Today we got to see more photos of Trisha's trips to Peru and Costa Rica. She showed us the poor folks in Peru who have been greatly helped by your generosity and Trisha's hard work to establish the hunger kitchen there. She showed us lots of photos of the well-off Costa Rican Rotarians working side by side with her, Leon, Courtney's dad, and other local Rotarians to distribute the backpacks, school supplies and shoes that we provided for them. I think this was about the best program we've had all year. Please thank Trisha for all she does!
Bill Sheffield told us a groaner, Charlie Hass lead the prayer, Tim Couch lead the Pledge, and Jerold Hall lead the 4 Way Test. Jerold also lead the happy dollars today as he thanked all of the folks who volunterred to make the Scholarship Boat Show a success. The final numbers are not in yet, but I think we raised over $5,000 this year! This will essentially pay for the Scholarship Commitments of the club. Way to go!
Mike Marshall introduced guests; Ben Turpin (Hope Allen), Jim Lightshoe or is it Gene Langston (Mike Woods), and Suki Lambert (Rick). He also introduced four visiting Rotarians; AG Leon Hirsh, Charles Carlan, RP Doyle, and Bobby Fair.
Trish handed out some nice thank-you notes from the Lupus Foundation, Rick Lambert reminded us about the District Conference, and Mike Henderson told us about the Ethics in Business Awards.
Bobby Carroll graciously filled in as the Wooley and did a "fine" job - fining everyone who didn''t help out with the Boat Show! Good Work, Bobbye!
The raffle was restocked at $250 and Bill Sheffield won the drawing, but failed to pick the ace of spades - and he kindly rolled the $10 consolation prize into the pot.
I want to close by asking everyone to pray for Don Lehman for strength in his battle, and for Raisa's family in the loss of her brother. I also want to thank Bob Bothfield for making another $1,000 contribution to the Rotary Foundation - I think this will be his 5th Paul Harris fellow! Thanks for the great example you set, Bob - we are proud of you and grateful for your leadership.
See you soon! BC.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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