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
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
East Hartford Rotary Club
High Gear
Volume 79 | Issue 39 / May 8, 2024
Bob started our meeting at 11:47am in the Community Room, Goodwin College and led the pledge of allegiance. 19 excited and delightful members attended. Anwar gave an insightful invocation on Love & Inclusion, and we then reviewed the Four-Way Test.
Marc Glass Announcements
June 22: District Golf Tournament
June 23: District installation
July 27: District Yard Goats game, we can go on the field with our kids/grandkids
We enjoyed a delicious lunch including Anwar's delectable salad, eggplant and turkey grinders, pizza and cookies
Rebecca Silber from Rotary International was a speaker. She is our Annual Giving Officer for our district and Northeast. She reviewed our past projects including eye programs, tree planting and water projects, book mobile (here in East Hartford using global grants).
We, in East Hartford, have all types of donors:
Paul Harris Fellows contributed $1,000 or honored at that level
Paul Harris Society - committed to $1,000 every year
Major Donors - $10,000+
Bequest Society - left $10,000+ in their will
Arch Klumph Society - highest tier of donor $250,000+
She shared info that there are currently 4 cases of Wild Polio Virus identified. She is happy and available to help us and thanks us for everything we do.
Anwar introduced and welcomed a speaker that joined us on Zoom today - Alan Anderson. Alan is a Rotarian in Minnesota. He is a life-long supporter of the climate. He was an executive at Boy Scouts of America and is on the Rotary Climate Action Team. Alan has been giving presentations on climate change since 2012. He focuses on Rotary's 7th Focus Area - Protecting the Environment. There has been a significant increase in CO2. This is making the planet hotter. Sea levels are rising and impacting many coastal cities with flooding and decrease in property values in low lying residential areas. There is some good news: Countries around the world have acknowledged the problem. Solar and wind energy sources are growing at 10x the pace of fossil fuel sources. As of 2015, more people are employed in solar than in coal.
Meeting next week (none in the afternoon). The meeting will be held on Wed, 5/15 at 6pm at Wethersfield Country Club for Paul Harris Awards and installation for Charlie Schein membership.
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