INSPIRATION
Rob Black quoted John Wayne: "Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes onto us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS, Etc.
President Geoff Gaunt advised that his stepfather, Joseph Gallo, had a recent stroke but was now recovering.

 

Wendy Marcus announced the July birthdays: The USA on July 4th and also Pete Brock, Mary Brewster, Bob Murphy, Mary Cullen and Connie Donnelly. 

 

HAPPY BUCKS  
Wendy Marcus for her granddaughter's first birthday and in honor of this week which is the 40th anniversary of the wedding of Rob and Anne Black.

 

Margaret Kane wishing best for people of New Orleans as they prepare for the major storm hitting the area.

 

Don Saracen happy that his table mate Marco Marinelli is applying for club membership.

 

Barbara Harris for the four new Democratic Congresswomen for their spirit in standing up to the President.

 

MEET ROB BREWSTER 
In his New Member talk, Rob Brewster talked about his strong family connection to Rotary: his grandfather and father were Rotarians and his wife Mary is a current member of our club.

 

He was born in New Jersey and lived there until his family moved to Massachusetts when he was 14. He began college at the MIT and studied Engineering until it gave way to his lifetime passion of photography. He took pictures for the MIT yearbook and after 2 years there he transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design where he majored in Photography.

 

Upon graduation from RISD he established his photography business in Providence and has done work for many major clients including Ross Simons, Target, Hasbro and major architectural projects. He was attracted to Rotary by the community service projects and has particularly enjoyed reading to the students at Kizirian School.