Bill David shared some of the San Miguel students’ inspiring achievements: 75% of students go on to two or four year colleges; 25% to military service or work; 21 graduates are veterans and three have been awarded Purple Hearts.

 

Terri Adelman and Bill David received cupcakes from Wendy Marcus to celebrate their November birthdays. Wendy noted that 2019 is the 398 birthday of the Pilgrims’ celebration in Plymouth.

 

Randy Dittmar has ordered 2200 dictionaries for Providence third graders. Let Randy know if you can volunteer to put Rotary labels in the dictionaries on Thursday, November 21 at 5 pm. Anthony Landi’s office at Chapel View in Cranston is the location and Randy’s providing pizza. 

 

See Anthony Landi for tickets to the PBruins game on 11/22, 7:05 pm at the Dunk. Can’t make it? You could buy a ticket(s) and Anthony will make sure they get to a San Miguel student or a child in Christy Clausen’s Prov recreation program.

 

Caroline Rumowicz and Rob Brewster reported that working with the kindergarten students at Kizirian is rewarding and fun. If you’d like to give it try, contact Terri Adelman. She’ll help find you the right assignment and volunteer partner – hours are flexible.

 

Did you ever think that maybe you wanted to participate in an International Rotary Project but didn't know how to go about it? Past District Governor Steve Certa has been working in Guatemala for many years on two major projects. The children of the dump and Safe Passage. Steve normally makes two trips to Guatemala each year to work on these projects and takes other Rotarians with him. If you want more information or would like to join Steve giving Rotary service in Guatemala, contact him at scerta@comcast.net

 

 

Margaret Kane collected Happy Bucks  starting with her own for Pete Brock.

 

Pete Brock – even with the Pats’ loss, he does have perspective-the sun came up Monday morning and life goes on!

 

Wendy Marcus for her husband’s 70^th birthday.

 

Caroline Rumowicz for her first skeet shooting experience.

 

Geoff Gaunt for his grandfather’s return to his home after rehab and for cutting an $8,000 piece of acrylic just before the meeting.

 

Dick Brussard for driving through New Hampshire in the fall.

 

Barry Fain for the terrific dinner prize donated to the auction by Russell Morin’s Catering and enjoyed by friends at his home.

 

Guest speaker Joseph Perroni, president and CEO of Delta Dental of Rhode Island, reviewed the company’s core values that include providing accessible, affordable and effective dental care and a commitment to charitable giving and community service.

 

The Delta Dental Fund of RI was established in 2005 to support charitable programs for low-income individuals, children and elders. Delta is the leading corporate sponsor of Mission of Mercy where they partner with volunteer dentists, Delta employees and others to give free dental care to 2,000 individuals in one day.

 

In order to expand services outside RI while not competing with Delta plans in other states, the local company established Altus Ventures Group which provides unbranded dental insurance in Massachusetts and dental technology expertise. Chewsi, a free dental app that establishes online communication between patients and dentists, is the company’s newest initiative. It offers significant savings on dental care from participating dentists.

 

Delta Dental of RI is the state’s leading dental insurer with 130 employees serving 600,000 individuals.