It was an unseasonably balmy day outside, according to our Program Director Anwar Hossain. At 70 degrees I would say he had that right! It was not so warm in California, where the guest speaker Anwar had lined up called in from, but we gave her a warm welcome during our pre-meeting conversations. At 12:15 President Bob Buettner rang the bell to start the meeting.

 

We all said the pledge, and then Bob gave the invocation, ending by invoking the four-way test. Rather than read a list of announcements, most will appear in High Gear from now on to streamline the meetings a bit.

 

We did discuss the new event planning platform that District 7890 is putting into place. It is called Event Groove, and it facilitates online fundraising activities such as raffles, auctions, walk/ride/x a-thons. District Governor Marc Glass reported that the Westport club was able to raise over $110,000 using the platform. We will be discussing accounting challenges at our next Board of Director’s meeting.

 

Announcements:

·         October Anniversaries

o   Ceil Collins

o   Larry Frazier

o   Nate Quesnel

o   Frank Staples

o   Lowell Waldo

o   Bob Buettner

·         Koats for Kids is on track and will take place October 25, 8am at Burlington Coat Factory.

·         Trunk or Treat will take place on Oct 31 at the runway at Pratt & Whitney. This is a contactless activity that runs from 12-3. We have 3 volunteers ready to don their costumes.

·         We will be distributing $1000 in Walmart gift cards this holiday season in lieu of Secret Santa.

·         An account has been established at Liberty Bank, which will match 25% of all hunger related donations.