October 8, 2025 Breakfast Meeting Notes
Our only guest today was Mike Sun, who will have his fireside chat immediately after this morning’s meeting.
Dan won the 50/50.
Phil won the chance to play the card game but pulled the 8 of spades. The game continues.
Club weekly highlights: The Pride event was full of happy people and Denise said that it was great to see families supporting the Pride attendees. It was very well organized, and is likely to become an annual event. Steve noted that we have 20 members here today out of 26!
Thanks also to people who put up the Penny Sale banners this year.
Be sure to see Dan to pick up your Penny Sale Grand Prize tickets this morning. Ken will be collecting the cash, so you can give him the $100 any time (make checks payable to the Foundation, or send payment by Venmo…be sure to specify what it’s for).
Grand prize ticket sales start this weekend. The spreadsheet is accessed directly from the link that Denise sent out. You can even sign up while you’re here this morning. (We will have to do something different next year as the link belongs to Bill’s administrative assistant; next year we will need a member to create and share a link from their Google account.) Marybeth talked about selling tickets at football and other games but has not gotten the schedule out for those locations yet.
There will need to be a cash box for the football events, as well as for all of the other locations. Each cash box is a tackle box containing tickets, tape, envelopes (please fill out the info on the front), and ticket stubs once your shift is done. Finding a table for each sales space is sometimes a problem; Bill suggested that we as a club buy two card tables for our use. Steve moved that we do this, and the motion was seconded and approved.
The tackle boxes will be stored in Scott Biedermann’s office, which is located to the left of the deli counter at Chase Street. Scott suggested putting the table near the front door of the cafe. You could also bring your own tables. (Denise will bring tables to the Roadside). When you’re done, put the yellow fliers back in the tackle box and return the tackle box to Scott’s office.
The ticket sales are largely cash-based but there is a QR code on the tickets and people can scan and go right to our Foundation Give Butter account. DO NOT fill out a separate stub if someone buys a ticket soon line.
Tony thanked everyone for guiding him through the Penny Sale process.
Tony has contacted the new concessions manager at the high school, who was unaware of the Penny Sale! Matt is now extremely supportive and he will help us with the concessions. The Bobcat Cafe will serve the hot dogs and drinks, and the culinary class makes baked goods. Denise asked to save the names of contacts on the Google drive for next year. We are also waiting to hear back from the high school about volunteers for the evening. Alicia noted that PSU has also received a signup sheet for volunteers and Circle will bring 6 girls. We have 10 Rotarians selling on the floor, and it doesn’t hurt to have a student assistant for each team of ticket sellers.
Phil will be tending the money room, with Alicia’s guidance. Tony has ordered tickets for the first 5 rounds that night. We will only use new tickets this year so as to avoid duplicates. If anyone wants to bring snacks for the volunteers (fruit, veggies, dips, candy etc) that would be helpful.
Steve passed out posters for us to distribute around the area. We have yellow ones to take to merchants and a colored version for us to take to ticket sales (it has info on the club on the back of the sheet). Alex suggested that it doesn’t cost much more to print Rotary information on the back of the yellow posters and we should do that in the future. Tony suggested sending circulars home with school kids just as we do for the Hometown Holiday Celebration. Plymouth Elementary is all digital now, so if we send them a digital copy they will send it to all of their students. Beth will take care of notifying the Campton, Thornton, Plymouth, Ashland and Rumney schools.
Sharon will post the master solicitor’s list on ClubRunner. If you have a new business that you would like to ask for a donation, be sure to check the list first so that you don’t ask someone who’s already been assigned to another Rotarian.
Setup night will be Thursday, October 16 at 5 pm.
Hometown Holiday Parade: All town officials have been contacted. If you have anything you’d like to add to the schedule for the Hometown Holiday Celebration, be sure to get it to Bill in the next week so he can have these fliers printed before the Penny Sale.
Friday at 7 am will be the next meeting of the admin committee. Phil will send out the Zoom Link.
Happy dollars were shared by Tony, Mike, Denise, and Walter.
Steve noted that tonight there will be a concert at Owl’s Nest in Campton by a very talented Ukrainian musician pianist named Vadim. The event starts 5:30 for drinks and appetizers with the performance scheduled for 6:30. Admission is by donation and proceeds benefit the Common Man for Ukraine.
Please see below for the obituary for former member and past president Douglas Willett.
Douglas George Willett Jr. Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Douglas George Willett Jr. of Rumney, New Hampshire, who passed away on September 28, 2025 at the age of 78. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Douglas George Willett Jr. to pay them a last tribute.
In the quiet moments of reflection, let us honor Douglas' memory by embracing the beauty of each fleeting moment, knowing that his spirit resides in the eternal tapestry of existence, forever woven into the fabric of our hearts.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Barbara Willett, and Douglas Willett, Sr.. He is survived by: his wife Barbara; his daughters, Jessica and Meredith (Mark); and his grandchildren, Peyton and Jake.
A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, November 1st 2025 from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Common Café & Tavern (2 Quincy Rd, Rumney, NH 03266).
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in Doug's memory to the Newfound Football Program (Checks made payable to: Friends of Newfound Football, POB 52, Bristol, NH 03222) or Plymouth Huskies Football Program (Checks made payable to: Plymouth Regional Huskies, PO Box 20, Plymouth NH 03264 or venmo: @plymouthhuskies), two programs very dear to his heart.
Respectfully submitted,
Lora Miller, secretary