OCTOBER 2, 2019

Meeting Recap

Greetings fellow Rotarians! Our speaker today was Jesse Bell, Administrator and founder of the Bellcate School. Jesse founded this special education school in 2008 to assist students who have difficulty learning in larger public school settings. The school serves a maximum of 30 students each year who range between ages 11 and 22. Each student’s curriculum is designed to accommodate his or her specific needs and interests. Jesse explained that a number of the students have experienced trauma at some point in their lives. For that reason, the school utilizes what Jesse refers to as a therapeutic model of education. For more information about the Bellcate School and its philosophy, please visit its website at: https://bellcate.com/about-bellcate/

Feed My Starving Children Service Project

On Saturday, October 19th, our Club has once again committed to help staff the Feed My Starving Children service project. The event will be held at Albert D. Lawton Middle School in Essex Junction from 9:00am to 11:00am. This is a fun event at which Rotarians and their family members will put together food packages that will feed hundreds of children in impoverished countries. We still need several volunteers for this event, so please e-mail Amy Jackman at amymj@us.ibm.com if you would like to help out.

Amazon Smile Program

We are pleased to announce that our Club is now set up to participate in the Amazon Smile program. Through this program, Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to our charities account. To take advantage of this opportunity, please visit https://smile.amazon.com/ch/03-0348126 and sign up!

Service Above Self Nominations

Dave Johnson is currently soliciting nominations for our next Service Above Self Award recipient. Nominees must be individuals who demonstrate exemplary humanitarian service, in any form at any level, with an emphasis on personal service and helping citizens in our community. Please submit your nominations and a brief paragraph on why you feel your nominee is worthy of consideration by October 31st to Dave Johnson at mdjkiln@gmail.com

Heavenly Pantry Food Shelf

We are looking for volunteers to help staff the Heavenly Pantry Food Shelf on the following dates; Monday, October 14th (5:15pm); and Thursday, October 24th (3:30pm). Please contact Sharon Dettenrieder at sharon.dettenrieder@gmail.com if you are able to fill any of these shifts.

Upcoming Meeting Schedule: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 – Our speaker is to be determined.

For the complete list of upcoming speakers and information about the Club, please go to our website at rotaryclubofessex.org Be sure to also follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/EssexVermontRotary , on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/essexvermontrotary/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/essex_rotary

Yours in Rotary,

Jason Ruwet