On this bright and sunny 45-degree December day, we had our annual wine and cheese social hour before the meeting. Cheese, crackers, nuts and, of course, wine. A beautiful sunny day and NO SNOW yet. It is the end of December, and the white stuff still has not appeared.
Meeting, lunch. Lunch, Meeting
Sue opened the meeting but quickly recessed because the food came early and rather than eat it cold, we had lunch first. This week the menu was chicken marsala, lasagna, pasta salad, tossed salad, and, of course, pizza (two types).
At 12:30 the meeting started in earnest with the pledge. Marc Glass gave a nice invocation. Sue mentioned that the meeting was on zoom and only Larry Frazier was able to log in and soon left. But the meeting was recorded for members that wanted to see it later.
Birthdays galore. Bell ringing bonanza
We have a bunch of December birthdays . Anwar Hossain, Alex Wisz, Guy LaBella, Doug and Wes Willett and Dan Larson. After singing “Happy Birthday” to the celebrants and reciting the Four Way Test, we almost got down to business. But first a 5-minute break for birthday cake. Yum yum.
Thank you to Ceil for putting together the Holiday Party last week.
Jack Sayre reported on the results of bell ringing. Even though we were limited to only three Saturdays and only one kettle, we collected $1166 for the Salvation Army. Kudos to the CIBA kids. They sang Christmas carols and were spirited.
Jim Watts, Guy Labella and Bob Buettner will be checking out venues for the Paul Harris dinner in March.
Johnny Mo is transferring back to EHRC.
Zoom meetings, projects, parade on deck
Next week’s meeting will be zoom only. The Meeting will be at 6 p.m. Please think about projects. Some suggested already: electronic recycling, document shredding, tree planting, and food share. Let us come up with more. Log In will be sent later. Please be on the lookout for the information. The January 5th and 19th meetings will be at Goodwin University.
April 9 is Rotary’s Day of Service, and the district wants an idea of what EHRC is doing for this by the end of January
East Hartford will be having the Memorial Day parade at again. The route has been changed and shortened, and there will be family activities after the parade and the speeches. The route will end at Goodwin University. EHRC will have to decide if we are participating and just marching as in the past or have a float. TBD
After the meeting, members delivered food baskets to East Hartford residents for the holidays. Thanks to all that volunteered to deliver them.
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