MORICHES ROTARY OF NY

In Attendance: Barbara, Christopher, Dr. Singh, Deborah, Ed, Jim, Joanne, Laura, Muriel, Peter, Newt, Bob D., Rob, Steve, Susan & Bill

In Attendance Due To Make-Up’s: Janice, Kevin, Rich & Tom

Guests: Pauline

New Business & Topics of Discussion:

Report from Barbara about the adopted family. The raffle went well and she thanked those who helped sell tickets. One family had 3 children and Barbara bought toys for them and another family was losing their home and they wanted a scooter and clothes. It went very well. Barbara thanked the club for letting her do this because she loves doing it. Money raised goes to community service.
There was a problem with a Hampton Bays woman. There was a mistake that we were withdrawing food baskets and she was upset. It turns out it was another club and Muriel took care of the situation.
The hams were delivered to the Center Moriches Methodist Church. Thanks to Newt and Peter for helping out.
Report of the District meeting on January 2^nd. Muriel went to the meeting.

1. Guest speaker Gin Lee, a professor at Hofstra University. Rotary International sent her to Vietnam for 3 months. Muriel has asked Bob to ask her to be a guest speaker at one of our meetings.

2. Fred Notter spoke about International. Gift of Life is still alive and well. Haiti project is going extremely well. 149 children have been screened for open heart surgery and 20 kids have been selected to have the surgery.

3. There is 10,000 homeless children in Suffolk County.

4. The district is in the process of selecting exchange students. Goal is to have 20 students next year. The exchange students are invited to the Nassau District conference as well as the Interact students this year. The exchange students are not coming to our conference because we are going on a cruise. Muriel asked Bob to look into getting a speaker to talk about the short term student exchange program that takes place over the summer.

5. For 2010, the district wants to do something new. It’s going to be a weekend at a hotel in Nassau County. The meeting will combine Suffolk, Nassau and NYC presidents. There should be about 150 people.

6. Next District meeting is on February 2^nd in Ronkonkoma.

There is a camp board meeting on Monday 1/12.
There is no Stuff a bus on Saturday January 10^th.The weather will not be great.
Squaw appreciation night is slated for Friday, March 6^th. They are a great supporter of the camp and it’s important that we all be there.
Congrats to Jim, He and Sue are officially married.
Bill spoke about the autism swim fundraiser. The event went well and the funds go to support the cost of the Rotary swim program.
Peter spoke about an autism fund raiser that is taking place at the aquarium in Riverhead tomorrow evening the 9^th. Tickets are $100. Please let Peter know if you are interested.
We did the sergeants report, Foundation, and the 50/50. Sergeants-$135. 50/50-$23. (Susan won) Foundation-$17.

Old Business:

If you have made up a meeting or attended another Rotary event, please let Deborah know so she can mark you as attending a meeting.

January Greeters, Prayers, & Sergeant:

Note: If you cannot make it, send an email to Muriel at least 24 hours in advance so she can get someone else to cover you.

Greeter: Steve & Kevin
Prayer: Prayer
Sgt of Arms: Dr. Singh

February Greeters, Prayers, & Sergeant:

Greeter: Newt & Werner
Prayer: Joe
Sgt of Arms: Joanne

Upcoming Events for 2009:

Stuff-A-Bus. February 7th from 10am to 3pm.
Stuff-A-Bus. March 7th from 10am to 3pm.
Stuff-A-Bus. April 4th from 10am to 3pm.
Spaghetti Dinner. April 2009. (Date TBA).
District Conference May 9-14, 2009.
Stuff-A-Bus. May 2nd from 10am to 3pm.
Stuff-A-Bus. June 6th from 10am to 3pm.
Annual Duck Barbeque and Big Duck Race. Sept. 6th.
Spooky Walk. (4 nights) October 16th, 17th, 23rd and 24th.

To find out about other events in the district, visit http://www.rotary7260.org/

Next Meeting:

JC’s Restaurant, Thursday, January 15th.

See you next week,

Deborah