 | East Hartford Rotary Club High Gear Volume 79 | Issue 30 / February 28, 2024 |
President Bob rang the bell exactly at 12 noon and led us to the Pledge. Alex delivered a wonderful invitation to make the world a better place by love, understanding and compassion.President Bob then had us join in the reading of the 4-Way Test.
Our guests today were John Forest, soon to be a member, Rob Gamache, a guest of Rob Rosa and our guest speaker, Michael Thompson. Joining us over zoom were Alex and Brent Berti, another guest of Rob Rosa. So far Rob has brought five guests-clearly a record. Some of these five are on their way to becoming members.
Following our club tradition, the three guests led us to the lunch line. Today we had broccoli pizza and cheese pizza, three selections of grinders, salad and a cookie plate.
At 12:30 President Bob brought the meeting back to session which started with the Caring Moments. We were delighted to see Hope among us. Ruth is in and out of the hospital and avoiding crowded gatherings. Tom Galvin, a former member, is recovering from hip surgery and his wife Suzzane is coping with memory issues.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Paul Harris Dinner will take place on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at Wethersfield CC.
- President Bob provided a thumbnail sketch of the service projects that our club does on a regular basis for the benefit of our guest, Rob Gamache.
- The Multi-District Conference will be held May 3-5. Contact Marc for more information.
- The Golf Tournament will be on June 10 At Wethersfield CC. All club members are expected to provide, at the minimum, a $50 donation. Some of us have gone way beyond in finding sponsors for T-Signs and large donations.
- Among today's guests, John Forrest , sponsored by Rob Rosa, has submitted a proposal for consideration. He is having an info session tomorrow morning at Marc's office. After that, his name will be published to members over a couple of weeks; then he can be admitted if no one objects.
- Alex indicated that he has nothing new on the Habitat for Humanity project.
- Board meeting will be next Tuesday at 6:00 at the Evergreen Crossings Retirement Community.
Your scribe introduced our guest speaker, Michael Thompson, who is the Programs Coordinator at BiCi Co and the Center for Latino Progress. BiCi Co. was started by the Center for Latino Progress in 2015 to provide an opportunity for hands-on bicycle education and service learning projects for 30 summer youth interns. It grew from there to include DIY repair hours and teen Earn-a-Bike courses.
During Q&A, we explored opportunities for collaboration between BiCi Co, Goodwin University and EHRC.
Signing off as your scribe for the month of February, Anwar Hossain.
Please note that we do not have anyone to write HG for the months of March, April, May and June. If we don’t get anyone to fill in these months, we might be forced to post the recordings of our meetings on Club Runner. Here is the list of HG writers for the Year 2023-24.
HIGH GEAR WRITERS
June: Bob and Neil
June: Bob and Neil
2023-24
- July: Anwar
- August: Alex
- September: Wes
- October:
- Peter 10/4,10/11
- Neil 10/18, 10/25
- November: Alexis except 11/8 and 11/22
- Sue 11/15
- Peter 11/29
- December: Alexis except 12/06 and 12/27(Meeting Canceled)
- Peter 12/6
- January: Sue
- February: Anwar
- March:
- April:
- May:
- June: