Pledge

Mike Kelly led the pledge

Inspiration

Matt Schmitz read a passage from a book he reads every day with a very inspiring message.

Zoom Attendees

Paula Jagerman, Lew Hassell, Paul Pimental, Greg Lemoine

Announcements

Gala update from Holly: planning is going well. Highlights will be one artist doing a drawing on site that will later be auctioned off. Registration is open.

Wine Pull: Bill Efthimiades is looking for wine donations of all kinds for the wine pull at the gala

Remember to bring in shoes and t-shirts for our ongoing drive

Several service projects available for September. A calendar was placed on each table for review.

Barry and Elaine Fain will be honored at an upcoming Waterfire gala for their philanthropy.

Nepal update: Kris David shared an update that the girl’s school in Nepal that we have been working with is safe from the catastrophic floods that just occurred. They are donating food and clothing to survivors and helping out girls who may be stranded and susceptible to people taking advantage of the situation and trafficking them. 

Happy Bucks

• Bill Applegate is happy
• Anthony Hollingshead: happy because so many new members and the Farmer’s Market recruiting event went so well
• Kris David is happy because son Alex’s movie just premiered
• Rob Black is happy because he is retiring after 10 years
• Mary Brewster is happy that Rob has done such a fantastic job
• Matt Schmitz is happy because it’s been 5 weeks since he was able to attend a meeting

Service Project

Mary and Rob Brewster led us in organizing school supplies to donate to area middle school students to help start the new school year!