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Newsletter - Archive Jul 22, 2010
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ROTARY CLUB OF FORT LAUDERDALE

Established 1922

District 6990, Club 4444


            

Upcoming Speakers:

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

Anyone interested in hosting

the incoming exchange

student should

contact John Aquino. 

 

ROTARY MOMENT

Steve Leinicke stated

that every minute of every

day some one's life is

being improved somewhere

in the world due to the

Rotary Foundation. 

Becoming a Paul Harris

Fellow or Paul Harris Sustaining

Member helps build the

Rotary Foundation.

 

MAKE UPS

Mike Grimme, John

Aquino and George

Maxwell

 

OTHER NEWS

I will be on vacation

next week, so if you

send me any emails

or voice mails they

will be taken care of

the following week.

Thank you in advance

to Johanna who will

be taking notes for me

at the meeting next

week.

 

LAST WEEKS MEETING: 

7/21/2010

 

Song:

My Country Tis of Thee led by Linda 

Spaulding White

 

Pledge:

John Gustafson led us in the Pledge of

Allegiance

 

Prayer:

Don Glenn led us in prayer

 

Guests:

Dr. Bob Easton introduced the following guest

Rotarians:

Bob Easton Sr. from Lady Lake, Florida 

The following Rotarians brought in guests:

Jack B raunstein, Rick Marshall and Judge 

Rosenberg

 

Happy Dollars:

The following were Happy:

Charles Felix, Martin Brody, John Langstaff,

Ray Willliams, Dr. Helmholdt, David Maymon, Frank

Lanzana and Sheldon McCartney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winners:

Mike Casey purchased two tickets to A

Night of Browdway Stars and the money

was donated to the Covenant House.  Ed

Cripe won a pool membership to the

Riverside Hotel.  Sheldon McCartney

purchased the flowers donated by

Kathy Morgan. 

 

The  50/50 pot is now up to $1,322.00

 

   

                  

 

  

 

PROGRAM

John Gustafson introduced James Gress who is the executive director of the Covenant House of Florida.  The Covenant House is an international organization that originally began on the streets of NY 40 years ago for street kids that had no where else to go.  Their mission is to meet the needs of young people under the age of 21 who are truly homeless.  Mr. Gress has served the Fort Lauderdale are for the past 25 years and over that period of time 33,000 young people have been served by the Covenant House of Florida.  The Covenant House helps homeless kids under the age of 21  and gives them shelter, meals, clean cloths, counseling, health services, education, job readiness assistance etc.   Their first goal is family and two thirds of the young people that have come to the Covenant House are right from this community.  To acknowledge their 25 year anniversary, they are holding A Night of Broadway Stars on December 3rd at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.  Tickets are $125 each and can be obtained through the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

FOUR WAY TEST

  Of the things we think, say or do:      

    1.   Is it the TRUTH?

       2.   Is it FAIR to all concerned?

       3.   Will it build GOOD WILL and   

              BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

       4.   Will it be BENEFICIAL to all

              concerned?