 | East Hartford Rotary Club High Gear Volume 79 | Issue 38 / May 1, 2024 |
Marc Glass conducted the meeting - Bob Buettner was sick. Guests are Lenworth Williams, Charlie Schein and John Cook
Members under the weather:
- Dan Larson is doing better
Rotarian Birthdays
- May 7 - Jim Watts
Rotarian Anniversaries
- May 1, 1991 - Neil Cunningham
- May 24, 2021 - Jason Primus
Events
- May 15 - Paul Harris dinner, cost is $55 pp. If we can pay beforehand, please do
- May 27 - Memorial Day parade, sign up if you can
- June 10 - Golf Tournament, looking for raffle prizes ($50 or more) and tee signs
- June 15 - Juneteenth Day in East Hartford at Alumni Park
- June 26 – Installation of new president and board
Rob Rosa discussed positive sponsorship of Miss Folklore USA Latina. He also reviewed Social Media and asked membership to follow and like. Let’s let people know we exist and are helping the community. Please text (860-558-2122) or email (robrosa@bhhsne.com) any event pictures, along with a brief description, to Rob Rosa to be posted on our club Social Media sites
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/easthartfordrotary
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rotaryclubofeasthartford/
Marc – we do need to share Rotary info with our community. Worldwide Rotary is well-known. Let's push it locally.
Speaker - John Cook (john.cook@quotewright.com); discussed veteran Flag Placements and Memorial Day parade. Invited to discuss flag placements, Memorial Day and Veterans Day at veteran graves. Hillside Cemetery is closed. About 700-800 veterans in St Mary's Cemetery. On May 18 at 8am will have a brief ceremony at Hillside Cemetery along with demonstration as to how to put up flags. They will try to identify every veteran's grave. Need volunteers help. Just show up to volunteer on May 18. Bring something you can poke into the ground to put in flags. Need to know by May 6th for East Hartford veteran's ceremony: Korean and Vietnam war periods, The event is Monday, May 18th
Memorial Day Parade - kick off at 10am, starting at Willow St, ends at Goodwin College, The Marshal of parade will be 101 years old this year.
3 phases of parade
- Parade 10am-10:45am
- Speakers at podium: John Larson & Mayor Connor Martin will be in attendance. Students will recite an essay they wrote.
- After the speakers there is a food festival and demonstrations by the Fire & Police department canines
Board meeting will be scheduled for Tuesday, May 7th at 6pm at Evergreen
Charlie Schein will be installed at our Wed, May 15th meeting