Hi Fellow Rotarians,
Our next meeting of the Jaffrey-Rindge Rotary Club will be on Thursday, October 5th, at 7:15am, at Franklin Pierce University. John and I are meeting prior to Thursday's weekly meeting to discuss the current list of potential club projects and determine how to best translate this list into desirable, viable 2023 projects.
Our Thursday meeting this week finds Vache Hambardzumyan, MD, PhD, FEBS, joining us as our guest speaker. He is an orthopedic surgeon at Monadnock Community Hospital (MCH), and he will give a short presentation about the world of orthopedic and spinal surgery. He will be accompanied by Lee Ann Moore Clark, the Philanthropy and Community Relations Manager at MCH.
With Halloween upcoming, we have several Rotarians who volunteered to help with the "Scarecrow on the Commons" on the front lawn of the Jaffrey Clay Library on Saturday morning, October 7th, from 10am to Noon; we need three afternoon Rotarian volunteers for the Noon to 2pm shift, so please let us know who you are on Thursday.
Please note the enhance current list of proposed Rotary Project for the current Rotary 2023/2024 year.
Yours in Service,
Bill/John
Enhanced list of proposed Rotary Projects for 2023/2024:
- Russ Gaskamp - overnight warming shelter for homeless through his Peterborough Church
- Bill Raymond - Convert former welcome center/gazebo site to a pollinator garden; tidy up & weed whack around signs coming into Jaffrey & Rindge
- Bob Schaumann - After school program
- Andy Lawn/Owen Houghton - Community meal
- Nutrition assistance for select students in the Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District. This would be a follow up to our Club’s 2018 startup support of the Rindge Congregational Church’s Got Lunch program. It would also be a collaboration with the Conant class of 1973 and their efforts to raise funds for kids who come to school without breakfast and/or without money for lunch. This was described at a recent meeting by David Griffin of the Conant High School Class of 1973.
- Harold "David" Davis - Coat Drive; Bird seed sales
- Rudra Aryal - Discussion with JRMS/Conant Students on Science and Math
- Lori Rautiola – Welcome to Rindge signs throughout town
- Greg Walsh – Rotary Garage Sale
- All – 2023/2024 Fund Raiser