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| June 20, 2012 |
Editor: Brandes, Lois
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June 20th, 2012: Hilary Collins - Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Recipient to India
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Scituate Rotary Club Members and Honorary Members present were Dietrich Bilger, Lambert Brandes, Lois Brandes, William Clark, Candace Cramer, Jeannie Durkee, James Gilmore, Walter Heller, Michael Johnson, Suzanne Kavanagh, Joe Kelley, Connie Mitchell, John Miller, Bart Nuboer, Joan Powers, Robert Schipul, Sandra Schipul, Janet Schmitz, Jack Stebe, Ben Summers, and Lisa Tompson.
Our guests were Alison Collins, Heather Collins, Hilary Collins, Jeff Collins, and Pauline Pignard, Suzanne's niece from France.
The weekly meeting of The Scituate Rotary Club was convened at 6:30 pm at The Scituate Country Club with President, Jamie Gilmore, presiding.
Joe Kelley led The Pledge to The American Flag.
Ben Summers offered the Invocation.
Janet Schmitz led the speaking of The Four Way Test.
Ben Summers presented Words of Wisdom.
President, Jamie Gilmore, welcomed our guests, Pauline Pignard, Suzanne's niece, Hilary Collins, our speaker of the evening, her mother, Heather, her father, Jeff, and her sister, Alison.
Sergeant at Arms, Walter Heller, collected Happy Sad Bucks.
President, Jamie Gilmore, announced that tonight he would be "Passing the Baton" to President Elect, Joe Kelley. Jamie reported on the Highlights of this past Year, and conducted a last item of business for the club. The membership voted unanimously to donate $500.00 dollars from the Trust to help support the printing of the Cross Booklet Jack Stebe has spearheaded in Marshfield. Hearty thanks to Jamie for his wonderful leadership this year!
Dietrich Bilger officiated at the Swearing-In Ceremony. Dietrich praised Jamie for the fabulous job he has done this year, citing both the outstanding success of the Christmas Fundraiser, and all the efforts to establish a satellite club in Marshfield. Dietrich thanked Joe Kelley for stepping up to the plate, so to speak, and thanked the membership for their rallying around Joe in wholehearted support. Dietrich charged both the membership and Joe that we must work together, supporting each other to make this year the grand success we all envision. Joe humbly accepted and said that we will continue to build on our HERITAGE and be a MAGNET for The Town of Scituate. Go Joe!!!
We'll have the official Installation Ceremony next week, June 27th. The Party for Joe next week will be a Western Theme, so get your gear, hats, boots.......
President, Joe Kelley, announced that The Gold Star Train will be in Scituate on Saturday, June 30th at 10:30 am. This is a Massachusetts Rolling Memorial for All Fallen Soldiers. It was launched on Memorial Day and will travel extensively for about four months. This will be a worthwhile experience for anyone who can attend.
Janet Schmitz reminded us to remember to wrap up the year with our yearly contribution to The Foundation.
The assembly rose to their feet and applauded as President, Joe Kelley, bestowed a beautiful sapphire pin to BART NUBOER, who has now received The Paul Harris Award numerous times. We are indebted to Bart for his devotion and service to Scituate Rotary International.
Our speaker for the evening was Hilary Collins, recipient of The Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to India. Hilary began her presentation by gifting us with about six flags from Rotary Clubs to which she has spoken, from Carlisle, PA, USA, to Bombay/Mumbai, India. Sergeant at Arms, Walter Heller, will display the flags for us. Hillary gave each of us a blog she had written, Mumbai Musings. One would never have suspected that a failed power point had been part of Hilary's plan for the evening. With grace and poise, she engaged us, and spoke fluently and articulately about her year spent studying and learning in India. She spoke of India as a land of contradictions and comparisons where slums, for example, are next to a palace, and 30,000 people per kilometer in Mumbai compare to 2,000 people per kilometer in New York City. People in the city of Mumbai also share space with strolling animals such as cows and monkeys. We applaud this young woman for her ability to be flexible and adjust to a totally foreign culture and environment. Thank you, Hilary, for sharing your experiences and insights with us. We wish you well in all your endeavors.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15.
Respectfully submitted,
Lois Brandes
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