This year’s Holiday Party will be Wednesday evening, December 5th at The Gallery. Cocktails begin at 6 PM with dinner at 7 PM. Meal choices are prime rib, filet mignon, salmon, or a vegetarian option. Cost is $50/person. All Rotarians please save the date, check with your significant other about main course preferences and sign up at our club meeting or email Ceil Collins ceilcollins@aol.com .
Jack Sayre had signup sheets for Salvation Army bell ringing at our club meetings. We are committed to four Saturdays beginning the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Jack mentioned he needs more folks to sign up for that day. Please contact him if you can donate an hour of your time and need to know what time slots are still unfilled. Jack’s home phone is 860-646-4298, email is JSayre6@cox.net
In honor of our Thanksgiving holiday, there will be a social half-hour with wine and cheese just prior to next Wednesday’s meeting.
When planning your holidays in December, President Kevin said the board has approved not having a meeting December 26th, during the week between Christmas and New Year’s. There will be meeting on Wednesday, January 2nd.
Kevin also mentioned the board approved allocating $2400 to buy gift cards and other items for two East Hartford families. In past years, club members have also contributed $400 to help pay for meals for those two families at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Neal Cunningham is passing an envelope at our meetings to help raise the funds to do that this year.
And finally, Kevin mentioned that we truly have something to celebrate because Bob Buettner has agreed to be our President-elect, serving as club president during the 2019-2020 year.