
Opening Ceremonies: President Rebecca Greenlaw called the meeting to order and we all said the Pledge of Allegiance.
Rotary Opening Words: Rebecca Greenlaw
Sergeant at Arms: Peter Farragher
Zoom – Clyde Cushing
Thank you to all who helped set the room up and take it down. We appreciate it!
Birthdays and Anniversaries: Each week birthdays and anniversaries wishes will be sent from the club via email with an electronic greeting card. Be on the lookout for yours!
ROTARY BUSINESS:
Upcoming Blood Drives – January 24th and 28th: The Red Cross has reached out to our club looking for volunteers for two upcoming blood drives. If you would like to sign up to help, please contact them. The flyers were emailed to all members.
Community Event for Northern Light – February 12th: The Northern Light Hospital Provider Relations Liaison- Home Care & Hospice Susan Chaar sent a community event flyer to us and wanted to share with the membership. It is a “Get Your Life in Order” presentation being held on February 12th at the Moore Center in Ellsworth. The flyer was emailed to all members.
Rotary Craft Fair: April 26th at EEMS from 9am-1pm. Setup will be the day before. More details to come.
Join a Rotary Committee: Rebecca Greenlaw encourages club members to join a committee within the club. Learn more about Rotary and how you can help!
Volunteer Hours: Please let Tricia Quirk know if you have volunteered in the community outside of Rotary.
Door Prizes: Marian Wells, Linda Rose, Peter Farragher, Dave Wells, and Carl Lusby.
50/50: $8 to Kent Weisner
Happy Dollars: 3rd Quarter Happy Dollars will go towards: HCTC Skills USA
The following individuals gave Happy Dollars: Kent Weisner, Gene Pellerano, Linda Rose, Laura Pellerano, Bob Thomas, Mary Thomas, Dave Wells, Carl Lusby and Peter Farragher.
Guest Speaker: The guest speakers were Gene and Laura Pellerano and Ashley Johnson. Gene and Laura spoke and shared about the Rotary Learning Center. The Learning Center is a collection of online training courses for Rotarians. The courses are designed to help Rotarians develop new skills and become more successful.
They also gave an update about the club’s vocational committee: Upcoming HCTC events, scholarships and honors night. Club members are encouraged to help out with our Literacy project by reading to children at the Moore Center. Please contact Gene and Laura to sign up.
Ashley spoke shared information on how to have access to Rotary Online.
Rotary. Org - How to Set Up Your Account: We encourage all members to visit https://www.rotary.org/en to sign-in using your email address and create your own password. This will be the same information you use to login from our club website. Our Club website is: www.ellsworthrotary.org where you can login to have access to club documents.
This is a great opportunity to learn more about Rotary International, the Foundation, the District we are a part of, what our club is working on for this year and so much more!
Flyers were passed out explaining how to set up your account on rotary.org. Also, please visit our District Website: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/50110
Rotary ClubRunner Mobile App: Information was passed around about the ClubRunner Mobile for those of you who have smartphones or smart devices.
ClubRunner Mobile is a wonderful tool allowing membership directory data to be available at your fingertips as well as other club information such as weekly newsletters, upcoming events, guest speakers and meetings. It is a great companion to our ClubRunner website.
Next week’s guest speaker: Alice Grindle of the Eagles Nest Clubhouse.
Polio Cups: Reminder to donate to Polio! For every $1 donated, 7 children are vaccinated.
Respectfully submitted by Rotarian Ashley Johnson