Fort Lauderdale Rotary - Newsletter - Archive (Jul 19, 2010)

ROTARY CLUB OF FORT LAUDERDALE

Established 1922

District 6990, Club 4444

Upcoming Speakers:

7/21 - The Covenant House

7/28 - Paul Schuler-

The 2010 Gulf Spill

8/4 - John Gilles - Special

Agent - Miami Division

8/11 - Kim Bokamper - Former

Miami Dolphin

Upcoming

Special Projects:

(SEE CALENDAR

FOR DETAILED

INFORMATION)

7/1 - 7/24 - Co-op

Feeding Program - 1st

Annual Holiday in July

Toy Drive

INCOMING EXCHANGE

STUDENT

Mike Casey spoke about how

it is such a great

experence to host an

exchange student. Anyone

interested in hosting should

contact John Aquino.

Scholarship Recipient

Brian Robl attended the

luncheon and thanked

the club for awarding

him a scholarship and

commented on how

great it is to talk

to other recipients through

Facebook.

TEN DAY NOTICE

Tom Peterson - Marketing

Conslutant - sponsored by

Jack Braunstein

LAST WEEKS MEETING:

7/14/2010

Song:

America The Beautiful led by Linda

Spaulding White

Pledge:

John Gustafson led us in the Pledge of

Allegiance

Prayer:

Don Glenn led us in prayer

Guests:

Marty Kurtz brought in a guest

Happy Dollars:

The following were Happy:

Don Glenn, Meryl, Martin Brody

and John Sigel

Winners:

Erica Baer won a bobble head

donated by Jerry Rosenthal.

Bill Gundlach purchased the

flowers.

The 50/50 pot is now up to $1,265.00

Weird News:

St. George Guardabassi

District Governor Doug Maymon is a Past President of the Pembroke Pines Rotary Club and the Weston Rotary Club. He has been awarded Districts Rotarian of the year three times. He spoke about the upcoming District Conference which is scheduled on November 11 - November 15th and will be on the Majesty of the Sea (Royal Caribbean) cruise ship. It will be a little bit of Rotary and alot of fun. He said to book your cabin early since cabins are running out. Mr. Maymon also spoke about Rotary weekend with the Miami Dolphins which is scheduled for December 4th and 5th. This year's Rotary motto is Building Communities and Bridging Continents. He stated that Rotary adds value to our lives by participating in such projects as the exchange student program, GSE, Polio Plus etc. He said that Rotary provides great fellowship, great table conversation, the ability to network and great weekly speakers.