Recording Secretary &
Newsletter Editor
Arthur D. Norwalk
Treasurer
Richard A. Kaplan
Asst. Treasurer
Peter M. Loescher
Sergeant-at-arms
Kevin M. Oates
Past President
Jenny Miller
President, Rotary International
Gary C. K. Huang
Governor, District 7950
Valerie Perry
Directors
to June 30, 2015:
Paula M. Jacobson
Gary S. Kaufman
Wendy S. Marcus
Marcus Mitchell
Nondas Hurst Voll
to June 30, 2016:
Marion F. Avarista
T. Bryan Cook
Kimberly C. Hadsell
Benjamin Longtin
Wascar F. Montilla
Executive Administrator
Jeremiah H. Cannon
INSPIRATION
By Jenny Miller: “No one can take the fire out of your soul, the stars from your eyes, the passion in your heart. Those are yours forever.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS
Kris David announced plans for a “Sopranos-Pilgrims” two-district conference in April in Mystic, CT. Us and a district from Long Island.
Pres. Paul is recruiting for a Bell Ringing chair. Wendy Kountz said the club could do Dec 10, 11 and 12 at East Side Market or Providence Place Mall.
Ben Longtin said tickets will soon go on sale for the new 50-50 club that will have weekly drawings for $50 and a Grand Prize in June. Good holiday gift.
Randy Dittmar is looking for volunteers to deliver dictionaries to 3rd graders.
Save the date of July 9 for installation of DG Kris David followed by Glenn Miller Orchestra Concert at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet. It’ll be a benefit for Kris’s expenses.
Kevin Oates asked members to RSVP for holiday party at Mike & Kathy Kelly’s Saturday, Dec 6.
If you’ve watched Shark Tank you have the basic idea of angel investing, says Jennifer Schwall, executive director of Providence-based Cherrystone Angel Group.
Cherrystone brings local people who have money and talent to invest together with relatively new companies that need financial and intellectual resources to fuel their growth. The investors look at about 100 companies a year, all in southern New England, but only invest in two or three. The group focuses on technology and pharmaceutical industry companies but looks at others; for example, they invested in the new Narragansett Beer.
Jennifer said the Rhode Island area entrepreneur group is growing, fueled by technology from local colleges and universities.
Rotarians and Interactors placed bookplate labels in over 2,000
dictionaries, getting them ready for presentation to all third
graders in Providence schools.
Rotary After Dark Caption Contest:
Winning entry gets a second helping of Margaret Kane's popcorn turkey.
Happy Bucks
Cap Willey-“Man-aging” director of his firm was quoted in the Wall Street Journal
Michelle Berard—for Richard Leone’s work on her car
Steve Hug—Santa’s Walking School Bus
Lots for delivering dictionaries to third graders, bell ringing and the holiday party for Sophia Academy and San Miguel
Barbara Harris for reminding us that the Dictionary Project started with Randy Dittmar’s presidency and for her husband’s quote in the Economist
Richard Applebaum for John Folan’s chairing the coat drive
Rotary Club of Providence, 27 Dryden Lane, Providence, RI 02904
