President Mona started her the meeting with a Rotary Minute…......
ROTARY MINUTE:
The first official Green Up day was held on April 18, 1970, the original idea came from Robert S Babcock Jr. a then FT reporter for the Burlington Free Press. The first Green Up Day saw over 70K Vermonters out cleaning up trash & hauling trash. As a measure of safety, the VT interstate highway was shut down from 9 am to noon. Each exit was manned by a VSP/Sheriff/Local PD. 4000 truckloads/20,000 cubic yards of trash were removed from the state roads/interstate. Another 20,000 cubic yards were removed from town roads. An estimated 95% of 2400 miles of interstate/state roads were cleared and 75 % or 8300 miles of town roads. “We believe this was the largest statewide, voluntary, unified citizens’ effort ever organized in Vermont. It greatly enhanced the pride of Vermonters in their state. It inspired many Vermonters to refrain from thoughtless littering on our highways. It set the stage for continuing cleanup programs that have resulted in Vermont highways being known far and wide as the cleanest in the United States. It helped pass the bottle bill and a whole long list of other environmental legislation.” In 1979, Green Up Vermont Became a non-profit organization.
QUOTE:
“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve…You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
GREETER:
Thank you Will for greeting us this morning. Next week’s greeter will be Turner.
GUESTS: Erin Skaggs from DBA/Gallery Walk and Mike Stack our guest speaker.
BIRTHDAYS: Nick Dubois April 23rd, Jeff Dunklee 4/27, Kevin 4/2
ANNIVERSARIES: Sadie 14 years on 4/30
STUDENT ROTARIANS: Ava & Brea WRCC not able to attend but I received this message from Ava:
Unfortunately I will not be able to make it to rotary tomorrow, I am touring Wesleyan University with my dad. I’m not sure if Brea will show up but here is my update that you can share with the group:
Last week WRCC students were inducted into National Technical Honor Society which is tech and trade school’s version of National Honor Society. I couldn’t make it because I had a track meet, but I am now a member of NTHS! Right now in business we are writing a paper about cryptocurrency which is surprisingly interesting, after the initial frustration and confusion trying to understand it. Track is going well; you all should vote for me on the Brattleboro Reformer website for athlete of the week! Please! Prom is on Saturday, and I am taking the SAT that day too which is a bit scary. I will also be coming to the next trivia night with friends. Happy Spring!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Sat 5/7 Green Up Day Outlet Center 9 -12,
- Wednesday June 29th 5:30 pm Change Over at the Kiwanis Shelter Memorial Park.
- Board Meeting will held on Tuesday May 10th at the American Legion
- Final Trivia Night is Monday May 9th supporting the Afghan Community Center.
- Erin Skaggs- from Downtown Business Alliance is the Promotions Committee Chair, along with Gallery Walk she also and ensures that many of DBA’s promotions happen with great flourish. Some of her phenomenal DBA ideas have been Brattleship and Elliot St. Block Party. The first Gallery Walk of the season will be today May 6th from 5-9pm.
CARDS: 6 of Clubs… Kevin won $4 (didn’t even cover his birthday fine)!!!!
BRAGS:
Will- The first live event in two years for the Brattleboro Concert Choir will be on May 14th and 15th at the Latchis Theatre.
Jon- Bragged for a new book he has been reading called 4000 Weeks, Time Management for Mortals . In the current average human lifespan we get 4,000 of each day of the week: 4,000 Saturday nights, 4,000 lazy Sundays, 4,000 Monday mornings. When we are young, that might feel like a dizzying number of tomorrows. As the years go by, not so much. He also bragged for a vegan alfredo sauce recipe that I shared with him. Being Italian, I have nothing written down and don’t measure anything, so he struggled with my meaning of “liberal amounts”. In the end he made a nice dinner for his family that even Aleska claimed was “good”…high praise from a teenager.
Marcy- Her car had an unexpected meeting with a deer on her rider home last week. She was unharmed however, the same could not be said for the deer or her car. Her car was un-drivable but hopefully not totaled.
Kevin- $3 brag for his grandchildren. He finally met his newest granddaughter, Hannah in person and spent four days in Williston with them…”lots of attitude and a set of lungs”. Wyatt will be four soon and they are planning a visit in June, and Harper is just chill and starting to wave.
Nick- just got back from a family vacation at Disney. They averaged 11 miles a day in walking and he feels like he went down 3 belt loops from all of the exercise.
SPEAKER: Mike Stack founder of Bellows Falls Trade. He started this non-profit in January of 2021 and has been working with area schools to get students interested in the trades. He sees a need in Vermont and the country at large for skilled workers in order to bring back manufacturing jobs to the US.
Financial Capital Is Easy – Human Capital Will Be The Tough Part.
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If So, How Early In The Education Process Should That Start?
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If So, How Early In The Education Process Should That Start?
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Manufacturing Below the National Average.
Manufacturing Below the National Average.
