SOUTHBRIDGE ROTARY CLUB
Bulletin for November 28, 2012
Meeting at the Southbridge Business Center, Mechanic Street, Southbridge
12:00 Noon, Wednesdays
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
Chartered May 13, 1927
SPEAKERS:
12-05-12 MEETING TO BE HELD AT THE NEW HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL. See bits & Pieces for details.
12-12-12 Al Lanni presents Shen Yun 2013, a Chinese dance team (no dancing)
12-19-12 DOD Center Shutdown
12-26-12 DOD Center Shutdown
01-02-13 Terri Lisle, TBA
01-09-13 Richard Mangion, TBA
01-16-13 Bob Knight, TBA
01-23-13 Paul Jalbert, TBA
01-30-13 Bruce Desrosier, TBA
VISITORS/GUESTS: ADG Roy Balfour
ATTENDANCE 63% RAFFLE: Pat pulled the Ace of Spades on the 1st try and got $57.00
HAPPY DOLLARS: Dino paid for Southbridge and Leominster both winning the Turkey Day game; ADG Roy paid for the Neonatal cameras; Ken paid because Terry knows it all; Terry paid for playing golf during a meeting; Pat paid for the speaker; Bill paid for a makeup and his Granddaughter taking first steps; Terri paid for a family Thanksgiving: Joe A. paid for the holiday.
BIRTHDAYS: None ANNIVERSARIES: None
MAKE UPS: none FINES: None
BITS AND PIECES: Our meeting on 12-5-12 will be held at the new Southbridge High/Middle school. We will meet in the lobby at noon for a tour of the facility and then have lunch in the cafeteria.
ADG Roy spoke about the neonatal intensive care unit web cameras. These cameras help new parents and family members keep watch on the critical care Newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit at UMass receive. These WebCams are helping 600 infants yearly and is a joint effort of the UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center and the Worcester Rotary club. Special web cameras are mounted above the incubator providing parents and family 24-hour a day, seven days a week access to a live video stream that they watch from their computer or laptop or iphone. Each camera costs $1200 and the donor gets recognition for the gift. Right now UMass has only six shared cameras mounted on IV poles and they have been viewed by families all over our state and families all over the world. Most of the worldwide usage is by military stationed overseas. Their goal is one camera per infant bed that will allow all the parents and families access around-the-clock. There are 49 beds in the UMass Children's Center. Southbridge Rotary membership is responsible for three cameras being donated.
PRESIDENTS TALK: President Bill reminded us that we are meeting at the new school next Wednesday. He then pointed out that the DOD will be closed for the last two weeks of the year so we will not have meetings those weeks.
He mentioned that we need a Board meeting within the next week or two so members may get a call to meet at his office.
SPEAKER: Pat introduced Bill Mason of Blessed John Paul Parish, St. Vincent’s Pantry. The St. Vincent's food pantry serves the Sturbridge and Southbridge area and gives monthly handouts to 300 families. Of those families 100 people are seniors. The food pantry gives out 8 to 9000 pounds of food monthly. The need is so great that the pantry has now outgrown its resources. Questions asked are, who are the hungry, and how can you help. Mr. Mason said he needs ambassadors to look for the hungry in town. The pantry also offers a senior supplement now. They give each senior a $10 gift card and a bag of food. Many seniors have had to give up their apartments and either live with relatives, or have some other living arrangement. Sometimes they cannot afford the apartment. Once a month they receive enough food to last for one week. In September they had a bag collection and 800 bags were collected and were used up in three weeks. When they receive cash they buy food with it. They credited Big Bunny Market for selling food to the pantry at their costs. Bill mentioned that hunger in this world is in the heart more than the stomach. The pantry is located in the basement of the ministry center at St. Mary's Church on Hamilton Street. It is run by 35 volunteers, none of which collect a salary. The only expenses they have are electric and phone. Because of government cutbacks they expect an increase in need. Bill finished this talk by making an invitation to all who want to visit the facility to contact him.
Club Roster 2011-2012
P= Past President
Athanas, Joseph P. (P)
Blanchard, Bryan (P) Bousquet, Glenn L. (P2) Brenner, Jay
Carlson, Ronald P. Chernisky, Ronald (P)
Coderre, Joseph A. (P) Coderre, Robert E. (P) Colognesi, Theresa G. (P)
Clemence, Richard
Desautels, Clement T. (P) Desrosier, Bruce J. (P) Davenport, Jeffrey
Detarando, Jay DiGregorio, Albert J. (P) DiGregorio, Paul J.
Jalbert, Paul R. (P) Jawor, John
Keefe, Edward G. Knight, Robert H. (P)
Lanni, Arnold (P) Lannon, William Leboeuf, Eric
Lisle, terry Main, Jason (P) Mangion, Richard M.
Mills, Paul A. (P) Mitchell, Sean 4-25-12 Morrill, Patrick S.
Menard, Joan
Nikolla, Peter
Pettinelli, Philip (P) Plouffe, Normand E. Prokos, Alexander
Prohaska, Otto
Rizner, Kenneth E. (P) Rockwood, Marjorie (P)
Smalarz, Thomas J.
Tata, Constantino H. (Dino) Taylor, John E. Tremblay, Ronald
Waddick, James H. (P)
P = Past President
Officers and Directors
John Jawor President Dino Tata International Service
William Lannon President Elect Terri Colognesi Vocational Service
Jeffrey Davenport Vice president Peter Nikola Community Service
Paul R. Jalbert Treasurer Joan Menard Club Service
Theresa Colognesi Secretary Terry Lisle Sergeant At Arms
Joe Coderre Club Advisor Terry Lisle Attendance
Director Ron Chernisky Dino Tata Bulletin Editor
Director Bryan Blanchard Director Glenn Bousquet
Paul Harris Fellows
Joseph P. Athanas 1995 Paul A. Mills Richard Ayers Terri Colognesi 05-26-10
Robert E. Coderre John E. Taylor Zygmund J. Damian
Kenneth E. Rizner 10-30-1997 Paul R. Jalbert 2001 Marjorie Rockwood 5-11-2002 Glenn Bousquet.10-08-2008
James Waddick 2006 Bryan Blanchard 2006 Ronald Chernisky 9-03-2008 Jeffrey Davenport 1995
Constantino H. Tata (Dino) 2-26-04 Ronald Carlson 07-20-11
Deceased and Non-member Paul Harris Fellows,
Burns, Charles E. Laliberte, Oswald J. Leclaire, Romeo H. Moreno, Laurence
Mozley, George Ricci, Raymond A. Wilson, Calvin Witter, Simon E.
C. Stanley Knight C. Stanley Knight Charles T. Parham Judith Flannery (Non-member)
John CS. Crosbie Philip S. Morrill Albert J. DiGregorio 1960 Normand E. Plouffe 1995
Neighboring Clubs
Sturbridge Monday 6:00 Publick House, 277 Main Street Sturbridge, Ma.
Webster Dudley Wednesday 4:30 Point Breeze Restaurant, 114 Point Breeze Road, Webster
Putnam Tuesday 12:15 J. D. Coopers 146 Park Road, Putnam, Ct.
Auburn Wednesday 6:00 Heritage Coffee Shop, Heritage Mall, Rte. 12 Auburn
Brookfields Thursday 6:30 Wok Inn Corner Rte. 67 & Rte 9, W. Brookfield, Ma.
Worcester Thursday 12:15 Coral Seafood, 225 Worcester Street, Worcester, Ma.
The Four-Way Test
Is it the truth?
Is it fair to all concerned?
Will it build goodwill and better friendship?
Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
ROTARY CLUB OF SOUTHBRIDGE
P. O. Box 51
Southbridge, Mass. 01550
Chartered May 13, 1927
Club No. 2588 District No. 7910
www.southbridgerotary.org
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