President Paul Borrelli opened the meeting with the presentation of the 2015 Providence Rotary Paul Harris awards. This years recipients were Bintou Chatterton, John Folan,and Geoff Gaunt. The awards were presented by PP Richard Applebaum and President Paul Borrelli and included the awarding of engraved pins, certificates and a medal. The honors were for exemplary service to the Providence Rotary.
Well wishes for a speedy recovery were noted through out the meeting, as Jerry Cannon is unfortunately back in hospital
Adelaide Luber returned after a brief illness
PP Jenny Miller reminded us not to miss the following events:
The District 7950 Installation of Kris David to District Governor at the Rhodes on the Pawtuxet on July 9th, 2015, 5:00 to 11:00 pm
The inauguration for our President-Elect Mike Kelly and for the officers and Board effective 7/1/15 on June 29,2015 and
The Rotary after dark event to be held Tuesday, June 30th 5:00pm at the Providence G-Pub rooftop
Winner of 50/50 raffle this week was Providence Rotarian Don Saracen. The final drawing payout is over $2000. Keep on selling those tickets and watch it grow.
Committee Updates
Enviromental Committee chair Wendy Marcus reported the committee planted 3 trees in 2015 in Kennedy Plaza, planted 4 trees in 2014 in River Park, celebrated Earth Day in April 2015 with a speaker and a litter pickup in the month of May 2015.
Literary Committee chair Terry Adelman reports that all Providence 4th grades were read to in 2015 and each child received a book to read over the summer
Liz Messier, member of the Kris David's Installation Dinner committee notes that ticket sales for the 7/9/15 dinner event has been slow. Counts are due Monday, June 29, 2015. We need Providence Rotary members to bring their checks to Mondays meeting. Tickets for the dinner are $39 for members and $60 for guests which includes entrance into the Glenn Miller Band immediately follow the Installation Dinner. The dinner starts at 5:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to start Kris's District Governor year off with a lot of support from her home club. It is aslso a great opportunity to show the rest of the District how the Providence Rotary as host can put on a great celebration.
