December 14, 2023
Meeting Summary
Presiding: Dave Hansen
Meeting Room setup/takedown and general problem solving: Tom Mangan & Team
Inspiration: Natalie White
Professor’s Quote:
Foundation Flash:
Introduction of Guests: Michelle Tilley
Guests: Terry Moss introduced prospective member, Christin Covello; Anna Cramer introduced Nicole Sherwood; Dave Hansen introduced Shawnay Hansen.
Visiting Rotarians:
Junior Rotarians/RYLA/Young RYLA/Exchange Students: Mari, Hunter, and Hannah
Rotaract/Interact Students:
Humor: Natalie White
Foundation Drawing: Jan Lawrence won $10 with $359.50 in the jackpot.
O’Dwyers Drawing: Terry Moss
Announcements:
- Don’t forget to volunteer to work the greeting table!
- Terry Moss gave an update on the United Way of Albany County’s campaign. We would like 100% engagement from all Rotarians. We are at 30 percent.
- Todd Pearson told the club that signups to help with youth exchange ski weekend will start next week. The weekend is Feb. 1-4. We need transportation and host families.
- Sign up for the holiday party on January 11 at 6pm at O’Dwyers. It is $40 a person.
- Sarah Brown Mathews announced that John Evans provided a generous gift to Pilot Hill and a new trail will be named after John’s late wife.
- Michelle Tilley asked the club to provide photos for a marketing rollup.
Upcoming Programs:
Rotarian of the Week: Jaime Stine nominated Anna Cramer for connecting her with Third Street Bar for a toy drive for Developmental Preschool.
Special Presentation: Keith Downey celebrated a birthday with a donation to the club foundation.
Songs: Happy Birthday, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Program: Youth Exchange, Marianna
Introduction: Justin Christenson
Marianna Aiex Gomes Fernandes is from Marilia in the area of Sao Paulo in Brazil. She is 16. Mari’s family is one older sister, her parents, her grandma, and an aunt and uncle. Her city has a population of 240,000. It’s known for its medical college and its food industries.
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest country in the world. Brazil includes the largest portion of the Amazon rainforest, and is a largely Portuguese-speaking country.
Brazil celebrates birthdays similarly with cake and desserts. They also have specific snacks. Mari wears a t-shirt uniform to school and enjoys theater class back home.
In Laramie, she has been to Snowy Range a few times and joined the alpine ski team. She tried horseback riding, shooting, and tennis. She enjoyed football games, but they are not as good as soccer. She also liked pumpkin carving.
Mari likes to listen to music and go listen to bands. She plays the drums. She likes to read, play sports, and weight lift.
In Brazil, the school year starts in February. Mari did half of her junior year in Brazil before coming to Laramie. She will return in the middle of her senior year. College is based on an exam instead of other components.
Response: Dave Hansen
‘Response: The Rotary Club of Laramie will make a donation to the public library children’s book fund in the speaker’s name.
NOTE: We Do Not Donate a Book!
Rotary 4-way test
Of the things we think, say, or do:
•Is it the Truth?
•Is it Fair?
•Will it build Good Will and
Better Friendships?
•Will it be Beneficial to All
Concerned?
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
•FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
•SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
•THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
•FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
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