Wheel for week of 11/30/2017

Weston & Wayland Rotary Club
Online Club Bulletin for 11/30/2017
by Deborah Rines

MEMBER ASSIGNMENTS

12/7/2017: Greeter: Bruce Lee; Door Prize: John Marchiony
12/14/2017: Holiday Party
12/21/2017: Greeter: Jan Luchetti; Door Prize: Patty MacNeil
12/28/2017: No Meeting, Happy New Year!
1/4/2018: Greeter: Patty MacNeil; Door Prize: Jan Luchetti
1/11/2018: Greeter: John Marchiony; Door Prize: Bruce Lee
1/18/2018: Greeter: Mark Messina; Door Prize: Steve Karoghlanian

Door Prize - Door prize responsibility is to select a door prize of value $10 to $20 to be given to the Sergeant-at-Arms BEFORE the meeting. If you cannot attend the meeting you are schedule to bring the door prize, it is your responsibility to get the prize to the Sergeant-at-Arms before the meeting.

Greeter - The Greeter must arrive 15 minutes BEFORE the start of the meeting and greet all members and guests at the door and answer any questions they may have

MEETING OPENING:

Meeting opening: Bell was rung at 6:15 pm
Tom Wintle led us in prayer
Mark Messina read the 4-way test
Guests: Assistant District Governor, Jim Brown; Frabrish Torche; Weston High School Principal, Anthony Parker; Wayland High School Principal, Allyson Mizoguchi; Susan Paley, Mailing Gaw, Katie Gaw
Speaker:

Letter from the President

Happy December,

Our Holiday Party is in two weeks. We will not be billing for this event. You may pay by credit card or check at the next meeting. Please bring a typed list of your guests and their food choices: beef, chicken or pasta vegetarian meal.

If you will not be at the meeting you can send payment and meal choice to me or drop it in my mailbox at 25 Applecrest Road, Weston, (last street on Rt. 20 heading to Wayland).

RYLA

The RYLA event was another fantastic meeting. A great job was done by the whole team in pulling it together. John, Jan and Edwin are making this event the place to be and the smiles on the faces of the families in attendance were priceless.

We had many special guests including Susan Paley from the Village Bank, Jim Brown, our Assistant Governor, State Representative Carmine Gentile, the high school Principals from both Weston, Anthony Parker and Wayland, Allyson Mizoguchi as well as the nominators Jay Moody and Kathy Pacquette. Both award recipients were accompanied by their parents. Be sure to look for the upcoming article in the Town Crier this Thursday.

In honor of World AIDS Day on November 30 we pledged the Happy Dollars to AGAPE an agency that cares for orphans with AIDS. Our contribution will be matched by another donor so it is a great win for all.

A special thank you to Steve for making sure everyone saw and signed the condolence card for Phil on the passing of his son.

We also included Brad Heilman in our thoughts for a speedy recovery from his fall over the Thanksgiving holiday. Heidi said he is expected to make a full recovery.

A couple of administrative items of note. The Board has approved an upgraded module for Clubrunner to manage events and coordinate communications. During the next several months you will receive emails with links that should work and may not. Please have patience and communicate to me directly if you have difficulties opening or using a link. We have also purchased a credit card reader and will have it at our meeting this week for taking meal payments by guests as well as holiday party payments.

Upcoming events:

12/6/17 Wayland Business Association Holiday party at Russels on Rt 20

from 5:30-8:30 PM

Ticket cost is $25 per person and includes:

Dinner, drinks, live music, and good cheer!

For tickets, contact Linda Thalheimer at linda@longlifeplanning.com.

12/7/17

Club Assembly meeting. We will hear reports from all committee members on activities of their committee. We will also have a guest speaker from the Rotary Wellesley Club who will discuss community service and engaging students in those activities.

BOD meeting 5:30-6:00 as you are able and following our meeting 7:40-8:40.

12/14

The Holiday Party is in two weeks. So far we have 22 signed up. Please make sure to send your food selection with your RSVP.

We will not be billing for this event. Payment will be required before the event preferably by cash or check and if needed by credit card processing.

Make your check payable to the Rotary Club of Weston and Wayland. Either bring it to the meeting this week or mail it to me. If you choose to mail your payment still send me an email confirming who is coming along with the meal choice(s) of you and your guests.

12/16

Bell ringing

12/21

RYLA celebration at Weston Golf Club

12/28 No meeting

1/4

Meeting at the J.S.Tavern

1/11

Meeting at the J.S.Tavern

1/18

Meeting at St. Peter's church and a special evening discussing community service

1/25

meeting site TBA

2/1

RYLA celebration for January at Weston Golf Club.

Have a great week,

Mark Messina

WWRC President

Meeting Notes:

The Rotary Initiatives Youth Leadership Award Celebration Dinner and our two outstanding achievers this month were Eleni Polymeros and Kayla Poulsen. They both gave talks on why they feel and do what they do which made us all think their parents are very proud.

Richard DeVito, Jr. spoke about RYLA & John Marchiony, MCed the proceedings.

Congrats to Frabrish's grandmother who reached her 5th year being cancer free.

Also to Chip Bradley and his wife celebrating many years of happy togetherness on their anniversary.

Holiday Party is on the 14th at Sandy Burr, bring an unwrapped toy and a wrapped one for our usual grab.

Secretary Eileen White

Photos from the meeting, Thank you to Bruce Lee!

Blake Munson and Jan Luchetti Bell Ringing in Weston Center on Saturday, December 2nd. Thank you to Bruce Lee for the photo!

REMINDERS

ATTENDANCE

Cindy Appleby, Michael Cave, Richard DeVito, Jr., Edwin Gaw, Marilyn Gentilotti, Keith Gross, Steve Karoghlanian, Bruce Lee, Jan Luchetti, Patty MacNeil, John Marchiony, Mark Messina, Tony Micciche, Rob Mosher, Blake Munson, Mac Spencer, Eileen White, Jonathan White, Tom Wintle.

SPEAKERS

Please forward the names of people you think would be good speakers to Chip Bradley. Be creative!

WGC provides us with a set menu. Special orders must be made in advance. Please call the club on Thursday a.m. to see what is on the special order menu. If you must special order, please do it in advance. The phone number is 781-894-2503.

Meeting Detours:

EARLY WARNING BRISTOL LODGE

December 21, 2017. Food purchaser is Walter Mulcahy, Food preparer is Mac Spencer, Food servers are Cindy Appleby and John Marchiony. Deliver pots to The DeVito Building, where they are stored. It is your responsibility to find a replacement for yourself if needed.

BRISTOL LODGE SCHEDULE

Full Bristol Lodge schedule and information, including instructions are available online in ClubRunner. Log in and then click on Events, you will see Bristol Lodge as the first item.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Facebook page Click here to view the page!

Moved, New Phone, New email? Please update your contact information on our club website. It is easy. All you need to do is log in, click Admin and then click Edit My Profile..then you can change whatever information you need! Please add your birthday so we can celebrate it!

Special Notices:

If you need to post a special notice to the Rotary Club of Weston & Wayland Wheel, please email the notice to deborah_rines@pnpco.com. In addition to the notice, you should specify a title for the notice and how long you would like the notice to run in number of weeks or end date.

Sunshine Corner: If you know of a fellow Rotarian infirmed or in need, please forward the details to Patty MacNeil.

Club Runner and Rotary Wheel: Messages can be sent through the Club Runner website. The wheel is now being updated on the Club Runner site as well as a weekly email version. If you would like to have a friend or potential member receive the wheel please go to the club website and add them as a "Friend of Rotary". Please contact Deborah Rines at deborah_rines@pnpco.com with any announcements you would like in the Wheel.

Rotary Central: Located in The DeVito Building at 470 Boston Post Rd, 3rd Fl. Please feel free to come and use the computer for any Rotary business.

FINES AND HAPPY DOLLARS

Reminder – please fill out the happy dollar sheets and place into the hat so they can be recorded and printed in the Wheel!

POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS

All Rotary Club members have a responsibility to help recruit new members. Please send potential new member names and contact information to the Club Membership Chairperson – currently Bruce Lee.

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

All Rotarians are asked to donate $100 per year per member to support the Rotary Foundation programs. These Programs create the funding source for matching donations from local clubs, and from District contributions.

2017-2018 CLUB OFFICERS

Mark Messina - President
Jan Luchetti - Vice President
Chip Bradley - Past President
Eileen White - Secretary
Tom Wintle - Sergeant at Arms
Tom Giampapa - Finance Committee Chair
Bruce Lee- Membership Committee Chair
John Marchiony - Public Relations (PR)
Richard A. DeVito, Jr - Executive Secretary, Fundraising Project Chair, Fall Car Show
Michael Cave - International Service Project Committee Chair
Director - Mark Messina
Director - Chip Bradley
Director - Jan Luchetti
Director - John Marchiony
Director - Rob Mosher
Director - Tom Giampapa
Director - Patty MacNeil
Director - Edwin Gaw
Director - Richard DeVito, Jr.