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President's Message
Maurice Powe

 

Happy Mother’s Day to all our mothers. As we celebrate and honor mothers, my mind turns to service. How can we serve others? What can I do to make a difference in our community? My mother has shown me that it does not take a huge budget or a a lot of people to impact a community. It only takes a willingness to serve. Her willingness to feed families in need and to serve her church with small acts of kindness continues to change lives in real ways. Following this example Jack Toner and I served at the Friends of the Homeless on May 2, 2022. I hope others will join us on June 6, 2022, as we strive to Serve to Change Lives.   

I want to make a special plea to all our members to contribute to the Rotary Foundation. We have almost 75% participation so far.

If you have not contributed, please contact Jack to make your donation.  

 
Maurice Powe

 

In Person and Virtual Meeting

 
Friday, December 3rd Meeting will be at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame at 12:00pm

Meeting ID: 930 7229 9120
By phone: 1-646-876-9923
FILL THE PLATE, FEED A FAMILY CHALLENGE
“Fill the Plate, Feed a Family Challenge,”
The Gray House is happy to announce that they surpassed their Fill the Plate, Feed a Family Challenge goal of $12,000!  
 
Donations keep trickling in, but so far they have raised $12,308 to support the Market at Gray House.
These donations will help to feed families in need throughout our community.
 
Sue Mastroianni (Captain of Team Rotary) would like to thank all the Rotarians who helped them reach this goal. 
There were 3 teams and collectively they raised almost HALF of the entire goal amount:
Team PBJ: $3,020; Team Founders: $1,985; Team Rotary: $868
 
If you were unable to donate last month, but are still interested in helping feed our neighbors in need,
please consider making a donation by clicking on this link https://www.mightycause.com/team/Springfieldrotary;
calling the Gray House at 413-734-6696 or mailing a check to The Gray House 22 Sheldon St Springfield, MA 01107   
Thank you again! 
 
 
Updating ClubRunner

Please take a moment to log into your Rotary ClubRunner account to make sure our contact information on you is current.  Please look especially at your mailing addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. With our Club meeting virtually until further notice this contact information is even more important. This may be the only way fellow club members can reach you.
 
BTW: If you don't know your user ID and password just drop an email to Rick Lee. Your personal information is NOT available to the general public on ClubRunner, only to other members of our own Club.
 
 

WEEKLY REFLECTION

Support Rotary Foundation

 
Three ways to support our Rotary Foundation
 
Every November, we celebrate The Rotary Foundation. Your support and generous gifts to the Foundation make it possible for us to be people of action and engage in life-changing projects worldwide. Here are three ways you can help maximize the effectiveness of our year-end giving campaigns and increase the amount of good we can do:
  1. Encourage your members to make a gift to the Foundation on Giving Tuesday, which is 1 December. Share our video message
  2. Give the gift of Rotary this holiday season. Share our digital flyer with members and potential donors.
  3. Learn more about our new peer-to-peer fundraising tool, Raise for Rotary, where you can create fundraising pages that are easy to share with family and friends through social media and email.
 
 
COVID VACCINATION INFORMATION
How To Get A COVID-19 VACCINATION
 
Local Vaccine Finder
 
 
WHERE TO EAT IN THE PIONEER VALLEY
Are you looking for dinner without the hassle of cooking and cleaning dishes?
 
Check out the link below to see what local restaurants in your area have on the menu for take out and who is open for indoor/ outdoor dining.
 
 
Please remember to be safe and follow CDC guidelines.
 
 
CHANGING OF THE GUARD

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW

2020-2021 BOARD OFFICERS AND MEMBERS

 
 
 
 

WANT TO REACH ROTARIANS? 

 
Do you have some news or information that might be of interest to fellow Rotarians?*
 
If so, please email kblanchard@mdiasfoundation.org 
Our biweekly bulletin goes out to more than 50 local leaders every other week and is a wonderful way to spread your message.
 
*All submissions are subject to approval. 

ROTARY MAGAZINE

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Did you know you can easily reach the Rotarian Magazine, Rotary International, the District website and our own club website right from this bulletin?
Well, you can! Just check out the links under "ROTARY ONLINE" on your left.
 
 

Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Al Gay
May 5
 
Bob Dambrov
May 15
 
Jay Leib
May 26
 
Anniversaries
Rick Lee
Norma Lee
May 23
 
Join Date
Bob Dambrov
May 18, 1978
44 years
 
Sue Mastroianni
May 26, 2006
16 years
 
Executives & Directors
President
 
Vice President
 
President Elect
 
Secretary
 
Treasurer
 
Immediate Past President
 
Membership
 
The Rotary Foundation
 
Club Information
Rotary Club of Springfield - Meeting Fridays-12:00 PM
Springfield Rotary
Service Above Self
Fridays at 12:00 PM
Nathan Bills Bar & Restaurant
110 Island Pond Rd
Springfield, MA 01118
United States of America
We are back to meeting in person for fully vaccinated members and guests. Zoom meeting login info is viewable to Rotarians within our District. For other access, please contact President Maurice Powe at: moepowe@gmail.com.
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