Rotary Ramblings
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ROTARY RAMBLINGS
ROTARY CLUB OF DELRAY BEACH
July 10, 2005
President-elect Dave Armstrong did a tremendous job of "getting his feet
wet," presiding over his first Rotary Club meeting today. Only one strange bit,
he forgot to close the meeting. (Just kidding!) He had a previous
commitment, therefore, Past President Bill Adams closed the meeting.
Jim Pignato gave our invocation. Bruce Williams will be away for a couple
of weeks, so we are on our own; no music! (Who gave him permission to leave?)
We had Ed and Sharon Gorman visiting with us, from New Jersey. Mr. Gorman
has 27 years of perfect Rotary attendance. Bill Adams presented our club
banner to him. I hope they decide to be here permanently, as they are building
here.
We sang Happy Birthday to Dave Richards, who donated $53.00 to the Rel
Moorcroft "Challenge" Scholarship Fund. Also, Lyn Huckle donated $100.00 to this
fund today. As most of you know, an anonymous member has challenged the club
to donate a matched fund of $1,000.00 for this scholarship. At this rate,
we will meet our goal soon! We thank all of you who are so generous.
"Grandma,"a proud one at that, Lyn Huckle had her handsome grandsons,
Christopher and Michael with her at our meeting today.
Georgina Kerr-Jarrett, in her positive pitch, gave an encouraging stock
market report, with all three up at noon.
Sergeant at Arms Tony Allerton was a mighty happy person, reaching a goal of
$227.00, on a hot summer's day in July.
Our guest speaker today was our own member, Dave Richards. Dave owns
insurance companies in our area. His passion is helping others. Dave has been in
our Rotary Club for about two years now. I first got acquainted with him and
his wife Linda, when our club was serving dinner to a city presented dinner,
bringing various neighborhoods together for brainstorming and sharing.
(This is a project of Lula Butler's.) That night, Dave and Linda really worked!
Since then, he quietly does other things that might go unnoticed to many.
He parks cars during the Delray Affair, bringing the proceeds to Rotary Club
of Delray Beach.
This summer, Dave, Linda, and their friend Carolyn Jones, RN, had the
pleasure of going with a medical group to India. It took 35 hours before arriving
at their destination. He had planned to rest for a bit, but saw a sign
stating there was a Rotary meeting in a few hours. Guess what, he was there, and
treated as an honored guest. Rotary is so important to the people of
Pondicherry, India. They know first hand, that Rotary International is there for
them.
Linda and Carolyn worked in a wound care facility, while there. Dave talked
with, passed out gifts, especially toys to the children; photographed the
people of the area, which he shared with us. There is so much illness and
malnutrition among them. They visited the mass grave of 5,000 to 8,000 people
who died during the last Tsunami. These people had nothing before, they have
even less now.
While there, Dave paid $30.00 each to have carts built, which put ten
families in business. If these people have carts, they bring there wares and
trades to the streets. They make a living from this. When the fishing boats
come in, the people carry their little buckets down to the shore; they are
given enough fish for their family to have a meal.
Dave has presented a challenge to our club, to match funds to install
bathrooms in an orphanage, instead of them having to use the outdoors. Also, he
has challenged us to help buy carts to help the people make a living.
We thank Linda and Carolyn for their input to this very moving program. They
were not allowed to travel as missionaries, but as health specialists. They
plan to go again next year!!!!!!!
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>President-elect Dave Armstrong did a tremen=
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of "getting his feet wet," presiding over his first Rotary Club meeting=20
today. Only one strange bit, he forgot to close the meeting. (Ju=
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Jim Pignato gave our invocation. Bruc=
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Williams will be away for a couple of weeks, so we are on our own; no=20
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<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>We had Ed and Sharon Gorman visiting with u=
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New Jersey. Mr. Gorman has 27 years of perfect Rotary attendance. Bill=
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Adams presented our club banner to him. I hope they decide to be here=20
permanently, as they are building here. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>We sang Happy Birthday to Dave Richards, wh=
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donated $53.00 to the Rel Moorcroft "Challenge" Scholarship Fund. =
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Also, Lyn Huckle donated $100.00 to this fund today. As most of you kn=
ow,=20
an anonymous member has challenged the club to donate a matched fund of=20
$1,000.00 for this scholarship. At this rate, we will meet our goal=20
soon! We thank all of you who are so generous.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>"Grandma,"a proud one at that, Lyn Huckle h=
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handsome grandsons, Christopher and Michael with her at our meeting=20
today. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Georgina Kerr-Jarrett, in her positive pitc=
h, gave=20
an encouraging stock market report, with all three up at noon.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Sergeant at Arms Tony Allerton was a mighty=
happy=20
person, reaching a goal of $227.00, on a hot summer's day in July. =20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Our guest speaker today was our own member,=
Dave=20
Richards. Dave owns insurance companies in our area. His passion is=20
helping others. Dave has been in our Rotary Club for about two years=20
now. I first got acquainted with him and his wife Linda, wh=
en=20
our club was serving dinner to a city presented dinner, bringing various=20
neighborhoods together for brainstorming and sharing. (This is a proje=
ct=20
of Lula Butler's.) That night, Dave and Linda really worked! Sin=
ce=20
then, he quietly does other things that might go unnoticed to many. He=
=20
parks cars during the Delray Affair, bringing the proceeds to Rotary Club of=
=20
Delray Beach. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>This summer, Dave, Linda, and their friend=20=
Carolyn=20
Jones, RN, had the pleasure of going with a medical group to India. It=
=20
took 35 hours before arriving at their destination. He had planned to=20=
rest=20
for a bit, but saw a sign stating there was a Rotary meeting in a few=20
hours. Guess what, he was there, and treated as an honored guest. =
;=20
Rotary is so important to the people of Pondicherry, India. They know=20
first hand, that Rotary International is there for=20
them. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Linda and Carolyn worked in a wound care fa=
cility,=20
while there. Dave talked with, passed out gifts, especially toys to th=
e=20
children; photographed the people of the area, which he shared with=20
us. There is so much illness and malnutrition among them. They=20
visited the mass grave of 5,000 to 8,000 people who died during the last=20
Tsunami. These people had nothing before, they have even less=20
now.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>While there, Dave paid $30.00 each to have=20=
carts=20
built, which put ten families in business. If these people have=20
carts, they bring there wares and trades to the streets. They ma=
ke a=20
living from this. When the fishing boats come in, the people carry the=
ir=20
little buckets down to the shore; they are given enough fish for their famil=
y to=20
have a meal. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>Dave has presented a challenge to our club,=
to=20
match funds to install bathrooms in an orphanage, instead of them having to=20=
use=20
the outdoors. Also, he has challenged us to help buy carts to help the=
=20
people make a living. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D3>We thank Linda and Carolyn for their input=20=
to this=20
very moving program. They were not allowed to travel as missionaries, b=
ut=20
as health specialists. They plan to go again next=20
year!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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