Dear Rotarians,
The Jaffrey-Rindge Rotary Club will meet this week at the Cathedral of the Pines on Thursday, May 14th, at 7:15am.
Our speaker will be Kathryn Downey and her team at NH Hunger Solutions. This organization was established in 2017 by child nutrition champion Elaine VanDyke. What started as a grassroots initiative to expand access to school breakfasts and summer meals for children became an organization dedicated to changing the structural systems that allowed food insecurity to persist.
As a reminder, on Thursday, May 21st, the Rotary Club will NOT meet in the morning because we will be meeting in the afternoon for golf or the evening for our first spring social at Andy Lawn's house.
We will meet again in the morning on Thursday, May 28th at the Cathedral of the Pines. Our speaker is Jonathan Gourlay for Monadnock WindowDressers, an organization that brings community volunteers together to make low-cost insulating window inserts that function as custom, interior-mounted, storm windows. They install these around communities to improve the warmth and comfort of interior spaces, lower heating costs, and reduce pollution associated with burning fossil fuels.
Let's sell those sponsorships and tickets! July will be here before we know it, and we cannot keep up our good works if we don't have a successful fundraiser. We have great bands coming - including Sheep Dip, a local favorite for more than a decade. We also have a dozen artists and artisans already committed, and excited, about the event. Your committee is planning a fantastic menu of kebabs and other BBQ fare. The site is extraordinary. We need all hands to make this a success!
Remember that the Rotary District Conference is coming up on May 30, 2026. District Governor Donna Deos invites all Rotarians to join her for a dynamic one-day conference that Saturday at the Best Western Hotel in Keene. The District has been planning an energizing program filled with inspiration, fellowship, and hands-on service. Several Jaffrey-Rindge Rotarians have already registered, which you may also do at the Rotary 7870 District website found at https://rotary7870.org/
It's getting warmer!
Yours in Service,
Tom
