Pledge/Prayer: President Bob Chase
Song: Bill McLaughlin
Brents Card Game Winner: Charlie Norz
Sergeants Report: Lee David
Visiting Rotarian: Rich Beck from Jupiter, Florida
Raffle Winners: Bill Bernhard, a DARE student, Joan Michaud, Walt Osborne, Matt Vogt, a DARE mom
Happy Bucks: lots for our guests, Charlie was very happy to win the card game
Announcements:
Next week is our special meeting in which we award scholarships to area high school seniors. Please make every effort to attend.
Wed, June 17 is our installation dinner. The new officers and board take over. The meeting will be catered at our regular location (Pavilion) and Gerri is taking sign-ups.
Students of the Month (Physical Education): Bill McLaughlin
Lyme-Old Lyme: Ashley Davidson, future plans: study Nursing at Hawaii Pacific University
Old Saybrook: Catherine O'Brien, future plans: study Nursing at Endicott College
D.A.R.E Program
We had the pleasure of meeting 10 of the winning essayists of the DARE program and family members at this mornings meeting. Officer Michael Spera talked about the program and the importance of the club's support, then turned it over to Officer Sam Barnes, the Middle School DARE instructor. Sam instructs the kids on the importance of making good decisions and consequences that could result from bad ones. Dealing with peer pressure and being a good citizen are important aspects to the program - its not just about drugs and alcohol abuse. The program is given during the school day, is for 5th graders and there are 10 lessons at 1 hour each. At the end of the program, the kids are asked to write an essay and despite the difficulty, 10 are selected for merit. The 10 students in attendance read a portion of their essay.
Treasurers Report: John Donnelly
John passed out the current spreadsheet showing income and expenses.
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