Annual Senior Luncheon

The annual senior luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday, December 4th at the Champlain Valley Expo. As always, we will be looking for volunteers that day to help serve food, put together goodie bags and clean up. We are also looking for items to be donated for use in the goodie bags. If you or your business have pens, trinkets or items that you wish to donate, we would need 250 of those items to distribute. Please contact Janet Cooper at jcooper@cooperfinancialvt.com if you are able to donate items.

Salvation Army Bell-Ringing Project

Our Club has once again committed to providing volunteers to ring bells and collect money for the Salvation Army during the holiday season. We have committed to filling slots in front of the Price Chopper and Essex Discount Beverage entrances on Friday, December 6th and Saturday, December 7th. A sign-up sheet for shifts will be on the website soon.

Service Above Self Nominations

Dave Johnson is currently soliciting nominations for our next Service Above Self Award recipient. Nominees must be individuals who demonstrate exemplary humanitarian service, in any form at any level, with an emphasis on personal service and helping citizens in our community. Please submit your nominations and a brief paragraph on why you feel your nominee is worthy of consideration by October 31st to Dave Johnson at mdjkiln@gmail.com

Heavenly Pantry Food Shelf

We are looking for volunteers to help staff the Heavenly Pantry Food Shelf on the following dates; Monday, November 11th (5:15pm); and Thursday, November 21st (3:30pm). Please contact Sharon Dettenrieder at sharon.dettenrieder@gmail.com if you are able to fill any of these shifts.

Upcoming Meeting Schedule: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 – Our speaker will be State Treasurer, Beth Pearce who will discuss Vermont’s underfunded pension fund for State employees.

For the complete list of upcoming speakers and information about the Club, please go to our website at rotaryclubofessex.org Be sure to also follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/EssexVermontRotary , on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/essexvermontrotary/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/essex_rotary

Yours in Rotary,

Jason Ruwet