50/50-So which one of the Becker's was called to find the Queen this time...Margie of course! She was not successful? Come to the last meeting of the year and you could walk away with a pretty nice pot if you find the Queen!
New members were inducted! Welcome Tameko Patterson and DeAna Susinskas.
We had some awesome caroling by our club led by our very own Ginny Kirkwood. Check out the video here! Or on our Facebook page!
The club had a special little visitor last week. Jessica Peetz' daughter Hailey cruised around the room saying hi to all that she could and also got a picture with Santa and Mrs. Claus! Together they introduced Dr. Kerry Weiss, Hailey's Neonatologist from Geisinger Wyoming Valley. He talked about prematurity, babies that are born going through drug withdrawal and the long term affects and costs to the families and society.
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Interesting programs are always Needed! See Jim Becker!
Do you want flocking insurance or do you know someone who should get flocked. See Karen DeMatteo! $20 donation to the Interact club.
What are your Rotary New Year Resolutions?
Jim Becker asked that you come with one to share to the club. Since I will not be at the meeting today, I will share here, with all of you, mine. My resolution is to help our club grow by doing a better job of getting the word out about all of the good we do in our community and around the world through different platforms and to keep the message consistent. What's yours?
When Teguest Yilma helped found the Rotary Club of Addis Ababa Entoto in 2002, she thought polio had already been eradicated from most of the world. But while Ethiopia had been free of the disease, Yilma was shocked to learn that new cases had started cropping up in surrounding countries such as Somalia.
“I was thinking, it’s not possible, we can’t be free if the countries around us are not free,” she says. Yilma, the managing editor of Capital, Ethiopia’s largest English weekly newspaper, has brought a journalist’s skills to the fight against polio. She became vice chair of the Ethiopia...
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