The meeting was called to order about 12:20 pm by President Jeff Kruck, who led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.
John Plate led us in prayer:
"Heavenly father, Thank You for bringing us together again today to do the work of Rotary and for fellowship. Please bless our club's leaders as they guide us through these difficult times. Please bless this food to our needs and us to your service. Keep us always mindful of people all over the world who are .
than we are. And, help us to understand just what those words mean. Amen"
Thank you, John. You give us all something to think about every week.
Bob Murphy served as our greeter, and meal and attendance taker.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests:
There were 16 members in attendance today.
There were no visiting Rotarian or guests today.
Make Ups:
There were no make-up cards received today
If you missed today's meeting, you have until November 18, 2009 to complete a makeup.
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Announcements:
Sustaining member contributions!!!
Gretchen Marks prepared some nicely packaged road race shirts to gift to our sponsors as a Thank You for their contributions.
Pres. Jeff will be contacting the Team Leaders to see how the group meetings went.
Brad Swanson is looking for 2 more water jugs that were used in the Road Race. They need to be returned, if anyone knows where they are please contact Brad.
Bill Shannon gave us an update on the Road Race results:
It looks like we made a profit of $1000+
The number of sponsors and sponsor dollar is up
The number of runner is down
Bill said Lisa Foley did an outstanding job as the Road Race chair.I think we can all agree!
Pres. Jeff announced we got a nice Thank You note from Bread & Roses for our donation we gave after the Road Race.
Raffle:
Town Assessor Brad Swanson's # was pulled first...Close but no win
Gretchen Marks was next....No luck
Bob Alert
All Bob's were present and accounted for today.
No Jeff alert today either
Fines and Happy Dollars:
Bill Shannon had many happy dollars today:
$1- for a great Trip
$1- to thank Joanne Travers for filling in as treasurer the last couple of weeks
$1- to thank Jen Kocur & Carrie Dick for helping to collect the money the day of the Road Race
Bob Murphy also had a couple of happy dollars today, thanking Jen & Carrie for distributing the books in Topsfield.
Peter McCallister had a couple happy dollars for a 3 to 2 win against Wilmington
Harry Martin had a couple of happy dollars, the twins are doing well
Jennifer Kocur had a happy dollar, she announced she is expecting a baby boy in March. No Twins, just 1 for the Kocur's.
Getting To Know You:
The first topic of discussion today was the "Cream of Surprise" soup....need I say more. Harry also warned us about the salad. The appetizer salads have some sort of lettuce in them and they don't settle to well for him. Consider yourselves warned.
Does everyone remember their first car????? Of course you do! It really takes you back thinking about it though doesn't it! Memories....
We had a good time talking about our first cars today. There were some things I never even heard of...a manual choke, 3-on-the-tree....
Gretchen had a Ford Falcon, Brad had an Oldsmobile customer cruiser (Brad was big pimpin), and Mr. Martin had a 1951 Chevy Club Coop. That's right boys and girls a 1951 Chevy Coop. Jen Kocur started her driving days in style with an Audi!
Program:
Our guest speaker was Jason Brisbois of Northshore Health Services.
The North Shore Health Project was founded in 1988 by a group of men and women from Gloucester and Rockport, Massachusetts, who were concerned about the lack of available services for people affected by HIV and AIDS. The North Shore Health Project provides a variety of holistic services, as an adjunct to primary care, in addition to an array of support services. Since 2003 the Health Project has provided a full array of services to all those living with Hepatitis C.
Although it has been providing free care for over 20 years, The Project has retained a grass-roots character. Volunteer health care practitioners provide all holistic services, joined by a small army of other volunteers who assist with the day-to-day operation of the agency.
Jason informed us that it can take many years, 10, 20 even up to 30 years to get symptoms from Hepatitis C. Some of the symptoms are Fatigue,body pain, and pain on the liver. It almost feels like a mild flu in the beginning.
75% of people don't know they have it.
-Hep C is a blood to blood transmission.
-Hep C is the number 1 cause for liver transplants and liver cancer
There is a treatment similar to Chemo Therapy but there is only a 50/50 chance the treatment will work.
There are vaccine's for Hep A & B, but not for Hep C.
Jason suggested that anyone who was in the military or medical field should be tested.
A strong membership is so important to the overall success of any organization. Growth and retention have to be in the spotlight constantly. As membership chair I have been charged with heading the largest committee in the Club...each and everyone of us. Collectively we can make TBM stronger, more involved in the communities we serve and fun.
When was the last time you asked a friend, a neighbor or business associate to come to a TBM meeting? I admit, it's been a while since I put out an invitation and I have a goal to find one person to join our ranks during this Rotary year.
I ask everyone to please share your thoughts and ideas as to how we can grow the ranks of TBM.
