Linda Cargiuolo President
Jacquelin Apsler Pres.-Elect
Marc Hamilton Secretary
Joel Berenson Treasurer
Melinda Nicholson Asst. Treasurer
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Calendar:Sept 17Bedford Day
Sept 20Tricia Blanchet, founder and president of Operation Delta Dog will join us and talk about her efforts to rescue homeless dogs and put them to use as Service Dogs
Sept 27No luncheon meeting.
Sept 276:00 PM meeting with Governor Charlie Baker.
Oct 04Douglas Bailey will take us on a tour of his favorite French haunts
Oct 11Joshua Komyerov of MA Down Syndrome Congress (MDSC) and talk about the benefits of employing down syndrome people.
Oct 18Alethea 'Lee' Yates, author of Bedford - A Postcard History;former President, Executive Director, and newsletter editor of the Bedford Historical Society will talk to us about historic sites along Bedford’s walking trail.
Oct 25Minuteman Senior Services Assistant Director, Leslie May-Chibani, and private care manager, Kris Whitney will present their program "Minuteman by Your Side"
Nov 01Camile Antonia Alarcon Ormeno, our ESSEX exchange student from Chile will be with us to talk about her native Chile.
Nov 08Board of Directors meeting – Nat Brown’s office
Nov 08Open
Nov 15Dr. Ann Keissling founder of the Bedford Research Foundation will talk about stem cell research.
Meet Governor Baker: Governor Charlie Baker is coming to Bedford. The purpose of his visit is to learn about Rotary in Massachusetts and explore the possibility of partnering with Rotary in tackling some of the nagging issues currently ongoing in Massachusetts. The event will be held at our Doubletree Hotel on September 27th. 6:00PM – 8:00PM. It will be held in the evening and the cost will be $37 per person. Tickets may be purchased on the district website =
The Rotary Foundation: Spotlight on Bedford. Ralph has come with more amazing statistics; In the past 20 years the Rotary Club of Bedford has participated in 40 Projects here in the USA and 18 different countries around the world.Our club and our Rotarians contributed $96,829 to these projects. but adding in the funds from The Rotary Foundation Grants and other Partnershipsthe total value of these projects soars to $464,783. But we have participated in or undertaken and completed many projects over the years that do not involve matching grants. When you add in the total value of all these projects and programs the numbers increase dramatically. The total contributed by Bedford Rotarians and The Bedford Rotary Foundation totals $525,000 with a total project value of $850,400.
New Member:We have said it many times and will continue to say it, the lifeblood of any Rotary club resides with its members. This past weekend we welcomed Bopha Malone to our club. Bopha was born in Phnom Penh Cambodia and now resides in Bedford. She is in banking and is looking forward to working with us in the coming months and years.
Shootout for Soldiers:One of our visitors today was Col. Michael “Sully” Sullivan. Mike is the local leader for Shootout for Soldiers, which is a fundraiser to supply funds for needy soldiers returning from combat. The event is a 24-hourlacrosse marathon. We heard Sully’s presentation last year and supported the event. As part of his visit today Mike brought us a certification for our support of the event last year.
Operation Delta Dog: Trisha Blanchet founder and president of Operation Delta Dog was with us to explain how she has turned abandoned dogs into service dogs to help veterans.
Every day, 22 veterans take their own lives in the United States, almost oneper hour.Thesevets serve their country and then come home to face the even greater challenges of TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) andPTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) that can leave them debilitated, sleepless, and unable to cope. Massachusetts is home to about 400,000 veterans. If Veteran's Administration estimates are correct, that means that about 20 percent of those, or 80,000 of our friends and neighbors, are suffering with these invisible disabilities right now.
On the other handeach year, more than 50,000 dogs wind up homeless in Massachusetts. Many of these animals are sweet-tempered and trainable, but there’s just nowhere for them go. The sad result? Nearly half of all shelter animals are euthanized.
About four years ago Tricia thought it would be a good idea to put the two together and she started training the dogs and matching them with needy Veterans. To date her team has trained and placed 37 dogs with veterans.
Raffles and Happy Dollars: One of our guests won the raffle prize and Bob Mead won another shot at the 50/50 raffle. Today was a special day with a half dozen service men and women attending our club to hear the program about Operation Delta Dog and many members gave up their happy dollars in honor of their attendance, Another common happy dollars was for our hugely successful Bedford day and for Diana who took it over at the last minute, Cliff was additionally happy as his daughter is now qualified to run the Boston Marathon, Bopha was happy to be a member of our club, Terry was happy to be sitting next to John Peterson, Linda was happy to have her daughter visiting from out west, Judi was happy to have started an after school school in Bedford.
The Four Way Test / Let’s Make Up!- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Tues / Chelmsford 12:15 p.m. Radisson Hotel; Maynard 6:15 p.m. Payton’s River’s EdgeReading 12:15 p.m. Peter Sanborn Place; Lexington 12:15 p.m. Waxy O’Connor’s
Clinton 12:15 p.m. The old Timers Restaurant; Hudson 6:00 p.m. Hudson Portuguese Club; Wellesley 6:30 p.m. Wellesley Community Center; Woburn 12:15 Holiday Inn Select Hotel; Billerica8:00 a.m. Stelio’s Family Restaurant ;Concord Sunrise 7:30 a.m. Colonial Inn / Wed
Thurs
Fri / Acton-Boxborough 12:15 p.m. Holiday Inn, Boxborough; Restaurant; N. Reading 12:15 Hillview Country Club; Waltham 12:15 p.m. The Chateau Restaurant; Wilmington 12:15 p.m.
Ayer 6:30 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant; Brookline 12:00 Holiday Inn; Burlington 7:30 a.m. Beckford’s; Concord 12:15 p.m. Colonial Inn; Marlboro 12:15 p.m. Coral Seafood; Westford 12:15 p.m. Westford Regency; Neshoba Valley 7:15 a.m. Great Brook Farm;
Burlington 12:15 p.m. Hilton Gardens; Littleton 7:30 a.m. Ken’s Cafe
PAST PRESIDENTS
1956‐57 Glenn Sims
1957‐58 E. Gottschalk
1958‐59 Ron Davis
1959‐60 John Bowen
1960‐61 George Doherty
1961‐62 Frank Hennessey
1962‐63 Robert Mead
1963‐64 Clifford Hughes
1964‐65 Fred Olson
1965‐66 J. Clive Enos
1966‐67 Nathaniel Brown
1967‐68 Donald Drew
1968‐69 Joseph Bruno
1969‐70 Ralph Collins
1970‐71 John Whalen
1971‐72 George Benson
1972‐73 Maurice Nolan
1973‐74 Pat Sciaraffa
1974‐75 Ed Moore
1975‐76 Ed Moore
1976‐77 Winston Bridge
1977‐78 “Syke” Bumann
1978‐79 Matt Tomassian
1979‐80 Peter Kilmartin
1980‐81 Lawrence Carlton
1981‐82 Paul C. Dick
1982‐83 David Valdina
1983‐84 Jack Wilson
1984‐85 Peter Corea
1985‐86 Robert A. Cassidy
1986‐87 Ottfried Weisz
1987‐88 Kenneth W. Luther
1988‐89 John B. Debaun
1989‐90 Kenneth R. Walcott
1990‐91 David J. Rossi
1991‐92 James W. Harrill
1992‐93 Peter Light
1993‐94 Norma A. Barton
1994‐95 Ralph M. Hammond
1995‐96 Holly A. Chaney
1996‐97 Milan W. Jackson
1997‐98 Gregory S. Symko
1998‐99 Florence A. Rossi
1999‐00 Robert M. Kennedy
2000‐01 Heidi A. Pusatere
2001‐02 David R. Hannum
2002‐03 Joel Berenson
2003‐04 William Waite
2004‐05 Meg Packenham
2005‐06 Susanna Natti
2006‐07 Terrence Parker
2007‐08 Lea Ann Knight
2008‐09 Virginia Clerkin
2009‐10 Victor Tom
2010‐11 Cliff Rober
2011-12 Christine Pinney
2012-13 Peter Colgan
2013-14 Robert A. Cassidy, Victor Tom, Margarita Kaliviotis
2014-15 Kevin Sullivan
2016-2017 Diana Jarvis