Rotary Day of Service - Tri Club International Service Project / also District 7890 Day of Service
area of focus: Food Insecurity
Date: April 9, 2022
Time: TBD - in 2019 the time was 10-12
Cost: TBD - in 2019 our club put in $333 towards the project
Please let Laura know if you would like a shirt - call/text/email 860-881-5427, rotarywatson@gmail.com
Sign Up will go around NEXT week

Day of Service Sign UP	Volunteer on April 9, 2022	T-Shirt
Claudette	X	X
Dave	X	X
John	X	X
Lee	X	X
Ken	X	X
Norm		X
Judi Ann	X	X
Ilene Lyons (JA Friend)	X	X
Mary	X	X
Mario		X
Laura	X	X
Ella	X	X
Les	X

Topics Covered during the meeting:

We discussed year 2 of spring flower sale - time frame: orders around Easter - Pick up around Mothers Day

Our mini-grant application is online

Barnes Nature Center would like a clean up before 5/21/22 Spring Fair

Today is Fat Tuesday

NEXT week Jim + Dawn will present Farmers Market Opportunity

Happy / Sad

Bob - stopped in from the Newington Club - he did a Stroke presentation before the pandemic - would like to come back and see up

John - happy Sara is back in town, happy 103rd birthday to aunt, check out Pie fundraiser that Meg is doing with Middletown Rotary - flyer below
OV - happy to be meeting in person
Mario, happy to be here. Late
Mary, happy to be in person, nice win for UConn last Tuesday
Judi Ann - happy to be In-person
Bob. - Happy to be here, hate zoom, UConn women back!
Les, Congrats to Bristol Central and Laura's daughters for beating Platt + making it into the tournament,
Recommend https://www.natazrest.com/
Norm, a story about Laura being efficient - mailed the COG and didn't use a stamp! Then Norm did a magic trick
Laura - Ashley's Chestnut Hill team won 1st game, Bristol Central Won - going further in the tournament, sad Chris will be in Vegas for work, happy to be in person, happy Sarah is here
Lee, sad, Ukraine rotary
Radcliffe, happy to be here, happy buck for UConn men

Sara - working part-time for Bristol Blues as community development, interested in becoming a member of the club,

also working part-time at Flair - https://flairsouthington.com/, also part-time at https://www.benidormbikes.com/about/hours-directions-pg176.htm

Cassidy won - but did not pick the queen of clubs - but rather the king of clubs

Upcoming events

March 4 + 5. 2022 - Virtual PETS

April 9. 2022 - Harvest Pack - Tri Club International Service Project / also District 7890 Day of Service area of focus: Food Insecurity

April 29, 2022 - District Conference - South Bridge Hotel, MA - $200 per person - Saturday - Murder Mystery, service project worked in!

NEW - - Dates TBD - Preparing and serving dinner at Zion Meals for Neighbors

-Our club will take the 3rd or 4th Wednesday on each Odd month

* we will prepare 40 meals - 1/2 to be served in the newly painted basement of the church,