Tomorrow, March 12th is Golf day at our Rotary Luncheon to get us into the spirit!! Please bring a golfer and wear golf gear! There will be fun golf-related activities as well! Our guest speaker John Ruga isChief Executive Officer of Northeast Precast of Vineland and a principal of Trout National - The Reserve, the under-construction golf course - a collaboration with MLB All-Star and Millville native Mike Trout, with design by golf icon Tiger Woods' TGR Design. Don't miss this meeting!
President Andy Browne called the meeting to order. Donna Bennett led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, Sherry Soutiere performed the 4 Way Test and Pastor Heather gave the invocation. Linda Rumick was our notetaker. Andy welcomed guests Nico Rizzo, Josie Neill (Norm's wife) and Matt Collier of Schwab Wealth Advisory. Andy thanked Gus Foster for setting up the room prior to the meeting. Rotarians sang "Happy Birthday" to Bonnie Laube (March 10) and Don Daigle (March 6).
Announcements
Maureen Simmons did happy dollars! There were a lot of happy Rotarians - including Maureen herself, Melody Montgomery, Donna Bennett, Sherry Soutiere, Sue Sauro, Karen Bauman, Jay Einstein and Andy Browne.
Sherry Soutiere let us know that we will be collecting items for Spirit and Truth. Please bring items to our March luncheon meetings. Needed items include: instant coffee, instant creamer and sugar.
Get Well Wishes
Member Jay Parks is currently a patient at Big Oak Rehab in Elmer. Please keep Jay in your thoughts and prayers. Get well wishes can be sent to Jay and wife Carol at:
Jay and Carol Parks, 1383 McMahon Drive, Vineland NJ 08361
Our Program
Don Daigle, one of ouir newest Rotary members, did his classification talk at our luncheon meeting. Don is a first generation American, whose parents hail from Canada. His family originally moved to the Levittown, PA area. They migrated to southern NJ when his father went to work for Atlantic City Electric. They moved to Millville and Don recalls his years as a "Bacon Bear", attending Bacon School. He graduated Millville High School and headed to Harvard where he played soccer. He started his work life in the Philadelphia area and started a family. When he divorced and had custody of his two children, he moved back to Millville to be close to family. His vocation has been as a financial advisor, and he started his own business in Millville "Holly City Financial Services" which he operated for many years. He was involved with Millville Soccer, a member of the Millville Chamber of Commerce and former president and a member of the Kiwanis Club. He has now been married for 17 years to his "best friend". They created a blended family with 5 children. Tragically, Don's son Don Jr. passed away 5 years ago from a drug overdose. "He was a good kid who could really make your laugh," Don remembered. He credits his wife with keeping him alive. When the opportunity arose for him to buy his Charles Schwab office he found it to be a new challenge which kept him going at a time when he needed it. There are only 70 Schwab franchises in the world. As he describes it, Schwab operates on "the anti-Wall Street model". His business has grown to 3,000 customers in the 3 years since he opened the business. His business covers Cumberland and Cape May Counties and parts of Atlantic and Salem Counties encompassing 50 zip codes.
Thank you, Don for giving us a great insight into a new Rotarian!
Blessing Bags
Following the classification, Rotarians formed an assembly line once again and packed Blessing Bags to be made available to those in need. Once again, Rotarians provided service for our community.
JosieSpinelli reminded everyone that our FIRST GOLF OUTINGwill be at White Oaks on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Guests at the outing will include former Philadelphia Eagles' players Irving Fryar and Barrett Brooks.More information will be presented soon but make sure you mark your calendars for the golf outing (we will need volunteers and players) and invite golfers you know to save the date as well! Click the button below to view more information about our golf outing:
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Poetry and Power
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day the symphony will open with American composer Arthur Foote’s Irish Folk Song. From there they transition to two youthful and profoundly songful works by
musical poets Chopin and Schubert.
Janice Carissa is a magnetic pianist whose joyful approach is contagious.
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The CCTEC Interact club members are conducting a Diaper Drive to benefit the Happy Cheeks Diaper Bank. Any size, any amount will be accepted. There is a specific need for size 5 and 6 diapers. The drive will run from March 1 to 14. Please bring diaper donations to any Rotary meeting (March 1-14) and Sandy Hearing will see that they delivered to the school. Let’s help the CCTEC Interact club have a successful fundraiser!
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RCSJ Rotaract Club Needs Your Help with its
Cheer Box Project!
Rotaract members at the Rowan College of South Jersey campus are working on their Cheer Box Project. Students are collecting empty shoe boxes then filling each with necessary supplies needed for oncology patients. If you have empty shoe boxes to spare, please bring them to a Rotary meeting between now and mid April. Sandy Hearing will see that they are delivered to the college.
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A worthy nominee could be someone who:
Mentors others, especially younger people or those in need
Helps train or teach skills that are useful to the individual, to the community, or to society generally.
Donates time and skills in his/her field to help serve those in need.
Designs, manages or is actively involved in service projects that further education or training or any project that in an innovative and sustainable way puts members’ vocational or professional skills to use in a way that shares and promotes them in others.
ett led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, Sherry Soutiere performed the 4 Way Test and Pastor Heather gave the invocation. Linda Rumick was our notetaker. Andy welcomed guests Nico Rizzo, Josie Neill (Norm's wife) and Matt Collier of Schwab Wealth Advisory. Andy thanked Gus Foster for setting up the room prior to the meeting. Rotarians sang "Happy Birthday" to Bonnie Laube (March 10) and Don Daigle (March 6). 
f Atlantic and Salem Counties encompassing 50 zip codes. 
include former Philadelphia Eagles' players Irving Fryar and Barrett Brooks.More information will be presented soon but make sure you mark your calendars for the golf outing (we will need volunteers and players) and invite golfers you know to save the date as well! Click the button below to view more information about our golf outing:
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