Dear Rotarians,
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Walt Disney
The Jaffrey-Rindge Rotary Club will meet Thursday morning, October 8th, at 7:15am, at Franklin Pierce University. Andy Lawn has the Invocation.
Our guest speaker this week will be Engagement Manager Laura Brusseau from The Mayhew Program in Bristol, NH. Mayhew challenges and helps at-risk New Hampshire boys to believe in themselves, work well with others, and find their best.
Last week, we had the pleasure to welcome Claudia Stewart, Cheshire County Commissioner, as our speaker. She discussed the area that is included in Cheshire County, which is over 22 towns and the City of Keene. The County has 20 departments that provide a wide variety of services that are largely focused on health, public safety, and justice-oriented programs to the residents of the County. Claudia also discussed how local organizations can benefit and apply for grants.
We also, congratulated our student of the month, Weston Saari, an eighth-grader from Heritage Christian School in Rindge.
The donations we have been collecting for the last two weeks for Nepal Relief has raised $1000 from contributions from individual Rotarians, and our Club matched this amount with another $1000, totaling $2000 sent directly to the Rotary Club of Kathmandu in Nepal.
The Jaffrey Select Board invites everyone to join them on October 8th at 5:30pm on the new bridge in downtown Jaffrey, part of the construction project Citizens may assemble on Blake St. There will be a free ice cream cup at Station 16 immediately following.
Reminders: The Jaffrey Fall Fest is this coming Saturday, October 10th, from 12:00 Noon to 4:00pm. We are still looking for a few Rotarians to help from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Our next Community Supper is Thursday, October 22nd.
There will be a Board meeting at noon on October 14th at the Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce office.
Because of the Columbus Day holiday, the Club will not meet on October 15th. In addition, we will not meet the following Thursday, October 22nd, as Rotarians will be hosting the Community Supper that same evening of the 22nd.
Our next meeting on October 29th, and we will again be at the University at 7:15am. Our speaker will be our very own Dr. Jim Potter.
Yours in Service,
Donna
Student of the Month - Weston Saari, Heritage Christian School
Weston Saari (3rd from Right) is surrounded by his family, including proud parents, his younger sister, and his grandmother, as well as a representative from the Heritage Christian School. Sam Lafortune reads the Certificate presented to Weston. In recognition of his academic accomplishments, Weston also received a Gift Certificate to the Toadstool Bookshop.
Cheshire County Commissioner Stewart, Guest Speaker
Claudia Stewart, who serves as Vice Chair of the three-person Cheshire County Board of Commissioners provided the Jaffrey-Rindge Rotary Club an informative presentation on the various services that the County provides, as well as insights on how to apply for a financial grant. Following her presentation, she answered several questions posed by Rotarians that helped the Club better understand the work that the Commissioners do.
