Jodie welcomed everyone and lead the pledge of allegiance. She thanked Debbie for taking minutes, Clyde for Sargeant at Arms and Michael for Zoom Administrator.
Guests attending were Luman and Carol Phinney and Candy B.
Club Anniversaries: Marshal Smith, Barbara Clark, and Kelly Brown. Also, Mary Beth Harmon for September.
Door prizes were won by Shelley, Candy, Marian, April, Ray, and Kent. Debbie won the $12 50/50 and donated it to the cause of Prothesis. Happy dollars were given by Debbie, Jack, Dave, Carl, Stephanie, Rebecca, Marian, Fred, Luman, and JoAnn.
Polio cups are on the tables.
Lincoln enthusiastically shared the events planned for polio week. World Polio Day is October 24th and we will participate with the YMCA on a walk at 11:00am. On October 20th the first walk will start at 10:00 am at Knowlton Park, then a family walk at 12:30 at the High School Track followed by fellowship at Fogtown from 3-5 pm. Fogtown will be donating 10% of sales to polio. T-shirts are available for sale for $15. One design has the polio logo and the other design is purple and gives polio the finger.
Clyde updated on the location options for Trunk or Treat. The Y will host their event Halloween night from 4-6pm at the Y. The second option is Saturday October 26th at Hannaford. Please let Clyde know what your preference is.
Loaves and Fishes is holding their auction Thursday evening from 5-7pm and could use a few volunteers. Please let Clyde know if you can help.
Jodie provided updates on the success of the Autumn Gold breakfast. After expenses the club netted over $3,100 for the international project, $239 in scholarship donations and $48 for polio. Everyone thanked Kelly for all her planning and leadership at the event.
JoAnn spoke about Membership Night planned for next week October 8th 5:30-7:00 at China Hill. Please let JoAnn know if you are bringing a guest. The cost for members is $15, however guests are complimentary. Appetizers, desserts, door prizes will be available.
It is that time of year for considering a leadership position in the club. Nominations for Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and President Elect are available. Please see anyone on the Board to express your interest in one of these positions.
Kelly Brown, Executive Director at Next Step Domestic Violence Project was our guest speaker. She spoke about what she and those at Next Step have learned from survivors. She shared different areas of abuse which include “power and control,” physical abuse, emotional abuse, financial control, isolation from support groups and others. Survivors continue to “teach us” to be better. She shared that “Safety Planning” is what the agency does along with numerous programs and services offered. They do have legal council on site, however has lost funding for the second attorney. Volunteers are always welcome, with training provided. Currently, the agency covers Washington and Hancock counties and employees 17 people.
Next week October 8th we meet at China Hill and will host Membership Night.
Respectfully Submitted by Debbie Ehrlenbach
