Salem Rotary - The Spoke - Current (Jan 31, 2012)

Went to the Mass Dental Association convention. Also thanked the Spinners and supporters for their help with the Spin-A-Thon. The club raised $1,675.00. Great job everyone.

JOHN HALL

The World Peace and Understanding dinner is next Wednesday. He is looking for people to represent the Salem club. Please see him or Tim Clarke to sign up.

ANNOUNCEMENTS & CLUB BUSINESS

President Tim would like to thank all of the Spinners who represented the Salem Rotary Club. Our group was featured on the front page of the Salem News.

On February 1st, we will serve dinner at the Lifebridge. Please see Mark Leavitt for the sign up to volunteer.

The club is seeking a new Spoke editor. The editor takes notes, John Quinn takes the photos and the information is imputed into the template. The process takes about an hour weekly.

We are voting today for the new set of Board of Directors. The new board members will be announced at next weeks meeting and put in next weeks Spoke.

The World Peace and Understanding Dinner is February 8th. We are looking for volunteers to attend.

The auction is right around the corner and we need more sponsors and donations..... We need basket donations (preferably cash donations) so we can purchase the items and put the baskets together. If you prefer to give an item that would be fine. Please see Anna Kulakowski with your items or cash. Also, please see the auction information listed below.

Next weeks program is SATV.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALEM ROTARIANS

There are no Rotarian birthdays this week......

SPEAKER OF THE WEEK

Kevin Harvey, Southern Essex Registry of Deeds

Kevin spoke on behalf of Registrar John O'Brien.... Kevin spoke about the foreclosure problem with big banks and lenders. There were fraudulent foreclosures going on which was uncovered by our Registry of Deeds.

UPCOMING EVENTS - FUTURE SPEAKER

Please visit the calendar section of our web site for additional important dates.

http://www.salemrotary.com/Calendar.cfm

Service clubs like Salem Rotary cannot function without the assistance of all of its members, and their friends, families and business acquaintances. We are calling for your help in our BIGGEST fund-raiser of the year, our annual auction. It is scheduled for Friday evening, March 16, at the Hawthorne Hotel.

Here is some pertinent information on how you can help:

1. Buy tickets, not just for yourself, but for some friends and business contacts who will come and bid for the good of our cause. Then COME to the auction and bid early and often!

2. Tickets are only $75 each, or a table of 8 for $475, which works out to less than $60 per ticket -- and includes Drink Tickets, Hors d'oeuvres, Dinner, and Wine with Dinner, as well as the taxes and service charges. You cannot go out to dinner for that much, and have such a nice evening!!

3. Bring some bottles of wineto be included in our "WINE CELLAR" raffle. If everyone who attends brings two bottles of wine, there should be one person who will win over 200 bottles of wine. You can bring the wine with you in advance to Rotary, and Juli Lederhaus will collect it in her office.

4. Donate itemsto the auction. Think about things you have access to that others might desire and want to pay for! Think about creative things you can make or do, and give those. Donate those items to the auction, and please do so soon. You can bring things like gift certificates to Rotary with you, but we ask that anything of size be brought to John Walsh Insurance on Margin St. to be held until the auction. We need to know SOON what items we have to auction, so we can get them in the program book.

5. If you are not able to think of those kinds of things, donate cashnow to the auction committee. They will use your cash to create innovative and desirable gift baskets to put in the auction. See Chair Liz Bradt to do this.

6. Take out an ad in the program book. This is good for your company, or a way you can recognize a special someone.

7. Spread the word. Everyone is welcomed to attend. The more of the general public we get to attend, the better. Do you know anyone who has a child who has benefited from our generosity? Get the word out through them!! Forward this email with great abandon!!!!

8. Volunteer to assist the committee the afternoon and night of the auction. We have some one and two-hour shifts where we can use your help, or help from members of your staff or family who you would recommend to us.

If you have questions, email Liz Bradt at docliz@creaturehealth.com or call her at 978-740-0290 or Bob Dionne at rdionne@cataldoambulance.com at (617) 599-4497.

We cannot do this alone!!! We need your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much from the entire hard-working AUCTION COMMITTEE!!!

"QUOTE OF THE WEEK"

"Donation, Donations, Donations!!!!!." Bob Dionne and the Auction Committee

STUMPER OF THE WEEK

What Rotary Club is having their annual auction on Friday March 16th at the Hawthorne Hotel and needs donations and sponsors? THIS IS AN EASY ONE!!!!!

LAST WEEKS STUMPER

Which Salem Rotarian has perfect attendance for 13 years?

ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS STUMPER

Our very own Bruce Whear..... Great job, Bruce.... Keep it up and in another 50 years you will catch up to John Quinn.

Please email all announcements to be added to the Spoke and/or feedback to salem_rotary@yahoo.com by Noon on Wednesday. Also, feel free to contact any of the committee members listed below.

Committee Chairperson & Editor: Bob Dionne

Photographer: John Quinn & Juli Lederhaus

Graphics and Photo Editing: Rich Eisner

Committee Members: Brenda Smith, Malia Griffin & Sandy Heaphy

Salem Rotary Club

PO Box 608

Salem, MA 01970

(978) 744-9070