Monday evening it was brought to my attention that I had been negligent in keeping the membership apprised of Board activities since meetings had been moved to after dinner rather than before. So, the following is a summary.
Events: The Board approved assistance to the September First Responder Tribute, Jonnycake Pasta Dinner in November, Football Night with The Rotary Club of Stoningtons, Chowder CookOff for February 2018, Charitable/Scholarship Auction Dinner in May 2018 and Summer Pops Concession in June 2018. Planned prior to Club year end, the Golf Tournament took place in October 2017. The Cookoff, Tournament and Pasta Dinner resulted in net proceeds of $17,783. Our Wishing Well at McQuade's Market brought in $1,355 so far this fiscal year.
Contributions (Local Community:
Chorus of Westerly ( June2017 Pops concession proceeds) $5,000
Westerly Pee Wee Football $500
Ocean Community Chamber (Westerly-Pawcatuck Bricks & Murals Event) $500
Columbus Day Parade Committee $250
The Frank Olean Center, Inc (in memory of Vito DiPaola) $150
The Foundation for Life (Bikes for Kids Event) $300
Westminster Youth String Ensemble $100
Literacy Volunteers of Washington County $200
Jonnycake Center of Westerly (proceeds from Pasta Dinner) $2,729
URI Rotaract Club service project $300
WARM Shelter (fuel assistance program) $250
Hope Hospice of Rhode Island (in memory of Thelma Gaccione) $150
Ocean Community Chamber (ZipLine Event) $520
Girl Scouts of Rhode Island (Summer Camp) $150
Westerly Veterans Memorial Committee $500
Total = $11,549
Contributions (International Community):
Rotary's Polio Plus Program $550
Rotary's Every Rotarian Every Year (member donations) $900
Haitian Health Foundation $100
Water for Cambodia $100
LaJoya (Mexico) Kindergarten Renovation project $500
Total = $2,150
Students of the Month Program - continued with the assistance of Principal Todd Grimes with outstanding students each month. Plaques were donated and engraved by Nigrelli's Jewelry with our grateful thanks.
Grants: We applied and received approval from the District Grant Committee to continue the Reforest the Tropics Project now both in Westerly Middle School and Westerly High School. District will award $1500 toward the $3500 funding required.
Library Books: We have continued the program of donating a book to the Westerly Library in honor of our guest speakers and that cost of this fiscal year, so far, is $102.
Next week, I will provide an update on Membership activities in service of others.
SAVE THE DATE: Installation of 2018/2019 Officers will take place July 9, 2018.