Sunrise Rotary - 10/28/2020
President Cindy rang us in to our last meeting before the big vote
This day in history:
1886 - President Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty
Great minds were born on this day in history, Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) and Doctor Jonas Salk (creator of the Polio vaccine), President Cindy opines that today is the birthday of some great minds.
1886 - President Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty
Great minds were born on this day in history, Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) and Doctor Jonas Salk (creator of the Polio vaccine), President Cindy opines that today is the birthday of some great minds.
Quotes: "Enduring change happens one step at a time" Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Guests:
Casey Haynes from BDCC
Rob Szpilla from the Noon Club
Casey Haynes from BDCC
Rob Szpilla from the Noon Club
Announcements:
Rotary Disc Golf Championship two day event: Lot of Rotarians there, very successful event! Staggered tee times, went over and above the State required mandates. Professional players commented about how great the course was and how great the event was. Big shout out to Rob and the Noon club for their help over the weekend. Had some spotters out there dodging discs and hiding behind trees. Served the classic Disc Golf food Tater tots! There is a video out on the Sunrise Rotary Facebook page. Pres Cindy comments on how great the group did putting together this tournament and having it be sanctioned by the PDGA! What an amazing thing.
Rotary Disc Golf Championship two day event: Lot of Rotarians there, very successful event! Staggered tee times, went over and above the State required mandates. Professional players commented about how great the course was and how great the event was. Big shout out to Rob and the Noon club for their help over the weekend. Had some spotters out there dodging discs and hiding behind trees. Served the classic Disc Golf food Tater tots! There is a video out on the Sunrise Rotary Facebook page. Pres Cindy comments on how great the group did putting together this tournament and having it be sanctioned by the PDGA! What an amazing thing.
Tristam: Jason Posternak goes under the knife this morning to have his hip replaced. He has been quarantining this past week.
Cindy: Next week is Rotary Board (bored?) meeting.
Had a successful hybrid meeting last week, looking forward to the next one in November.
Had a successful hybrid meeting last week, looking forward to the next one in November.
Brags:
Katja: Brag again for Josh and Josh and their spirit of creating the Disc Golf Tournament. Katja was there when the professionals were awarded their awards. It was really neat to see and meet so many cool people.
Katja: Brag again for Josh and Josh and their spirit of creating the Disc Golf Tournament. Katja was there when the professionals were awarded their awards. It was really neat to see and meet so many cool people.
Turner: Any idea how many States were represented? Josh T: went from 68 players to over 120! Mostly VT, NH and some MA. Lost a number of players who could not match the quarantine restrictions.
Cindy: I can't play disc golf but I can drive my mini-cooper pretty bad ass. Did another mini-cooper rally this past weekend. Feels like a safe environment as everyone stays in their cars or masks up outside of their car. The colors of the foliage were amazing on Sunday. Had a great dinner w/ Lisa and Michael last week and Cindy shared she may be driving a bit quick on some roads.
Lisa: Brag for Cindy going out to dinner in Northampton, it was a very welcoming and fun time.
Guest Speaker:
Casey Haynes from BDCC to talk about the "Welcome Wagon" a new program to help people feel more welcome in our community:
Casey's normal day job is "how do we attract and maintain new people to the Brattleboro area". Casey has become very busy with welcoming people to the area. vtwelcomewagon.org is the website, people can fill out a little survey which will get people connected with folks moving to the area to get people connected with people moving to the area.
If you're interested in becoming a host to get connected with new people moving to the area go to vtwelcomewagon.org and sign up to be a host, you'll get a newsletter with a description of people who have moved to the area and their interests. You can then connect with people who have similar interests as you.
Casey's normal day job is "how do we attract and maintain new people to the Brattleboro area". Casey has become very busy with welcoming people to the area. vtwelcomewagon.org is the website, people can fill out a little survey which will get people connected with folks moving to the area to get people connected with people moving to the area.
If you're interested in becoming a host to get connected with new people moving to the area go to vtwelcomewagon.org and sign up to be a host, you'll get a newsletter with a description of people who have moved to the area and their interests. You can then connect with people who have similar interests as you.
What does it mean to be a host and what is the time commitment? Just connecting with people, some folks are looking for some recommendations for recommendations for restaurants, so it could be as simple as sending an email, for other folks it is a connection that is left to the host and the newcomer to sort out how to connect.
More Info for hosts: https://www.vtwelcomewagon.org/for-hosts
This is just getting moved out in to the community - if you have any suggestions/recommendations Casey is ALL ears, please feel free to contact Casey at chaynes@brattleborodevelopment.com.