November 27, 2024 Breakfast Meeting Notes
Tony opened with his famous NH Trivia, “How Dry I Am” edition.
Ken noted a correction to his treasurer’s report from last week: the balance in the card game is about $400, so if anyone wins today he or she gets half of that. Denise noted that Covered Bridge does a Monday night “Queen of Hearts” card game and the balance is up to $26,000! Half goes to the winner and the winner helps direct the remaining funds to a local charity.
The Card game today was won by Phil, who drew the 6 of hearts. Better luck next time.
The 50/50 was won by Sharon.
Mike had a holiday notice from the Weather Channel. He spoke about the song “Home for the Holidays” and how we should check the Weather Channel for travel weather tips.
Decorating the Common is this Saturday at 9 am. No one has fluffed the new greenery so be sure to fluff it when hanging it. Steve also the new greenery in the rafters at his store and he can put that into storage at Noyes salon with the rest of the decorating supplies. Bring ladders to the setup.
We will be caroling at the Pemi Youth Center at 4 pm next Thursday Dec 5. We need singers!
Hometown Holiday Celebration signup sheet will go around again today. A new job on the signup list is cleanup at the Senior Center after Santa leaves.
Denise met with Alex and Henry (who runs the kitchen at JJs) to get numbers for how much food has typically been served at Green Street. He feels that his team can have all the food cooked and in the hot boxes for us, so we don’t have to cook. We are available to wrap and load.
Sharon noted that we need a couple of high school age students to wear cap and gown to represent our scholarship students, as well as a couple of students to hand out candy to kids. Sharon has the caps and gowns, as well as a large fake check to represent our scholarship donations. Sharon, Phil, and Alicia met this weekend to work on the float (pictures are on Facebook). Sharon made a giant penny with the year 1951 to represent the first year of the Penny Sale and Phil made a new Rotary cog wheel. Mike is picking up styrofoam today from Plymouth Furniture and Sharon could use this for a penny costume.
Steve announced that Bill Clark has agreed to become chair of Hometown Holiday Celebration and parade. Please congratulate him! Hopefully everyone can take a part and Bill can give directions from the top.
Board elections will be next month. If you are on the board and wish to resign, please give notice promptly. If you would like to serve, please speak to Alicia.
Dec 18th is our last meeting of the year and we want to collect a larger than usual amount of money for Tom’s Christmas gift, so bring extra cash. Sharon’s colleague will be here that day with scented olive oil that he is selling for his Rotary club.
Mike brought a video about Rotary Foundation Month (November). This talk was given at meeting for incoming governors a couple of years ago. Next week is Giving Tuesday so please keep the Rotary Foundation in mind as you plan your giving..
Tony brought a post-Penny Sale debriefing that he and Alicia worked out. Look it over and if you have comments, please direct them to Tony so he can summarize them in a meaningful way for whoever does the Penny Sale in the future.
Steve suggested putting up a number screen at the Penny Sale so that people could see the number.s as they were called. This could shorten the time needed to hand out prizes.
Louisa Tripp reported that we have been awarded a district grant for $90,000 for the Common Man for Ukraine effort. This amount will be partially matched by other districts. She hopes we will receive about $240,000 for our efforts to fund our mental health efforts in Poland. This is almost as big as the single largest contribution we’ve had!
The Bristol Rotary is selling Christmas trees this year.
Erica noted that on Thanksgiving there will be a 5K race at the Owl’s Nest to benefit Campton/Thornton first responders.
Happy dollars were shared by Denise Mike, Sharon, Erica, Tony, and Alex.
Happy Thanksgiving to All!
Respectfully submitted,
Lora Miller, secretary