July 27, 2010 Meeting Minutes
Present at the Tegu Building in Morrisville: Gary Nolan, Roy and Marcia Marble, Mel Patashnick, Tim Sargent, Ted Lambert, Phil Chiaravalle, Rudy Loyola, Jason McCarthy, Geoffrey Blume, Davis Koier, Linda Martin, Deanna Wood. (13 members )
Guests: Rebecca Beidler , from the Vermont Food Bank in Wolcott and Lucien Gravel from Wolcott.
Happy Dollars: Tim; Marcia for getting zucchini pickles made; Roy-Happy Day; Mel- married 41 years today; Deanna-played under the sprinkler with her daughter; Gary- his softball team is #1; Linda-happy that she got up today; Geoffrey-made it today to Rotary; Davis- had a great Maine vacation. Jason- sad dollar as he is back to work after his vacation.
Tim announced that District Governor Bill Thompson is hosting an After Dark Celebration August 19th at the Stowe Mountain Lodge. All are invited to view the venue for the 2011 District Convention.
Cambridge Rotary Fun Run is September 6 starting at 9:30 AM.
OLD BUSINESS: Deanna: RE: Literacy Grant applicants: River Arts will not participate in the future. Proposal to hold a Pie for Breakfast event in September at River Arts and split the proceeds with them to support their October Children’s Puppet Show trip to Flynn Theater in Burlington.
Speaker: Rebecca shared with the group how Teresa Snow’s Salvation Farms project has now become the Vermont Food Bank with refrigerated storage space in Wolcott. Rebecca is the Lamoille Valley Field Director and Teresa is working on a state wide gleaning project and is currently working out of Brattleboro. Several large Lamoille Area farms as well as small gardens produced 300,000 lbs of produce that was distributed as food last year rather than ending up as compost and in landfills. Senior centers, food shelves and Senior Centers and after School Programs are receiving healthy local food items.
Volunteers are always needed to glean the fields, pick up and distribute produce and outdated food in a timely manner. Community release people are able to complete their time thru this program. Funding is through donations and federal grants.
Contact Rebecca at 472-8280 ext. 1401 or rbeidler@vtfoodbank.org
Lucien shared how he grew up in Orleans County, served in the US military, worked in many different places for Pizzagalli Construction before starting his own construction business in Wolcott with his family. Rotarians were invited to visit with Lucien after the meeting.
Submitted by Marcia Marble
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