July 28, 2016
VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUEST
Patti Burns wife of Doug Burns
Bobby Morris –Visiting Guest
Larry and Mary Blocker-Guest Speakers
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you have any makeup meetings please email Victoria or Audrey
Next Board Meeting August 8that JK Graphics new location on 105 5pm
September 8th District Governor will be guest speaker don’t miss it!
August 4th after the Rotary meeting will meet to discuss the Grant project. An e-mail will be sent out as a reminder!
FAMILY OF ROTARY – No Update
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Jan Ricketts-Service-No Update
Shannon Salsbury-Membership-Induction Jon Carswell on August 4th
David Anderson-Administration/Programs-No Update
Deanna Voitle-Public Image-No Update
Chef Rick -New Generations-Still selling Memory Park flags please pick up forms at registration desk! The flags will go up in Memory Park on Labor Day!
Mike Berger-Polio Chair-No new cases last week! Total cases in the world 19-13 in Pakistan and 6in Afghanistan!
Gary Milleson-Foundation-No Update
Kris McBride-Memory Park (By Gary) -Thanks to everyone that helped on Tuesday at the Chamber event!
We are in need of four or five volunteers next week after the meeting to put the stakes in the Park for the new Story Walk Poster project!
GOOD NEWS
Janet announced she finally got her car! It was delivered to her last night after a two week wait!
Randell announced $20 for 20 years! He and his wife celebrated 20 years on Tuesday
Mike announced $1 for Warren’s knee surgery! He could have performed the surgery for a lot cheaper! Another $1 for the cat he found turns out it’s a boy not a girl! This cat is not feral very friendly, hugs, and cuddles. If anyone wants the cat Mike will get all the shots and get him neutered! Also $20 to say thank you to everyone that helped with the Chamber after hours the other night! Really need to thank Carol and Lorrie they put up with him and made it happen! All in all successful event!
Christina Also put in $20 to announce she is now on a rule of 85! For those that don’t know you have to be 65 or older and been in the club for 25 years! She has been in for 28 years and just about 65! She will be traveling to Europe for six weeks! She will be visiting six different countries to include Sweden, Germany, and Russia. The last time she went to Europe was two years ago so excited to see how it has changed!
Bobby gave $9 to announce the 9 construction projects that are going on with MISD. All three new schools are started and renovations underway. He will come back and give us an update on the projects!
Janet announced that she and Gary were not here, because of the early arrival of their granddaughter! Also their 12 year old grandson Ethan 12 successful climbedthe 14,950 ft. Mount Sneffels in CO. This was a big deal for someone with small lungs and allergic to everything!
Warren announced his stiches are out and good to go! Going to Alaska see you all in a month!
GUEST SPEAKER
Larry Blocker with Keep Us Fed Montgomery County spoke with the club about this great organization that has been helping to support hunger relief in Montgomery County. The organization Keep us Fed Montgomery County a 501©3 non-profit was as a result of the 2015 LMC class project. Larry’s youngest son was a part of the 2015 class and the project has taken on a life of its own and why he and his wife are still operating the organization!Keep Us Fed is a volunteer based organization that gets in between the people that have food to throw away and those that need it. They currently have a dozen or so volunteers making 25 pickups a week. Within the first year, the volunteers picked up 22,000lbs of food. At June 30, 2016, the organization picked up 32,000lbs of food. The deliveries of food are delivered to the destination within a half hour of pick up. Most of the pickups come from local Grocery Stores, restaurants, caters, community garden, and special events such as Taste of the Town and Tastefest. Food is delivered to The Women’s Center, Montgomery County Youth Services, Angel Reach, Children’s Books on Wheels, Coat of Many Colors, and many others.
The organization is needing more volunteers (target would be around 60-70) or monetary donations. Volunteer time a week averages 90 minutes, gas and your personal vehicle. The only other requirement is to take an online food handlers course the cost $9.00 and good for up to two years!
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The Rotary Club of Lake Conroe 
