Rotary Club
of East Hartford 
  High Gear

Volume 74/ Issue 19, November 4, 2020

 
It was a warm sunny day for November in Connecticut, with more and better expected over the next couple of days. President Bob called the meeting to order and we all said the Pledge of Allegiance. Bob then delivered the invocation and announced that we had 1 and a half guests. Christine Burns was a new face, but Bob introduced District Governor Marc Glass as the half. Not sure what he was implying there.
 
Halloween Trunks and Treats a Success 
Announcements
·         Birthdays:  
o    Larry Frazier Nov 7
o    Lowell Waldo Nov.12
o    Art Bradbury Nov 16
 
·         Rotary Anniversaries:
o    Bill Flynn. 42 years,  
o    Jack Sayre. 39 Years,  
o    Kim Beauregard 1 Year,
o    Alex Wisz 9 years,
o    Bill Saunders 21 years,
o    George Schoen 19 Years    
 
·         Thank you notes were received from the EH Board of Ed, Mayor LeClerc, and Intercommunity Health for the EH Rotary's donation of face masks and PPE
 
·         Received a Thank You from the Y for our Monetary donation
 
·         The Halloween Trunk and Treats was a big success. Alex Wisz, Anwar Hossain & Bob Buettner (in costumes) manned the booth from 12 to 3 and handed out bags of candy to 500 cars. Most of the kids were in costumes and in good spirit.  Leftover candy was donated to Riverside Health Care
 
·         The East Hartford Senior Center is holding a used clothing drive. All clothes collected will be turned in for cash by an organization that collects and repurposes the clothes.   Collection points are the Senior Center and Yvette Roman’s HQ on High St
 
·         We have received a request from Rick Lawrence to add to our donation for the water and sanitation project in Guatemala. They are on track to begin the project and have qualified for a Global Grant, but still need some additional funding. RI will continue to match $.50 to every $1.00 donated.  We probably should look at our budget before deciding or make personal contributions.
 
·         Event Groove is going forward, and we will have more to say soon   the account has been set up and Wes is working on a simulated event 
 
·         We have over $6000 in Liberty Bank for the Holidays. This will give us an additional $1500 + to donate to the food banks
 
Our half guest speaker
Our half guest speaker, District Governor Marc Glass, was doing his meet each club progress, and today was EHRC’s lucky day. He started his presentation by declaring that he usually comes unprepared, but he did tell us a little about the current and upcoming RI Presidents. (This year’s dresses casual, next year’s is forcing all the District Governors to buy matching suits.) Bet Marc is glad he ended up serving 20-21 J
 
That was it for today. Short and Sweet.
 
-          Wes
 
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