Salem Rotary - The Spoke - Archive (Oct 27, 2009)

President John provided a check in the amount of $577.00 to VeAnn Campbell the Executive Director of St. Joseph's Food Pantry. This donation is from our "Change to Change Lives" initiative. This money will help feed 30 families on Thanksgiving. We will continue this initiative monthly. Please stay tuned for the next date. A big thanks to everyone who donated.

John Neely announced that our exchange student Julie Ripoll is currently staying with Julie Lederhaus until December. She will then stay with Jane Stirgwolt. If any Rotarian would like to invite her to a function or spend the day with her please see Julie Lederhaus or John Neely.

President John provided a check for $3,000.00 in contributions to Friends Forever founder Bob Raiche.

The next dinner at the Salem Mission will be held on Thursday November 5th at 5:15pm. Rich Blazo will be this months team leader.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALEM ROTARIANS

Marie Gagnon - November 3rd

Dave Gendall - November 4th

Mark Shaw - November 5th

Anita Blackaby - November 7th

SPEAKER/PRESENTER OF THE WEEK

Dave Gendall - Friends Forever

Our program connects our communities in the United States with teens from regions of conflict, primarily Northern Ireland and Israel. We select the best and brightest from these historically conflict-prone geographies and start them on a year-long comprehensive training program that begins with a two-week team-building course in New England. The key to our success is the involvement of communities in these programs. You can make a profound difference in the future of these teens and their communities.

We were fortunate to have 10 kids and 2 chaperones from Northern Ireland attend today's meeting. A few of the kids briefly spoke and answered questions from Rotarian's.

FUTURE SPEAKERS/PRESENTERS

November 3rd - Ed Barker, Grange Wine Company

November 10th - Linda Saris, Salem Cyber Space

November 17th - Bob Norton, President and CEO, NSMC

UPCOMING EVENTS - SAVE THE DATE

Please visit the calendar section of our web site

for additional important dates.

"QUOTE OF THE WEEK"

I went outside to find a friend but could not find one there. I went outside to be a friend and friends were everywhere.

STUMPER OF THE WEEK

In what year was the Ambassadorial Scholarships, the Rotary Foundation's oldest and best known program founded?

LAST WEEKS STUMPER

Name the Salem Rotarian who graduated from Salem High School in 1995. He was member of the track team for Salem then went on to run for Salem State College.

ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS STUMPER

Salem Rotarian Jeff Holloran

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 Chairman: Brenda Smith

Acting Newsletter Editor: Bob Dionne

Photographer: John Quinn & Juli Lederhaus

Graphics and Photo Editing: Rich Eisner

Committee Members: Denise Flynn, Jim Haskell and Sandy Heaphy

Salem Rotary Club

PO Box 608

Salem, MA 01970

(978) 744-9070