Minutes of the S.Shore Council / 8 Aug 2010
NEXT SOUTH SHORE COUNCIL MEETING – Wednesday, 15 Sept 2010, 6:30 PM
Peppercornz, Rte 18 (1037 Main St), Weymouth, MA 02190
S.S. Council Contact Information:
- Chairwoman: Helen Blowers / Weymouth Club
84 Sandtrap Circle, Weymouth MA 02190
Cell: 617-750-7511 / Business 781-331-1943 /
- Vice Chairman: Barry Fireman / Sharon Club
19 Kennedy Road, Sharon, MA 02067
781-784-7246 / Cell-Hm: 781-248-4736 /
- Treasurer: Stephen Ingle / Hanover, Norwell, Pembrook Tri-Town Club
27 King St, Hanover MA 02339
Ph: 781-982-9193 / Cell-Hm: 781-953-1071 /
- Bill Tennant: Sgt at Arms / Braintree Club
365 East Ashland St, Brockton MA 02302
Ph: 781-767-9999 / Cell: 508-479-5606 /
- Secretary: Jacob Vinton / Foxboro Club
34 Shepherd St, Foxboro MA 02035
Cell-Hm: 508-735-5184 /
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Your Secretary gives apologies for the errors in your last month’s Notes to Chair-Woman Blowers and Vice-Chair Silverman’s contact information. The contact information above has been corrected.
- Again, my apologies to our Chair and Vice-Chair.
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CLUBS and ATTENDEES:
- Abington / Harold Simms
- Braintree / Bill Tennant, Jules Barones
- Bridgewaters / Red Brittan, Jack Ryan
- Brockton / Mort Feinberg
- Canton /
- Cohassett /
- Duxbury /
- Foxboro / Jacob Vinton, Lew Gordon (Pres)
- Hanover /
- Hingham-Hull / Kim Perruzi lizaeth Minelli
- Holbrook / Judy O’Brian
- Milton /
- Norwood /
- Plymouth / Noontime
- Plymouth Sunrise /
- Quincy / Marybeth Curran
- Randolph /
- Rockland-Hanson / Kim Anderson, Steve Silverman, Amy-Jo Aronson-Silverman
- Situate /
- Sharon / Barry Fireman
- Stoughton /
- Tri-Town (Hanover-Norwell-Pembroke) / Steve Ingle
- Weymouth / Steve Bergfors, Bill Tennant, Helen Blowers, Guests: Steve Certa, PDG Joe Clancy
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- PDG Clancy held a Membership Seminar focused on Member recruitment. We will be interested to see how this was received !!
DISTRICT EVENTS:
- Rotary Foundation Seminar @ Whites of Westport, MA
66 State Street; Westport MA 02790
Program starts at 8:00 AM.
Plan on arriving at least ½ hour before for registration
SAVE THE DATE !!
No “Save the Dates” this Month
COUNCIL NOTES:
All Clubs –
Please collect the names and contact information of (3) interesting speakers that you think would hold interest to other clubs. This information will be collected in a “Speakers Resource list.” Attached please find current List and forward to your Club’s program chairperson.
Send any additions to
MISCELLANEOUS UPCOMING ACTIVITIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
The South Shore Council has a number of active programs in the local and International arenas:
Some projects in process:
- Abington: Recover School Books being discarded by local schools: All levels Kthru College. All books are currently being sent to the Rotary Club of Lakia Contact Hal Simms / Ph: 781-878-6840 for more info.
- Weymouth’s S.African Project to provide Adult Literacy and Life Skills Program in Kwazulu Natal, headed up by Paulette Boudrot,is now completed. We look forward to her presentation on the program at a future date. Contact: , 617-750-7511 for more information.
- Group Study Exchange:
Clubs interested in a joint meeting to hear of the GSE Team experiences Russia.
Contact Mike Maholchic, , 617-252-6350
COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION:
- Current Treasury Value:
- The S.Shore Council is up and running with ClubRunner off the District 7950 ClubRunner site. Quick link to the District Site: SSC Link <Double Click on the “SSC LINK”
CLUB NOTES:
1/ Abington: Harold Simms: No Notes
2/ Braintree: Bill Tennant (Jules Barones reporting)
- Monday Night 8/16/2010 Braintree had (18) Members and guests at the Pawsox Rotary Night.
- Very Successful Golf tournament in June netted over $8,000.
- Annual Rotary Picnic at the Mark Logan “Estates”.
- Inducted a new member Rotary to give the club 20 new members for the year.
- Braintree will hold their Great Grown-up Spelling Bee on 24 Oct 2010 at Braintree. Get your best four spellers on stage !!
3/ The Bridgewaters: Red Brittain / Alt- Bruce Marquis
- Had (25) members and kids at the Pawsox Rotary Night.
- 12 Sept 2010: will hold a Chicken BBQ
- Will award the annual Citizen for the Year which will include (3) towns.
4/Brockton: Mort Feinberg
- Slow start to the Rotary year with “in-house” projects and programs.
- Held the Basil-Bourne Golf Tourney with proceeds going to the Brockton Club.
- The Brockton Rotary’s Community Corp located inside the Sinai Hospital in Stoughton will hold it’s annual fundraiser thru a Walk-a-Thon in September for Seniors that need full time care.
5/ Canton: Roz Applebaum – No Report
6/ Cohasset: No Report
7/ Duxbury: Charlie WeyerHauser
8/ Foxboro: Jacob Vinton
- The Club inducted (3) new members at our last meeting, one of whom is my wife, Karen.
- Early planning for starting the Visioning Process
- First football game of the year was this past Sunday and parked over (130) cars. Luckily the weather held out and no one got to wet and the BIG BONUS – The Pats WON.
9/ Hingham-Hull:
10/ Holbrook: Robert Willard
- 28 June 2010 - Installation of Officers
- 12 July – Scholarship recipients and RYLA Representatives attended out meeting and gave a report on themselves and the RYLA event.
- 19 July – Steak Cookout with various clubs attending
- Have held two off-site meetings: Miniature Golf and Bowling outings
- 23 August: Senior Cookout at Holbrook court
- 19 Sept: Mohegan Sun Casino Bus trip (check in with Judy O’Brian/Holbrook club if interested)
- Meetings will be back at the Halfway Café after Labor Day.
- Judy O’Brian Holbrook is running a “Keys for Hope” program. Old, unused keys are collected, melted down and sold for scrap to support a local food pantry. Bring those old that no longer to any lock in your house to the next meeting. !!
11/ Mansfield:
12/ Milton: Michael Maholchic - No Report
13/ Norwood (www.norwoodrotary.org): Matt Leonard – No Report (See the Website)
14/ Plymouth Noontime: Steve Silverman
- Participated in the 4th of July Celebration Parade and helped to raise finds for next year’s Celebration by collecting donation along the parade route.
- 28 Aug: the club cooked and sold hamburgers and hotdogs on the waterfront during Plymouths festival days.
- Plymount club will be holding a Golf outing /tournament on Mon, 27 Sept 2010 from 1PM – 5PM at the South Marsh Golf Club in Plymouth. .Dinner and cocktails (non necessarily in that order) will be served after golf.
- The Plymouth ClubRunner Wedsite has been recently updated. Check it out !!
- The Club’s President’s Night celebration will be held on Mon, 30 Aug 2010. For more information, please go to the Plymouth Clubrunner Site.
15/ Plymouth Sunrise:
16/ Quincy: Marybeth Curran
17/ Randolph:
18/ Rockland-Hanson: Del – Juvy Hartweg
19/ Scituate:
20/ Sharon: Barry Fireman
- The Sharon Club has (6) potential candidates in the pipline
- Working on defining potential projects.for 2010 with an emphasis on International Service.
- DG is scheduled to visit the club on Mon 13 Sept.
- DG to Visit the club on Mon, 13 Sept.
- Had a Rotary Booth at “Square-Jam” (5 Aug 2010 in Sharon Center and shared information on the Shelterbox Program ( and the Club (and got (3) potential member leads!!).
21/ Stoughton:
22/ Tri-Town: Hanover, Norwell, Pembrook Tri-Town Club – Steven Ingle
- CALLING ALL CLUBS !! The Tri-Town Club would like all clubs in the S.Shore Council to help raise money for the purchase of a Handicapped Van for the Friendship Home.
CONTACT: Steve Ingle /
23/ Weymouth: Steve Bergfors
- The club is went to a Million Dollar Meal at a sr.Citizens (Week of 24 Aug 2010)
- Held their annual outing at Webb Park on the 8th of Aug.
- Attended the Pawsox Game Mon 16 Aug 2010
- Enjoying our new President and his Program Plans for the Year.
NEXT SOUTH SHORE COUNCIL MEETING – Wednesday, 15 Sept 2010, 6:30 PM
Peppercornz, Rte 18 (1037 Main St), Weymouth, MA 02190
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Jacob P. Vinton / Foxboro Club
Secretary, South Shore Council
Rotary District 5950
Email:
Ph: 508-735-5184
FAX: 774-215-0183
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S.Shore Council Speakers List / Last Updated : 8-Aug-2010
1 / It is with great regret that the S.Shore Council honors the recent passing of James W. McLarurin, a veteran of WWII with the Tuskegee Airmen in Europe and Italy and a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. / New England Chapter
WWII Veterans Organization of Black US Army pilots in the ETO
(European Theater of Operations) in Italy and Africa)
Contact: James W. McLarurin
Email: / Ph: 781-340-0273
2/ Carepacks
Contact:
Email: / Ph: 781-340-0767
Addr: PO Box 536, Weymouth MA 02190
3/ VA Boston Healthcare System, Voluntary Service
Contact: Brian J. Kiernan
Email: / Ph: 774-826-1135
Address: 940 Belmont St, Brockton MA 02301
4/ South Shore Hospital / Cancer Center
Contacts: David Rudolph, MD, et.al.
Email: / Ph: 781-634-8476
Jen Martina / Ph: 781-340-4223 (Admin)
Brenda Dore Ph: 781-340-3778 (Admin)
5/ Federal Investigator / EEO and Sexual Harassment Issues
Contact: Linda Engle / Ph: 800-669-4000 / 617-565-3200
Email: (note – change!!)
Addr: JFK Bldg, Rm 475 Government Center, Boston MA 02203
6/ Friendship Home /A Care Facility for disabled children for Adult Parent/Caretaker Respite
Contact: Wilma Goodhue, Co-Founder / Ph: 617-740-9607
Contact: Ruth ??, Co-founder
Email:
Web: www.FriendnshipHome.com
7/ Rhythm Speaks Drum Circle
Contact: Ed Sorrentino / Drum Circle Facilitator
Contact: George Raymond / Ph: 617-653-0964
Email:
8/ The Atlantic Symphony
Contact: Nina Wellford / Ph: 781-740-5694
Email:
9/ United States Secret Service
Contact: Kevin Griffin / Secret Service Agent / Ph: 617-565-5640 x3588
Email: Kevin
Bio: Find out what the Secret Service REALLY does.
10/ Michaela J. Gagne / Living with Heart Disease
Michaela is a Heart Disease Survivor from her early Teens
Addr: 28 Day St, Fall River MA 02734
Contact: Ph: 508-567-4944
www.MichaelaGagne.com
11/ Norfork County Registry of Deeds
Contact: William P. O’Donnell / Register of Deed for Norfolk County and the
Asst Recorder of the MA Land Court.
Email:
Addr: Registry of Deeds, 649 High St, Dedham MA 02026
Web: www.norfolkdeeds.org
12/ Ricky Martin / Performing Artist
Ph: 781-534-3265
Email:
URL: http://Web.me.com/rickyma10
13/ Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar / Cheih Hsu
Ph: 410-301-2839
Email:
14/ Christine Lott / Charitable Works and Economic improvement in Tanzania
Email 1:
Email 2:
15/ Drug and Opiate Awareness
Lynn Frano / Drug Free Community Grant Co-Ordinator
Ph: 781-682-3587
Email:
Jim Bailey / Ph: 781-953-1037
Email:
16/ 2008-09 Ambassadorial Scholar of Good Will for Rotary International
Nina Elizabeth Ferry
Email:
Blog Addr: www.NinaInFantasticFiji.blogspot.com
Cell Ph: 508-648-1416
P.O. Box 1511, West Tisbury, MA 02575
17/ GSE Team Experience in Russia
Michael Maholchic
Email :
Ph: 617-252-6350
18/ Kawjobe, S.Africa Project – Women’s Literacy and Life Skills Project
Contact: Paulette Boudrot / Weymouth Rotary Club
Email:
160 Burkhall St #302, Weymouth MA 02190
Ph: 617-750-7511 Website: www.ChrisCares.org
19/ Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Historic Ship-Wrecks)
Lawrence Matthew / Email:
20/ The Reading Partnership / Jean C. Fahey PhD
Box 10 Pediactrics, S.Shore Hospital, Weymouth MA 02190
21/ The Better Business Bureau / Kevin Sanders
235 West Central St, Suite (??), Natick MA 01760-3760
22/ Mercy Ship Presentations / Peter Connelly
69 West St, Duxbury MA 02331
23/ Computer Security / Donald Lutz
1318 Liberty St, Braintree MA 02184
24/ Office of OSHA / Tim Irving
639 Granite St, Braintree MA 02184
25/ President, Archbishop Williams H.S./ Mr. Carmen Marinano
80 Independence Ave, Braintree MA 02184
26/ R Boy Scout Presentation / Richard D. Switzinger
2438 Washington St, Canton MA 02021
27/ Key for Hope Presentation / Ralph L. Greenberg
69 Memorial Drive, Avon MA 02322
28/ Old Colony Hospice / Ms. Linda Werman
One Credit Union Way, Randolph, MA 02368
29/ Public Relations Mgr, Milton Hospital / Jason Bouffard
199 Reedsdale Rd, Milton MA 0286?
30/ The Handel and Hayden Society / Greg Sorensen, Dir of Marketing
300 Massachusetts Ave, Boston MA 02115
31/ Braintree Electric Light Co / William Bottiggi, Mgr
150 Potter Road, Braintree MA 02184
32/ Organ Donation / Paul L. Duffy
22 Mt Vernon Ave, Braintree MA 02184
33/ Aging Crisis / Ronald P. Rogers
561 Washington St, Norwood MA 02062
34/ Criminal Sentencing / Frank Camey
24 Whittier Rd, Braintree MA 02184
35/ Project Smile, Inc. / Catherine Pisacane, Exec Dir.
P.O. Box 336, Hopedale MA 01747-0336
36/ Author and Publishers / Edward and Yolanda Lodi
Rock Village Publishing Company / Middleboro MA
Email: .
37/ I.D. Program / Susan Setterland, VP and Director of Retail Banking for S.Bank
Addr: S Bank, 195 Washington St, Weymouth MA 02188
Ph: 781-337-3069 / / www.S-Bank.com
If you find an interesting Speaker, please share that Speaker with other clubs by forwarding the Speaker’s Contact information to the S.Shore Council Secretary: Email, Phone, Fax
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