Member Birthdays: Dick (June 30)

Anniversaries: Joe A. and Louise (37 years on June 30); Mark and Christin (2 years on June 26)

Club Meetings

• Thursday May 2 - Regular club meeting at Luciano's at noon
• Thursday May 16 - Speakers' meeting at Luciano's at noon

• Thursday June 6: Kim Thomas will be the speaker. She is from New Hope, which helps victims of domestic violence  (http://www.new-hope.org/) at noon at Luciano's
• Thursday June 20: 6 PM Annual Meeting and installation of new officers at Luciano's
  

Board Meeting

• Monday May 13 at 5:15 - Olive Garden at Patriot's Place
  

Committee Meetings

• Monday April 8 at 8:30 AM - International/Foundation Meeting in Joan's office
• Friday April 26 at noon - Community Committee Meeting at the Foxboro Seniors' Center in conjunction with the volunteer work at the site that day

Our club has a team for the 2013 Relay For Life of Greater Foxboro.

The walk will take place on June 21, 2013 at the Ahern Middle School.

The Foxboro Rotary and Invensys partnered to help raise garden beds at the Foxboro Seniors' Center.

Here is some press from the Foxboro Reporter:

http://www.foxbororeporter.com/articles/2013/05/09/opinion/letters/13369736.txt

http://www.foxbororeporter.com/articles/2013/05/09/opinion/letters/13321980.txt

Steve recently won a 4-contestant race to procure a seat on the Foxboro School Committee. Well done!

http://foxborough.patch.com/articles/adair-udden-win-foxborough-s-school-committee-race 

RYLA Weekend is almost here! We have five students selected for this special event.

An important part of this weekend involves helping package 100,000 meals on Sunday April 21 for food pantries across Southeastern MA, Cape Cod and the Islands, and Rhode Island. Logistics are all handled by the National Guard - they bring the component materials in bulk. After packaging, the National Guard will deliver the  funded and packaged meals to the local food pantry(s) of each club's choice. In addition, our club donated money towards this very worthy effort.

The Foxboro Rotary Club is looking for local young people who are interested in living with a matched host family in their selected country from three to six weeks in the summer under the sponsorship of a local Rotary Club. Rotary's Short-Term Exchange Program presents opportunities for students to advance their knowledge and world understanding by allowing them to visit a different country for a limited period of time.

To qualify, a student must be between the ages of 15 and 18 this summer, be of good character and emotionally stable, and be in good physical condition. Most importantly, he or she must be able and willing to be a good ambassador.

The Rotary was recognized on the front page of the most recent Kennedy Donovan Center newsletter for our donation to the Center (see link on right). The mission of the Center is to bring services of the highest quality to people in need. For nearly forty years, the Kennedy Donovan Center has improved the quality of life for thousands of individuals with developmental disabilities and similar needs, including children, families and adults.

The Foxboro Rotary was awarded Outstanding Fundraising Efforts for our team achievements in the 2012 Walk to End Alzheimer's. This couldn't have happened without the fantastic group enthusiasm and effort. 

The 2013 walks take place in Newport on September 22 and Pawtucket on September 29. So get those walking shoes ready!

The Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce presented the 2012 Success and Service Awards at its annual meeting Friday, Feb. 1 at the Renaissance Hotel & Spa at Patriot Place in Foxborough. Three Rotarians received prestigious awards from the Chamber. Joan Gagnon of Gagnon Wealth Management, LLC in Mansfield received the Business Person of the Year Award. Tim Kenneally accepted the Business of the Year Award on behalf of Foley & Foley, PC of Foxborough. The Chamber Ambassador’s Award went to Ingrid Williams of the Sharon Credit Union’s Foxborough branch.

Pictured L to R: Tim Kenneally, Joan Gagnon, Kara Griffin, Ingrid Williams

New Board Members and Committee Chairs - The following list of nominees was voted on at the December 6th Annual Meeting and approved:

• President - Lori
• President-Elect - Mike
• Past President - Ingrid
• Vice President - Tom
• Treasurer - Jim S.
• Secretary - Karen
• Community Committee Chair - Tom
• International Committee Chair - Joan
• Finance Committee Chair - Jim G.
• Parking Chair - Ingrid
• Interact Chair - Lew
• RYLA Chair - Kay
• Public Relations Chair - Tim
• Membership Chair - Hesh
• Scholarship Chair - Hesh
• Water Committee Chair - Joe F.

E-clubs as a meeting modality was approved by Rotary International in 2010. The Sharon club has a satellite e-club pilot program. Sharon's club’s site is  www.rotarynewengland.org. Check it out!

We're hip; we're cool; and we're on Facebook!

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Let us know if you would like to receive our club's monthly Rotary e-bulletin. It's a great way to get additional information regarding what our club is all about!