• PJ Pfeifenberger
• Mary Collins (WLVB, Speaker)
• Alexa Arthur (Youth Speech Contestant) and Family

Happy Dollars

• PJ is happy to be visiting a new club.
• Jason is happy that basketball season has started at the local high schools.
• Linda was happy to have Thanksgiving dinner with the Morrisville Kindergarten class.  Mel was happy the happy dollars went much quicker than Stowe.
• Gary was happy to celebrate another birthday.
• Mary was happy that the speech contest contestant was here today.

Business

If people are interested, there are 7 openings for people to do a Friendship Exchange to the Northwestern US and Western Canada.  Please contact Bill Thompson, District Governor Nominee for 2010-2011 and Acting Friendship Exchange Chair for District 7850.  His email address is wibbit@aol.com.

Alexa Arthur, Speech Contestant

Alexa is going to Africa this summer for three months to work in an orphanage in Accra, Ghana.  The theme of the contest is “Make Dreams Real,” so here speech and her actions are very much aligned.  She is a junior at Lamoille Union High School.  Alexa was the only contestant from Morrisville, so she wins this round by default.  The next round of Speech Contests is to be determined, but will most likely be between Waterbury and Stowe.

Speaker Mary Collins, Lakota Indians

Mary spoke about the Lakota Indians.  She suggested that the extra coats we collected from the coat drive could be shipped out to them, but she can’t afford to ship them herself.  There is a cultural ride that occurs periodically, and we have possibility of shipping them with that group.  We could also donate the money to ship the coats.  Rotarians are also encouraged to donate outside of the club as well.  If you would like to contact Mary to help out, or get more information, you can contact her at: mcollins@radiovermont.com.  For more information on the Lakota Indians, please visit their entry on Wikipedia.