Rotary Club of Port Jefferson (Jul 08, 2020)

News of the Meeting of July 7th

Posted by Yvette Hohler on Jul 07, 2020

Today was Rob Dooley's inaugural meeting as our Club President. After welcoming those members who were able to join us via Zoom, Rob thanked Past President Paul for his efforts on behalf of our club and pledged to keep us actively involved in helping as many people as possible throughout the year locally, nationally, and internationally.

In announcing his plans for 2020-2021, Rob noted that he wants emphasize bringing help to nonprofits, which have been so adversely affected by Covid-19. Many of these organizations have seen their usual sources of funding dry up. He proposes that we help them by throwing an additional fundraiser or two in their name or help them with one of their fundraisers, and include schools, colleges, and universities in our efforts. By allying with educational institutions, we can help students learn civic responsibility; and once college grads have achieved some measure of success, we can point them in the direction of community service. Rob would like to arrange mentorships in schools and with other nonprofits. He sees all kinds of opportunities to network and would like us to reach out to other Rotary Clubs to work together towards positive change.

NEWS & INFORMATION HIGHLIGHTS: The next Executive Board Meeting will be held on Friday, July 17th at 8:00 AM via Zoom. All club members are invited to attend and participate. Contact Rob for further information.

Plans for the Past Presidents' Dinner are a work in progress. Final decisions as to event site and time will be announced imminently. Stay tuned...

Rebecca praised Sal for his updates of the Club's website and looks forward to being able to contact club members individually via the site.

Cindy announced that she will be attending the RYLA meeting tomorrow, July 8th, at 6 PM and looks forward to learning how to create a more vibrant RYLA. She will report on the meeting next Tuesday.

Bob reported that by the end of June, we donated just under $8,500 in monetary and other donations to The Open Cupboard. Contributions of all sorts are still being solicited. Contact Bob to find out how you can help. (Check out the Open Cupboard Needs List in this Bulletin for ideas.)

Dawn thanked club members for their warm welcome at last week's gathering. She offered a suggestion on to how to aid nonprofits by using online silent auctions as future fundraisers.

Rob will look into using more group emails to keep our members aware of club actions and activities. He suggested that future Zoom meetings may alternate between 12:30 PM and 5:30 PM as meeting starting times.

HOW MANY ***RAFFLE TICKETS*** HAVE YOU SOLD? Time to get into tickets-selling mode, folks!!! Our community depends on YOUR success!***

Remember to check out our Events Calendar for upcoming Rotary activities open to all members.

***If you have ideas or items to be discussed at our next meeting, let Rob know. And if you'd like to join one of the club's special committees, let him know this, as well. The more, the merrier!***

*** Watch for Rob's invitation to our next meeting and plan to join us!***

MEANWHILE, STAY SAFE!