In the month of May, you have several service fellowship and opportunities in addition to our two regular Friday meetings.
Each Thursday, you will have an opportunity to engage students at Duggan Middle School when you participate in the career engagement curriculum. Each Rotarian who can attend the interactive sessions held from 9:20AM and 10:20AM will be interviewed by a student about their career. Education is a pillar of the Rotary’s global work in concert with access to clean water and sanitation. On June 10th, the students will be attending our Club meeting to share the career most interesting to them with you all. Thank you to Alicia Garcia and her team for giving our Club the opportunity. Please contact Alicia to participate.
On May 12th from 5:30 to 7:30, we will show casing Rotary at the Colony Club. The ticket price is $55 and parking is complimentary. Three new Paul Harris Fellows will be named and community grants totaling $4,000 will awarded. Tickets can be bought on the Club website or at this Friday’s meeting. Thank you to Brennan Collins, Ed Sunter, Samir Patel, Jim Russell, Sue Lavoie, Mike Tarby and Brian Sears who have been planning your program for the evening. Please contact Brian Sears to purhcase advtertiesements in the program book at bsears@searsre.com Please use these events to give the gift of Rotary to a possible new member.
I also want to welcome Joe Dumpson again to our Club. Joe will be participating in the Outreach Committee. We will be inducting Brennan Roy this coming Friday so please make an effort to attend to welcome him to the Club.
Thank you in advance for being the positive ripple effect in our City of Springfield.
As of 1 May, the Rotary shop will be available on a new platform. We may experience some downtime during the transition and apologize for any inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact us at shop.rotary@rotary.org or at 847-866-4600.
After a series of three earthquakes -- two in Japan and one in Ecuador -- killed hundreds of people, injured thousands, and caused billions of dollars in damage late last week, Rotary members in those regions have created disaster relief funds to help survivors.
In Ecuador, the powerful 7.8-magnitude quake that struck Saturday night has killed more than 400 people, with 2,500 injured. Those figures are expected to rise.
Rotary District 4400 established a service fund to raise money for relief efforts. Contact District Governor Manuel A. Nieto Jijon for information on how to donate.
In Japan,...
It's time again to assist with serving dinner at The Friends of the Homeless, 755 Worthington Street, Springfield, MA, on Thursday, May 05, 2016 at 4:15 PM. Please join your fellow Rotarians as we serve dinner to our friends at the Shelter. Last month we served 156 people for dinner and I hope that we will have an adequate number of Rotarians to serve a like number on Thursday. I would like to thank my fellow Rotarians who have helped serve the Friends of the Homeless each month. Let's make this another special dinner for those who will join us May 05, 2016. Please arrive by 4:15 PM and we will finish serving at 5:10 PM.
The Paul Harris Committee will be meeting at 11:30 Friday morning, May 6th. This is an important meeting as it is the last time we will meet before the event. Please make every effort to attend. Contact: brennan.collins@ml.com
If you have reserved an ad in the upcoming Paul Harris Booklet, please make sure your artwork is submitted to Brian Sears at bsears@searsre.com. The ad sizes are: Full Page - 5" wide x 8" high, Half Page - 5" wide x 4" high, Business Card - 2.5" wide x 2" high.
Time is almost up to buy Program book advertisements. A quarter page advertisement is $50, a half page is $100 and a full page is $150.
Premier placement is still available in the front inside cover at $300 and rear inside cover at $200. Please contact Brennan Collins brennan.collins@ml.com or Ed Sunter http://esunter@financialguide.com immediately, if you want to purchase ad space.
There have been some last minute changes to our Duggan Middle School service project. The school has cancelled the Thursday May 5th speaker due to required testing preparatory to MCAS. In addition, our May 12th event has been changed to May 13th from 9:20-10:20 AM.
Our visits on May 19th, May 26th and June 2 remain unchanged. All are set fro 9:20-10:20 AM. Please contact Alicia Garcia at alicia.garcia@scouting.org or (413) 355-6289if you have questions or concerns. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Our spring service project is focused on interesting students at Duggan Middle School in potential career paths. Students will be doing mock interviews of volunteering Rotarians as a form of research in developing their potential career interest.
Pat Pat Marray, president of the Rotary Club of York, Maine wrote to thank our members who sent cards of good wishes and congratulations to Bill Massida, which were presented to him as part of an event celebrating Bill's 5o years in Rotary. "The cards from his former club members meant so much to him," President Murray wrote in a letter to Jack Toner. The Club presented a Paul Harris fellow to both Bill and his wife, Mary at a dinner event recently. Shown above, President Murray and his wife flank Mary and Bill at their recent celebration in Maine.
It's been a great year of service and fellowship for the Rotary Club of Springfield and, before we swear in a new leadership team at the end of June, Liz and I would like to cap it with an evening of fellowship on Wednesday, June 8th from 5:30 to 7:30 at our home at 72 Greenacre Ave in Longmeadow.
Please join us and bring interested spouses, significant others, colleagues, friends or even prospective new members to join in the evening of friendship, conversation, wine and food.
We also welcome those who wish to contribute a bottle of a favorite wine or a plate of their favorite appetizer to share to do so, if desired.
To RSVP, or to volunteer to bring an item, please click on this link:
We've all worked to make this a growth year for membership, service and fellowship. Won't you join us to celebrate our success and enjoy some time with your friends in Rotary? Hope to have you with us!
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Pat Pat Marray, president of the Rotary Club of York, Maine wrote to thank our members who sent cards of good wishes and congratulations to Bill Massida, which were presented to him as part of an event celebrating Bill's .jpg)
