It was a nice sunny fall afternoon. In attendance today were Rob, Bob, Charles, Guy, Cei, Ray, Hope, Dan, George, Jack, Neil, John and yours truly. We didn’t have any guest today.

President Rob rang the bell at 12 noon. The Pledge of Allegiance was followed by the reading of the Four-Way Test. Dan gave an invocation full of humor about what he learned from his parents.
 

The next item was a surprise that President Rob pulled it together on his own. He presented to Charles a balloon, a cake and a gift for winning the Lunch a Polooza challenge by bringing six guests. We all sang “For he's a jolly good fellow……” Charles was clearly moved. The event was recorded.

President Rob observed a moment of silence for the folks who are in the way of the latest hurricane in Florida.

So today’s trivia questions were related to the topic of hurricanes.
 

Announcements

• Rob, his wife and an spouse of a member of East Hartford Football Committee set up a table representing Rotary at the Fall Festival in East Hartford. The festival was well attended and they handed out forty Rotary pamphlets. A great example of a venue to connect with the community at large.
• East Hartford Farmers Market will continue every Tuesday 2-5 PM until October 29. Volunteers are needed to staff the Rotary Table.
• Oct 16: Club meeting - will be packaging the candy. Packed candies will be stored in the storage room at 3 Pent Road.
• Oct 19: Marathon water station, Neil indicated that he has eleven Rotarians and five volunteers from M&T bank for the event. Contact Neil for additional information. Rob pointed out that we should explore similar joint efforts with other organizations in town for other projects.
• Oct 21st - Foodshare, 3rd Monday of the month. Contact Anwar for additional information.
• Oct 23: guest will be Connor Martin, East Hartford, state of the town.
• Oct 26: East Hartford Halloween event, 12:30pm-3pm at Alumni Park. Ray will have someone open the storage room that day at 10:30 so that Bob can pick up sorted candies. Volunteers need to arrive at Alumni Park at 11:30 AM to set up the table. Come in  costume if you feel up to it.
• October 27: Coats for Kids - Burlington Coat Factory from 8-9:30. Bob is the primary contact and Anwar is the secondary. Each kid is entitled to $60 worth ofwinter paraphernalia. Bob will use his credit card to pay at the end of the event. Then George will reimburse him through our funds.
• Oct 30: Add bookplates to dictionaries during the meeting which will take place in Room 109 during our normal meeting hours.
• Nov 3: Polio Certificate of Appreciation will take place at Delmar Hotel in West Hartford. Our club will be recognized. Club members can attend free of charge and enjoy the ceremony and the food.
• November 6: Veterans Cookout at the East Hartford Senior Center. There will not be a regular club meeting that day. Bob will buy food supplies. Ray will bring the grill. Helpers need to arrive by 11:00 to cook or before 12 to serve. Yes, all helpers will get lunch after the guests have been served. Bob will set up a Memorial Table for those Missing-in-Action.
• Salvation Army - bell-ringing: Jack will work on an abbreviated schedule to suit our shrinking person-power.
• Dec 18: Holiday Party - Wethersfield Country Club
• Rob will be conducting meetings via Zoom, on 10/23, 10/30 and 11/13

Caring Moments

• Herb is recovering after a surgery that averted a possible amputation of one of his toes.
• George’s close family, And who are in the path of the upcoming hurricane in Florida, have decided not to evacuate. Please pray for their safety.
• Marc had a meeting with his orthopedic surgeon in connection with a possible surgery to his right leg.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:53.
 

Filling in for Marc, your scribe for this week only, Anwar Hossain