The Rotary Beacon - Archive  Mar 5, 2004

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March 5, 2004

Happy Dollars: 

• Mary Andrews speaking for Ann MacAuly encouraged people to go to the Republican caucus; 
• Steve Jendzejec survived the polar dip last Saturday---$1,400  was raised; 
• Russ Peterson was happy to see Elias Thomas; 
• Annette Fazio’s son is doing well in sales and her daughter just got a job in Manhattan!;
• Fred Muehl is interested in starting a summer croquet league; 
• Steve Pelletier’s son Scott is heading to the Rugby Nationals in Memphis;
• Anna Kristina Sawtelle has been in Washington D.C.—in D.C. one now hears war planes flying overhead.  Washington has changed a lot since September 11^th.  A new Rotary Club was inaugurated.  Anna Kristina’s daughter who works in the Congo was very, very ill since Jan 14^th.  She was flown to South Africa and underwent back surgery.  She is doing much better and is now back in the Congo; Tom Elias is happy that Jim Bartlett is on vacation and he will now try to “attack” Jim’s client base;
• Andy Binger announced that To God Be the Glory starts Thursday at St. Christopher’s.

Birthdays:  Anna Kristina

Club Anniversaries:  Don Sweet

Lates:  many

Rick Mason is here on behalf of Yorkwise – fundraiser is on 4/3/04.  Please come out!

Greeter: next week, Scott Stevens.

Guest speaker next week:  Cpt. Scott Flanders from the Salvation Army.

Raffle: Andy Binger won.

Past District Governor - Elias Thomas - spoke of his trip to India; led a group of Rotarians back to India to participate in a national immunization day.  The group assembled in New Dehli on 2/19/04.  750,000 volunteers throughout the country on 2/22/04 immunized 168 million children in India.  Mr. Thomas is the head of the Annual Giving Chair.  Goal for this year by the end of June is to raise $225,000.  He is recommending every Rotarian give $100 every year.

Motion made by Steve to have every York Rotary club member donate $100 to the Annual Giving Chair. 

Meeting adjourned.