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Metro North Rotary Notes:
Thursday, June 27, 2019
 
 
Prayer & Pledge: Joel Miller
 
Guests & Visitors:  Barb Randall from Downtown Rotary.
 
Announcements:
  • Joke: There's this blonde.  She gets on a plane and sits in the first available seat. The flight attendant is coming around checking tickets.  She looks at the blond woman's ticket and tells the blonde; "ma'am you can't sit here, your ticket says coach and this is first class.  Please move to the back of the plane."  The blonde replies, "I'm a blonde, I'm smart and have a good job.  I'm not moving until the plane arrives in Jamaica."  So the flight attendant, now hot under the collar at the blonde's response, goes to another flight attendant and tells him what happened.  So he goes up to her and asks her to move to the back of the plan.  She then responds, "I'm a blonde, I'm smart and have a good job.  I'm not moving until the plane arrives in Jamaica."  So the two flight attendants are steaming mad and they go to the co-pilot ant tell him what is going on.  He comes back to where the blonde is sitting and leans over and whispers something in her ear.  The two flight attendants were astonished when the blonde abruptly got up from her seat and moved to the back of the plane.  They looked at each other and then the co-pilot and asked him what he told her.  The co-pilot, feeling good about himself told them "oh, this happened a while back with someone else.  I just simply told the woman that the front half of the plane wasn't going to Jamaica."
  • Our new district governor, Michelle Bell, was installed on June 27 at Lowe Park.
  • Drawing was help for the $100 Cedar Ridge gift card for the membership drive.  The winner is.....Patti Kunz!
  • We have 60% participation from the club for Rotary Foundation giving.
  • Patti presented our club with Rotary flags from the conference and Kiama, Australia.
  • No meeting Thursday, July 4th. 
Make a Difference: Tina volunteered to take food to the Ronald McDonald House.

Speaker:  Patti Kunz

Patti shared an update on the Global Grant that was submitted in May 2019.  The grant is for serving 60 families, or about 300 people, with an eco-toilet system.  The eco-toilets include shower, toilets, and area for laundry.  Each system costs about $3,000.  They will be built in Masachapa, which is in San Rafael del Sur.  The mission also includes education on how to use and clean the eco-toilets.  The total project budget is $115,666, of which the World Fund is matching $49,924.  The District contributed just over $24k!
Here's a video for the Global Grant Project: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwFO_St-LFvYWXF5TEtWT0duMjQ/view
 
Patti also shared her experiences from Hamburg, Germany.  Over 27,000 Rotarians attended.  Patti made new Rotary friends from all over and shared pictures of those from Sweden, Burundi, Cameroon, and Australia.  Please take some time to watch this great video from one of the presenters on "Do Goodery":https://vimeopro.com/rotary/hamburg-international-convention/video/340503705  
 
Make a difference and Donate to Foundation today!

THE FOUR WAY TEST

Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
 
Notes prepared by: Steve Dolezal