A big payoff is coming for some lucky person.  Our weekly raffle is growing.  I believe there are only 8 cards left. 

 

Make sure you come and buy tickets.  You can't win if you don't come to the lunch meeting and take a chance or 10.  

On April 27, a group of Rotarians delivered trees to every Reading Public Schools 5th Grade Student.  This year's tree, specially chosen by our resident botanist, KC Latham, was a Lilac tree.  Rotarians visit each of the five elementary schools, tell them about Arbor Day, the importance of trees to our ecology and a little about Rotary.

 

  

 

Team Reading Rotary picks up the saplings at the DPW garage.

 

The students were excited to receive and plant their trees.  Below, Kyle, a Joshua Eaton School 5th Grader, prepares to dig the hole for his tree.

 

 

At Monday's meeting, we had Carey Ann Gallini and Lisa Sobhian from the Alzheimer's Association as our speakers.  They gave us a lot of good information and spoke of resources form families dealing with dementia.  Everyone seems to have a loved one effected by Alzheimer's or dementia.

 

In addition the Alzheimer's Association will hold a fundraising walk, a Walk to End Alzheimer's, on September 16 in Andover (and through out the country at other locations).  Carey Ann walks for her mother and is currently the top fundraiser for Andover.  Follow the link for info or to donate.

 

Our District 7930 is holding a Rotary Means Business Networking Event in Woburn on May 9 from 6-8.  This promises to be a great opportunity to mix with Rotarians from other clubs.  To register, click here.

 

On May 6, form 6-9, My Brother's Table will hold their comedy night Grin and Share it XIV at Montvale Plaza.  My Brother's Table is a soup kitchen in Lynn.

 

Reading Rotary is buying a table.  If you are interested in attending, please let President Brian know.  Seats are available at our table.  Come have a laugh and support a great charity.

As has been the Club practice, we will be accepting nominations for a Club awarded Paul Harris Fellow.  We are looking for a person or persons who embody the Rotary ethics of community service and high professional ethics.  We are looking to award a PHF to a community member committed to service.  If you have any ideas, please pass them along to the PHF Committee (Brian Snell, Tim Kelley and Bobbie Botticelli) by April 25.

 

We intend to present the Club awarded Paul Harris at our Club Installation Dinner in June.  Please also note that many Rotarians have a lot of Foundations points and you may be able to award a PHF with your already accumulated points.  Also, if you want to honor someone and don't have accumulate points, you can make a donation of $1,000 to the Foundation and name that individual a Paul Harris Fellow.

 

Each Rotarian's PHF points can be viewed by logging into My Rotary then going to your Profile and Donor History Report.

 

If you have questions, please ask one of us on the PHF Committee.

Our Club will participate in the Service Week Project that the District will hold on May 21-25.  Our efforts will be in the area of serving lunch at the New England Center and Home for Veterans in Boston on May 21, 2018.  Only twelve (12) people may travel into Boston on that day.  Volunteers must be available from 10:00-2:00.  We will meet at the RMHS and car pool in from there.  We should return by 2:00.  Whether people volunteer to serve lunch that day or not, the club is also holding an underwear drive for the residents at the Veteran’s Home.  Contributions of underwear, both men’s and women’s, are due at our May 14th meeting.  Alternatively, Maureen Hanifan has offered to take cash contributions and she will make a bulk purchase.  Donations to Maureen are due by May 7th’s meeting.  If members are interested in serving lunch that day, the first 12 people to make a request to President Brian via email will go.

The multi-District Summit at Washington will be held May 4-6.

 

Keep our schedule of meetings and events at the tip of your fingers.  You can sync the Club Calendar on ReadingMaRotary.org with Outlook, Google Calendar or Apple Calendar on your personal device.  Go to this page, click subscribe and follow the instructions.