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OFFICERS
President
Richard B. Applebaum

President-elect
Cynthia Leonard

1st Vice President
Barry W. Fain

2nd Vice President
Barbara Harris

Secretary
Susan Johnson

Treasurer
Richard A. Kaplan

Asst. Treasurer
Peter M. Loescher

Sergeant-at-arms
Kevin M. Oates

Past-President
John A. Daluz

Directors to
June 30, 2010:
James Alexander
Richard P. Leone, Sr.
Jenny Miller
Arthur Norwalk
Kathleen A. Swann

Directors to
June 30, 2011:
Holly Applegate
Paul Borrelli
Patricia Germani
Steven M. Rotondo
James C. Scanlan

PROPOSED NEW MEMBER

The following individual has been proposed to membership in the Rotary Club of Providence. He has been reviewed by the membership committee and approved by the board of directors:

Wascar F. Montilla

President & CEO

W. & W. Realty, LLC.

P.O. Box 25294, Providence, RI 02905

Residence: 73 Beaufort Street, Providence, RI

Proposed Classification: Real Estate-Investment

Sponsor: Tony Mendez

Any member in good standing who objects to the admission of the above must communicate in writing his or her objection and reason therefor to the Board of Directors, Rotary Club of Providence, 23 Dryden Lane, Providence, RI 02904 within seven (7) days of the date of this publication.

George Babcock—For the sun coming back out.

Barbara Harris—For George Babcock’s return to the club.

Cynthia Leonard—For a great new presidents’ training.

Jerry Cannon—For a great time at the hockey event and to congratulate the new officers and directors.

Gary Kaufman—For having a quiet weekend and for the return of George Babcock.

Kris David—To remind everyone about the peanut butter drive.

Dick Gregory—For reuniting with one of his best friends.

Kathy Swann—For having an art work she created accepted at a juried show.

David Isenberg—For his vacation.

Maury Ryan—For his successful nasal operation, and for some successful real estate transactions.

Don Saracen—For Dice K’s stiff neck.

President Richard—For a wonderful weekend in upstate New York with his friend Hillary and at the Providence Bruins.

Election Results

PP Paul Segal, chair of the Election Tally Committee, announced that the slate of officers offered for election has been duly elected. They are:

(l-r)Cynthia Leonard, President; Barry Fain - President-elect, Barbara Harris - 1st Vice President

(l-r) Susan Johnson - 2^nd Vice President, Jenny Miller - Secretary and Richard Kaplan - Treasurer.

In addition, the following have been elected to the board of directors for a two year term:

(l-r) Walter Cotter, Anthony Hollingshead, Gary Kaufman

(l-r) Wendy Marcus, Linda Xavier.

All officers and directors will be installed on June 29^th and begin their terms on July 1^st.

Our March 15 speaker was Karen Salvatore of North Kingstown, founder of the non-profit “Food & Truth,” which she created in 2005 to raise awareness of food and ingredient issues. A program of Food & Truth is called Fit2Cook4Kids, which addresses food and other issues for children with obesity problems. The idea is to help address the national problem of childhood obesity and childhood diabetes.

Last year the Fit2Cook4Kids program took place at the DaVinci Center in Providence over a 6 week period. Forty-eight middle school youngsters graduated from the program, which involves learning about such basics as proper hand-washing, basic kitchen skills and more. Participants are paid a small stipend.

More information can be found about the program by reading the Fall, 2009 issue of edible RHODY magazine, or by visiting Food & Truth on Facebook. Ms. Salvatore may be reached at 401-294-6800 or by email at KarenSalvatore@gmail.com.

After having a great weekend, I've had a great week with Rotary business and fellowship.

I am indeed quite gratified about our Foundation/Club's substantial contribution to the Haiti Shelter Box Relief effort. I have been monitoring the planning/efforts surrounding the P.R. we are going to arrange for the formal presentation we will conduct to announce same to the public, District, and International of this noteworthy contribution.

Our Club is planning submissions of all kinds for District Awards consideration. In the process we have been reviewing our constantly evolving new Newsletter and Web presence. If you haven't been on the site recently, please ‘go'. We would appreciate any and all feedback, comments, etc. On April 12, at our next Club Assembly, the Technology Committee will provide us all with another web tutorial.

Along with discussing upcoming 2010 dates and events, or probables, such as Street Painting and the Holiday Party, Sue Johnson agreed at our recent Ex. Committee meeting to act as the point person to receive commitments and provide info on upcoming District Events.

Significant news from our Board Meeting of March 18 is that our budget is showing a very slight surplus and should be about break even for 2009-2010. Although I can't say I've done a lot personally, I'll take the credit (thanks all of you who really deserve it).

Another exciting possibility as a portion of our April 12 meeting will be a brief piece of the play A Little Night Music presented by some Barker Playhouse actors to promote our Club's Attendance at the theatre on May 13. Our own Holly Applegate and Liz Messier are in the cast. Holly has tickets and information.

Members of our Club are likely to be traveling with Woonsocket Rotarians sometime in May to Esperanza, D.R. to present and start installing water purification systems. Thanks Tony Mendez, Barbara Harris, Kris David, and others involved who have helped us obtain a District matching grant to facilitate this project.

Finally, congratulations to all officers and directors who were voted onto the Board for 2010-11. In a high voter turnout for election of all very qualified candidates, the vote was very close. For anyone who didn't make the Board this time, agree to be reconsidered in future elections if asked. It took me 2, maybe 3, election cycles to make the Board for the first time.

Yours in Rotary,

Richard

Avram Cohen announced that a good time was had by all at Providence Rotary Night at the Providence Bruins, although the Bruins lost. He also announced that an evening at the PawSox is being planned for this summer. More to come on this.

PP Paul Segal is looking for someone to host the female Team Leader of the Group Study Exchange Team from Uruguay.

Steven Rotondo announced that the next Rotary After Dark is March 25 at Tortilla Flats on Hope Street, Providence. The fun begins at 5:30.

The Monday, March 22^nd meeting is a "Bring a Guest" meeting. If you bring a guest who is truly a prospect for joining the club, no charge for the lunch. If you bring a guest who just wants to attend the meeting, he/she/you will have to pay for the lunch. The speaker will be the Honorable Deb Ruggiero, a former Providence Rotarian and now a member of the Jamestown Rotary, who is serving her first term in the General Assembly as the Representative from Jamestown.

It will be Providence Rotary Night at the Barker Playhouse, Providence, on May 13. Please see Holly Applegate or Liz Messier for more information.

April 6 will be Rotary International Night at White's of Westport.

April 10 will be a District Assembly at Johnson & Wales in Seekonk.

May 14-16 will be a District Conference at the Cape Codder Hotel in Falmouth on Cape Cod.