| Salty Wheel Newsletter |
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| Written by Chris Bull | |
| Friday, 16 May 2008 00:00 | |
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Welcome to the Marathon Rotary Salty Wheel e-newsletter!
What’s inside: President’s Message New members Speakers for May Upcoming Service Projects Rotary Youth Exchange Club’s Financials Year End Banquet If you would like to contribute articles or tidbits of interest, please e-mail them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please put “Rotary Newsletter Submission” in the Subject line so it gets to the right place. *********************** PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE *********************** A recent Rotarian magazine stressed, among other things, the significance of "the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service". It reminded me of the importance of our club's activities. Not only are our activities beneficial for those OUTSIDE the club, but they are beneficial to those on the inside as well. We've all pulled together to make our club meetings fun, informative, friendly, and engaging in ways that encourage participation. When we work hard together, not only do we accomplish great things, we also create bonds between ourselves that will last a lifetime. As a young Rotarian, I was reminded that it is largely participation that brands one as Rotary material. We may have heard this a hundred times, but the statement that "the more you put into Rotary, the more you get out of Rotary", holds firm. The more we all put into our Rotary Club, the stronger our club becomes, the better our community becomes, and hopefully, the world is just a little better because of our efforts. This is our goal and every member's participation becomes apart of that goal. I encourage all club members, especially all our new ones, to get involved in projects, participate in events and make our club even stronger, our community better, and the world a healthier place for all. Yours in Rotary Service, Dave Kaplan ************************ NEW MEMBERS ************************ Club membership stands at 72 to date. President David's goal was to reach 70 for year 2007-2008. Congratulations for reaching the goal! We added 7 new members to the Club since our last newsletter... April Ty Cash Craig Rabito Didi Causey May Chrystene Matthews Danny Piedra Michael Spiers Richard Taylor Please welcome our new members! ************************ SPEAKERS FOR MAY ************************ Thanks to Bud Kreh for arranging the speakers for May. May 21st Rita Irwin, TDC and DAC III May 28th Board Patrol Remember, the first meeting of every month is assembly day and there is no program/speaker. ************************ UPCOMING SERVICE PROJECTS ************************ Thanks to Karen Goodwin for all her work coordinating our projects. Here is her report… For community service, we helped with the beautification project at City Hall and it went very well. There were members of the community from many different groups that came together on this. Thank you to all the Rotarians that went out to help. We are also helping this weekend with the Marathon Band BBQ. There are no other projects on the horizon until the 4th of July. Sign up sheets will begin to circulate in two weeks. ************************* ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE ************************* Matteo Matteo continues to be active in school and having fun with his final host family, Amedeo and Lynn D’Ascanio. He will be doing some Rotary international travel throughout the United States after school ends. Sonja Our exchange student from three years ago came back for a three week visit the end of April. She attended all three Rotary meetings. I hope you all had the opportunity to say hi and catch up on things. Aude We have just been notified of who our 2008-09 exchange student will be. Her name is Aude and she is from Belgium. Attached to this message is her bio. Feel free to e-mail her and welcome her to our club ahead of time. We need to line up our host families now. So if you are interested in hosting Aude for one to three months, please see Chris Bull or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it right away. ************************* CLUB’S FINANCIALS ************************* From Marlene… Attached please find our 3rd quarter financials. Various accomplishments to date are: We finally paid off the debt and the Club is now debt free!! Rotary Foundation was sent a check for $3,542.81 from the Big Band Concert. To date we have raised $1,085.17 for Wings of Hope. If you have any questions regarding this information please feel free to contact Marlene via phone 743-4599 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . ************************* END OF YEAR BANQUET ************************* Save June 14th and plan to attend our Awards, Installation and Year End Party. More details to follow very soon. This will be a thanks to David with a welcome to Pat. We will salute the great year of the Seasoned Board; then turn over to the 2008-2009 Board. Our New Year Begins. Hope all can attend. |
