| Weekly Hightlights
Mark Your Calendar
There will be no meeting on July 4th in honor of Independence Day. So be Independent and stay home.
Save the Date
Our yearly outing at the Power Park is set for June 30th. Tickets are $18 per person which includes box seating and dinner. Sign up sheets are being circulated so join the outing. We thank Dave Yaussy and George Manahan in advance for providing the box seating.
Recognition of Officers & Directors
One picture is worth a thousand words and this year we honor and thank all of the people who have gone above and beyond the call to volunteer their time and talents keeping our Rotary Club running smoothly. So we thank all of you because without you we couldn’t have done it this year or in any year past or future.
New Paul Harris Fellows
We congratulate and than our newest Paul Harris Fellows – Michael Keeney and Jennifer Willits.
Passing of the Gavel
The Charleston Vandalia Rotary Club thanks Karen Price for her outstanding year of service as our Club President. We have been fortunate to have so many fine individuals serve the club and direct us through our many and growing list of community and International service activities. So thank you Karen for taking your turn at the gavel. Your service was greatly appreciated. We now welcome another outstanding Rotarian, Gaylene Miller as the 2008-2009 president who officially begins her term July 1st.
Roster of Officers for 2008-2009
| President |
Gaylene Miller |
| President Elect |
Jennifer Willits |
| Secretary |
Laura Ellis |
| Treasurer |
Michael Keeney |
| Board of Directors |
Mark Browning
Pam Cain
Priscilla Haden
Ruth Lemmon
Danny Scalise |
| Sergeant at Arms |
Mary Elisabeth Eckerson |
| Past-President |
Karen Price |
WV Read Aloud
Cynthia Kolsun is in charge of the signup sheet for the Read Aloud program scheduled for Malden. If you missed the signup sheet and are interested in participating in this project check with Cynthia next meeting.
Save the Date
Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Time reporter, David Cay Johnston will speak to the Charleston Vandalia Rotary Club on July 23rd. Johnston is author of two best-selling books – Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch. With his determined reporting Johnson answers the great economic mystery of how a strong and growing economy lends itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast number of Americans and shows us how we can finally make things better. We hope you will encourage members of other Rotary Clubs to attend.
Honor Your Pets
Between now and August 13th, we will be collecting dog and cat collars and favorite pet stories leading up to National Homeless Animals Day slated for August 16th at the Kanawha County Animal Shelter. Despite their best efforts to adopt out pets, the shelter still has to put down over 6,500 pets a year.
The collars will be strung together all around the shelter grounds to highlight the plight of pets who cannot find good homes. Nicky Walter from WOWK-TV is spearheading this project on behalf of the Shelter so if you need to reach her you may call at 982-0086.
But between now and August 13th Nancy Tonkin will collect the collars and stories you wish to share. If you know someone who likewise is an animal lover, share this with them and ask them to participate directly with the shelter or through Nancy Tonkin at the Vandalia Rotary Club.
Upcoming Prayer & Pledge Assignments
Wed – July 2 - NO MEETING
Wed – July 9 - Gabrielle Corey
Wed – July 16 – Terry Mathias
Speaker Notes
This meeting we took time as Karen Price reflected on her year as the Charleston Vandalia Rotary Club President. Our ever growing list of community and International service projects is listed on this website so please take a moment to read and recognize how we’ve grown from a small Rotary Club into a Club that really reaches out and accomplishes great things. Our Reverse Raffle fundraising party goes a long way to collecting the money we need to do great things and Jennifer Willits went above and beyond the call to roll out this yearly event and we thank her especially for the service. So again Karen, thank you. We couldn’t and wouldn’t have wanted to do it without you.
Upcoming Speaker
REMINDER – NO MEETING JULY 2ND
Membership Application
To join the Charleston Vandalia Rotary Club please fill out the online membership application or forward it to a friend.
Hope to see you Wednesday morning.
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