Pledge: Kathy Callinan
Prayer: Gerri Lewis
Song: Rick Beck
Card Game: Sandy Miller
Raffle: Joan Michaud, Charlie Renshaw, Jim Crawford (ALICE)
Happy Bucks: Many for our guests, Joan is happy for her granddaughter's wedding, Marty is happy for his daughter's wedding, Pete is happy for his grandson's graduation from pre-school.
Announcements:
Meals on Wheels - Brent and Charlie R.
6/20 - District Installation Dinner, 6/22 - OS Rotary Installation Dinner at Saybrook Point Inn 6:00 PM, 6/29 -Y&FS Program, 7/6 - First meeting at Fresh Salt. Guests include:Paul Mangels and Paul Indorf.
7/13 RYLA,
7/20 Martha Hoffman; Uganda Clean & Safe Water.
Program: A.L.I.C.E. (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed)
Presentors: Ed Bonilla, Dawn Parker, Lauren Ashe, and Jim Crawford, explained the financial hardship of many people in our state. In Connecticut, 1 in 4 households have earnings above the Federal Poverty Level but below a basic cost of living threshold. Despite working hard, these households struggle to make ends meet. United Way calls this newly identified demographic ALICE. Combined, ALICE and Poverty households comprise 35% of all households in the state, revealing that more than 1 in 3 Connecticut households is experiencing financial hardship. In Old Saybrook the number is 25%, Westbrook is 33%, and Old Lyme is 21%. You can help ALICE by contacting your local United Way to volunteer to help ALICE households or by giving to United Way's Community
Impact Fund. This certainly was an eye opening presentation.
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