Hanover Rotary Club Minutes

10/4/2017

Hanover Rotarians: 19

Visiting Rotarians: Rich Hayes, Bon Air Rotary Club

Guests: None

Speaker(s): Penny Guiles

Grace: DanPledge: Penny

Important Dates:

  1. Roadside cleanup on our adopted highway; Lee Davis Road on Saturday, Oct. 21st. Martin has emailed out the details. Dan has confirmed that we can park in the Lee Dentistry parking lot.
  2. The Sherriff’s Fall Fellowship Festival is also on Saturday, Oct. 21st from 10-3. Please contact Dan if you’d like to work the Rotary booth.
  3. November 4th Bon Air Rotary Club is hosting a special event at Salisbury Country Club. Please reach out to Rich Hayes for more information if you are interested.
  4. Saturday, December 9th from 10-6pm is our designated Salvation Army bell ringing time. We will be at the Walmart in Ashland. The signup sheet is going around – please sign up if you can and see Janice with any questions.
  5. Our Hanover Rotary Christmas Party will be on Thursday, December 14th from 6-8:30pm at the Ashcreek Clubhouse – Please mark your calendars now! **We will not have our regular meeting the night before on Wednesday the 13th.

Other Announcements:

  1. Jim Cypress was welcomed into our club and presented his official rotary badge! Welcome Jim 
  2. Dan recognized Ted for his 1 year of perfect attendance – Way to go Ted!
  3. JoAnn has sent everyone an email with detailed information on our peanut sales. Please consider participating – funds go towards our club so we can support community organizations. Deadline to order: 11/15; Peanut Delivery: 12/6
  4. Anyone interested in donating water tablets for Puerto Rico can bring them to the meeting on 10/11 so they can be collected. Holly will ensure they get on the plane so they can be distributed!

Program: Penny Guiles, Classification Speech

  • Penny, whose given name is Maria, was given her nick-name, when she was a baby for the color of her hair 
  • Penny was raised by her grandparents in South Carolina, having played the clarinet in high school. She graduated from University of South Carolina with a degree in Marketing/Management.
  • She is a very proud founding member her Omega Phi Alpha service sorority chapter and is still very involved, leading the effort for their national conferences.
  • Penny moved to Richmond 12 years ago for a job offer from Ferguson. She eventually moved on from there and found herself working the front desk at a hotel and found her niche in hospitality.
  • She currently serves as the Convention Services Manager for the Hilton Garden Inn, Downtown, and feels as though this is her dream job! 
  • Penny helped start the Church Hill Rotary club and served as President, saying that it was hard work but very rewarding.
  • Penny likes to be casual, loves sports(to include the Redskins and Gamecocks) and reality TV  Penny is married and she and her husband have a cat.
  • Welcome to our Hanover club Penny!!!!

4-Way Test: Marshall 