President Don Bonner stated that Happy $'s from today's meeting would be donated to the Canton Interact Club.
Sue Budde said that she saw a Robin this morning. She was hoping that meant that spring might arrive soon. She also wanted everyone to know about a special service at the West Avon Congregational Church this Sunday. GLO has been adopted by their mission outreach committee. Jolly and Kurt Lux will be introduced at the service. A reception would be held afterwards.
Paul Mikkelson thanked the new Interact club for coming to our meeting. He also made a plug about shopping at ShopRite.
Rick Heath offered Seabury's services to help with navigating the maze of senior services.
Chuck Joseph had $20 for Interact.
Larry Haber was flying off to Denver to be with family.
Greg Demanche had a call from his oldest son, Bear. He wanted to let his Dad know that he was planning on flying home to help celebrate his sister Katie's 16th birthday.
Bob Case had $5 for Interact.
Alicia Canning, Interact Chair, emptied all her money from her purse to give $3 to the Interact club.
Gary Roman announced the birth of a granddaughter, Amelia, on Monday. Their grandson, Sam, has already decided that his sister's name will be Millie. Sam, 5 ½, confided that with his grandmother, Angie Roman, that he wasn't quite sure what to do with his new younger sister. A quick trip to the bookstore provided some lessons on being the big brother and have a new baby in the house.
Peter Vignati gave $20 for the students.
Gary Miller said that he would be in Lake Placid next week to watch the Olympics from the Olympic Village and ski at Whiteface Mountain with Debbie and his daughter, Gina's, family.
Len Dunstan thanked the Interact club for coming to our meeting.
Jolly Lux announced that it was Kurt's birthday. She also remarked that GLO now has 12 local Rotarians help 4000 people at the clinic.
Announcements
Tastes of the Valley - Joanne Santiago said that all the restaurants have been lined up. Josh Gillooly, TOTV Chair, thanked everyone for all the calls about where he has been. He said he is working out his schedule so that he can have better attendance. He was very grateful to all the TOTV committee members for picking up the load. Ann Clark announced the next committee meeting would be held at Farmington Gardens rather than at Dish 'n' Dat. She also requested volunteers to help with a variety of tasks at the event: setup, cleanup, greeting guests, helping M&R, etc. Chuck Joseph said that we have sold more VIP tickets than last year and still have room for more due to the new venue. Gary Hyde said that regular ticket sales were lagging but hoped they would improve over the next week or so.
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Saturday, February 24: Tastes of the Valley at Farmington Gardens. Each member has been provided 4 regular tickets ($50) for personal use or to sell. Anyone wishing to obtain VIP tickets should contact Chuck Joseph. Tickets can also be bought online on the Club's website. Checks should be made out to "Avon-Canton Rotary Community Fund, Inc." which is our 501c3 charity. Gary Hyde has asked that the ticket numbers be written in the Memo field. The information on the back of each ticket should also be filled in.
Friday, June 8: 2018 President's Installation Dinner at Farmington Woods Club House. The new slate of Officers and Directors will be installed for the 2018-2019 Rotary Year. Several members of the club will receive Paul Harris Fellowships for club service. Tickets will be $45 each.