Westport Sunrise Rotary
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PO Box 43
Westport, CT 06881-0043
F: 866-235-5591
www.westportsunriserotary.com
District 7980
Club Newsletter
Deadline for submission
is noon on Tuesday
The Crier is the Club's weekly newsletter. Each week the Crier is emailed to our membership and serves as a form of club communication and reminder of events, duties, new members, and general club news. Click the logo to see this week's crier. The deadline for all input for the Crier will be noon on Tuesday. Submissions should be sent using the following webform. Please note, crier submissions are for rotarians only.
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Now Meeting at...
42 Main Street Westport CT 06880
Speaker Schedule...
Want to know who is speaking at our next meeting? Click the logo below for our most recent updates!
Meeting Openers...
October 23: Linda Bruce
October 30: John Canning
Meeting Greeters...
SEPTEMBER:
Ira Bloom & John Branson & anne Beers
OCTOBER:
Anil Nair & Arlo Ellison & Jane Ross
NOVEMBER:
Ursula McGettigan & Carole Rubenstein & Bob Lasprogato
DECEMBER:
Linda Bruce & Rita Steinberger & Eric Zielinski
meetings at Bobby Q's in Westport. The cost is $12 and is payable at the Welcome Desk (at the front door). If you have any inquiries, please leave a message at 203-454-6446 and your call will be returned. Visiting Rotarians should feel free to just drop on in!
(This policy is modified for those seeking membership. Please speak to your sponsor, or someone from the membership committee for more details.)
Welcome to Westport Sunrise Rotary!
Non-member/ visitors are welcome to join our weekly breakfast
Come For a Visit!
District Governor: Colin Gershon
District News Feeds:
Rotary Int'l News Feeds
Photo:Dave Matlow
Club Calendar...
Sep 24 Th – Rotary Club Vision program at Bobby Q’s 5:30-9:00pm
Oct 3 Sat – District Membership Seminar TBD
Oct 3 Sat – Rotarians serving meals at the Gillespie Center, 4:45-5:45pm
Oct 5 Mon – Board Meeting 5:30-6:30pm
Oct 10 Sat –2nd Annual District 7980 "Make a Difference Day"
Oct 30 Fri – Winetasting & Silent Auction at Longshore 6:00- 9:00pm
Nov 2 Mon – Board Meeting 5:30-6:30pm
Nov 7 Sat – Rotarians serving meals at the Gillespie Center, 4:45-5:45pm
Dec 5 Sat – Rotarians serving meals at the Gillespie Center, 4:45-5:45
Dec 7 Mon – Board Meeting 5:30-6:30pm
Jan 4 Mon – Board Meeting 5:30-6:30pm
Feb 1 Mon – Board Meeting 5:30-6:30pm
Mar 1 Mon – Board Meeting 5:30-6:30pm
Apr 5 Mon – Board Meeting 5:30-6:30pm
May 3 Mon – Board Meeting 5:30-6:30pm
Jun 7 Mon – Board Meeting 5:30-6:30pm
4th of July BBQ for the residents at Gillespie Center
Rotary's commitment to potable water for all...
Rotary House is open for business!
Joe Hawley gave birth to a new Sunrise Rotary service program – 4th of July cookout at the Gillespie Center. This past Saturday, a team of Sunrise Rotary members celebrated Independence Day with a delicious and fun cookout in service to fellow Westporters at the Gillespie Center. Led by Top Chef Joe Hawley, a gang of seven put on quite a meal. Sous Chef John Branson prepared hamburgers two ways – the first batch followed the traditional holy burgers recipe and the second batch, saintly burgers spiced up with Bobby Q’s new barbecue sauce (this is the first product placement for The Crier). There were three salads – Maggie Feczko’s perfect potato salad (with and without vinegar), and Sheila Keenan’s “can I have seconds and thirds” green salad and fruit salad. For starters, Malia Wong made her good-eats guacamole dip with organic blue and yellow corn chips that has been perfected from many parties at Davidson College. Then the master grillers took over as Joe and John first fired up the coals, then flipped and turned hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hotdogs and grilled cheese sandwiches. Sean Keenan took care of service end and he made sure everyone had everything to eat and drink. Finally, in looking to find a place on the team, Joe with “do no harm” rule assigned Dennis Wong to quality control (as someone had to taste everything and to avoid the too many cooks problem). Joe made it all happen. First he had the idea. Then he organized it all. And finally, his commanding presence and leadership made it all happen as planned – on time and within budget. Encore performance. Joe Hawley is looking for interested members to join him on another cookout at Gillespie on Saturday, August 1. So see Joe to sign up for a service project that feelsgood as well as tastes good..
Fairfield Rotarian, and Fairfield University Professor David Schmidt talks business ethics with the club and makes the case for Rotary's Four Way Test. See his Powerpoint presentation here: Business Ethics
Dave Schmidt Talks Business Ethics & Rotary's Role
IHA officially opens "Rotary house", a new living facility to assist the less fortunate get back on their feet. Click the thumbnails above to see the other picutres....or click HERE to see WestportNow photographer & Westport Rotarian Dave matlow's pictures.
The Great Duck Sort!
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Sitara, WAMS attendee, Fights Against World Hunger
Photo: Dave Matlow
Sitara Mahtani spoke to WSR last week about her experiences at the World's Affair Seminar in Wisconsin. See Sitara's Presentation here & also see her on Westportnow.com. Also, see other photos
Dorothy Vickery is our 1st GFA Student of the Month
She was preceded to the podium by Janet Hartwell, GFA’s Headmistress, who told Club members meeting at Bobby Q’s on Main Street, that the school is a ”culture of achievement.” Ms. Vickery is an achiever in this culture of achievement. She is a leader of the school’s Community Service Board, the organization that oversees all its student community service projects; a volunteer at the Ahlbin Rehabilitation Center, and the Co-Head of their Bridgeport Schools Tutoring program, which enlists and directs GFA students tutoring in those schools. And, as an “outside” activity, she is studying Arabic. The Sunrise Rotary Club is one of over 33,000 Rotary clubs with 1.2 million members around the world, all dedicated to the organization’s motto of “Service Above Self.
The Westport Sunrise Rotary Club today presented its Student of the Month award to Dorothy Vickery, a Westport resident and a senior at Greens Farms Academy. Ms. Vickery is the Club’s first GFA honoree.
