Fort Lauderdale Rotary - Newsletter - Archive (May 10, 2010)

ROTARY CLUB OF FORT LAUDERDALE

Established 1922

District 6990, Club 4444

Upcoming Speakers:

May 12 - TBA

May 19 - Exchange Student -

Madeline Johannson

Upcoming

Social Events:

June 9 - Year End Party

Upcoming

Special Projects:

(SEE CALENDAR

FOR DETAILED

INFORMATION)

6/5 - Beach Clean Up

9AM - 11AM followed

by a BBQ

WE NEED A HOST FAMILY

FOR OUR INCOMING

EXCHANGE STUDENT "MON"

WHO IS FROM THAILAND.

PLEASE CONTACT JOHN

AQUINO FOR MORE INFO.

LAST WEEKS MEETING:

May 5, 2010 at JA World

Song:

Chuck Brandon led us in the singing of

My Country Tis of Thee

Pledge:

President Bill Gundlach and Zoey,

Mayor for the day at JA World

led us in the pledge

Prayer:

David Kramer led us in prayer

Guests:

John Gustafson introduced the guests.

The following Rotarians brought in

guests: Mike Grimme, Jack Braunstein,

Pat Byrnes, Les Campbell and Jean Willey

Winners:

Les Campbell's son won the 50/50 money. A guest

won a tire gauge donated by Jerry Rosenthal. Jerry

purchased the flowers that were donated by Kathy

Morgan and gave them to Melissa Aiello.

Jerry Rosenthal has been nominated to fill the 8th position of the Board of Directors for the 2010 - 2011 Rotary fiscal year. Election will take place in three weeks.

County Commissioner Stacy Ritter who represents District 3 in Northwest Broward, spoke about the 14% drop of property values in Broward County which will ultimately cause a drop in the County's budget. Parks and library's will be either closed earlier or closed one day a week in order to help the budget as well as other cuts in the upcoming fiscal year. She stated that Broward County is the second largest county in the state of Florida and we will be seeing projects such as the airport and the expansion of Port Everglades come together.

Melissa Aiello thanked all those that attended the luncheon and read some of the inspiring letters written by some of the children that have attend JA World. Les Campbell spoke about the history of Junior Achievement and JA World and stated that 40,000 children will attend JA World for a day every year. The facility is 60,000 square feet and currently consists of two main programs: Biz Town for 5th graders and Finance Park for 8th graders. Since the attendance to JA World is mandatory for every Broward County public school child, they have to go through a 20 hour curriculum before attending.