 | East Hartford Rotary Club High Gear Volume 79 | Issue 26 / January 24, 2024 |
Substituting for President Bob, Alex Wisz rang the club’s bell at noon. We met in Room 311. Alex led us in the pledge and, again filling in for Bob, gave an invocation. In addition to the ten members in the room, our speaker joining us via Zoom from Chicago as did Michelle, representing the Board of Education. There was also an in-person guest – Officer Marc Caruso, the East Hartford Police Department’s Community Relations Liaison. Marc updated us on the department’s activities including a turkey drive benefiting one hundred twenty families at Thanksgiving as well as two events during the Christmas holidays National Night Out will occur again on the first Tuesday in August.
Caring Moments
- Dan Larson continues his slow but sure recovery. Ruthie is doing well but continues to avoid large gatherings.
- The funeral service for Charlotte will be this Saturday at South Congregational Church on 1301 Forbes St. East Hartford. The service will start at 11 AM on January 27, with a lunch reception to follow.
We broke for lunch, again arranged by Guy LaBella with Roma’s.
Alex rang the bell to resume the meeting at 12:30.
Anwar introduced our speaker, Alita Williams, President of the Rotary Club of Chicago. Alita is the chef-owner of Loquacious Culinary Events, a successful catering company, and a very engaging speaker. She described her experiences “discovering” Rotary, slowly developing a feeling of comfort at this large club’s meetings, becoming involved in a special service project for local high school students, and eventually benefitting from the club’s support when her company experienced the challenges of the Covid years. Anwar found Aleta through an article in The Rotarian, and once again we are indebted to his efforts as our club’s Program Chair.
Remember, semi-annual dues ($115) should be paid now. Please mail your check, made out to The Rotary Club of East Hartford, to our club treasurer, George Schoen, at his home address, 53 Duxbury Lane, Glastonbury, CT 06033. George indicated it is acceptable to use Venmo if necessary. Venmo name is Rotary Treasurer@EastHartfordRotary.
Per our club’s constitutional documents, we publish here again the slate of officers and directors for Rotary year 2024-2025.
- President, Rob Rosa
- President-elect TBD
- Immediate Past President, Bob Buettner
- Secretary, Sue Klock
- Treasurer, George Schoen
- Assistant Treasurer/Director, Marc Glass
- Neal Cunningham, Director
- Anwar Hossain, Director
- Ray Maselek, Director
- Bill Saunders, Director
- Jack Sayre, Director
- Jim Watts, Director
- The election will be held during the first regular club meeting in February.
Next Wednesday’s meeting will be held in Room 311. Guy LaBella volunteered to do the invocation that day.
Zoom will be available for those who need that to access the meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 815 3356 6319
Passcode: 591355
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 815 3356 6319
Passcode: 591355
Alex rang the bell to conclude the meeting.
Submitted by Sue Klock, High Gear writer for January.