Pledge
Led by George Babcock with a trivia quiz before.
What is the real name of the Colosseum?
Answer: The Amphitheatre of Flavius; it got its “modern” name from the Colossus Solis or a giant bronze statue of Nero, placed next to the Amphitheatre
Inspiration
Emily Bernstein gave us this quotation.
“Doing those deeply unfashionable things – slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting – is a radical act now, but it is essential. This is a crossroads we all know, a moment when you need to shed a skin. If you do, you’ll expose all those painful nerve endings and feel so raw that you’ll need to take care of yourself for a while. If you don’t, then that skin will harden around you.”
-Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
On Zoom
Don Saracen, Barry Fain, Diane Riccitelli
Guests
Howard McVay, son of Kirke Keevrson
Greg Antonelli, from Insperity
Induction of new member
Moses Fortes.
Club Business
Coat drive for Dorcas International. Please bring new or slightly used coats, warm clothing, socks (new only) to the next two meetings.
March 27: Into the Woods showing. See Kris David to register and see Michaela Hermann if you are interested in bringing food or drinks. Start times are 6:30 for appetizers and show starts at 7:30. After the show, the cast comes out and will join in festivities.
The club will be adjourning early today to travel to George J. West Middle School to stick labels in the vending machine books. 145 Beauford St.
There will be an upcoming event with local authors to do the same to their books at Books on the Square.
District Business
Marcel D’Auteuil gave an update on the rotary district.
- Bill Applegate will be traveling to the PELS (President Elect Learning Seminar) in Framingham, MA from March 6-8
- There are also several online resources on learn.Rotary.org
- Brand Center on Rotary.org – provides all information on how to use the Rotary brand.
- (You have to be logged into your My Rotary account to see these two pages.)
- This month’s Rotary magazine features a program called Safe Passage, which helps women and boys escape sex trafficking. He encouraged us to read this article to learn about this terrible issue.
And about his club
- Cranston Club meets Wednesdays at 12 at Twin Oaks – we are all welcome; bring an appetite!
- On March 16, 11-3pm at the VFW in Cranston, the club will be holding a Texas Hold Em poker tournament. $50 buy-in. This will be funding scholarships at 4 high schools in Cranston. One student from each school will receive up to $1000.
- March 1 the Cranston club will be hosting a night at the Providence Bruins game. The game starts at 6:45, tickets are $25 and $5 of each ticket will go to ending Polio.
Happy Bucks
- Art Norwalk is $1 happy as he discovered a new movie trailer called Article 92, starring the one and only Steve Hug. The movie will be released soon.
- Tammy DeBarras is $10 happy to welcome our new member Moses Fortes.
- Kris David is $1 thanking Tammy for her great work recruiting new members!
- Pete Brock gave $5 because he is happy his son John is moving home to New England – in a UHaul as we speak!
- Don Saracen is $5 happy to remember Steve Hug, as well as his grandson Jack who made the Provost’s list at Hofstra University. He set a high bar and has to just keep raising it higher!
- Barry Fain just had a pleasant visit from his daughter checking in on him.
Editor's Note on Another Event
Fellow Rotarian Emily Bernstein hosted a party to celebrate Wheelhouse Health Navigation's $1 million dollars of health cost elimination milestone at Juniper Bar in Providence. I got the chance to attend and celebrate with her and friends.
Wheelhouse Health is the business that Emily started.
