Rotary Club of Brandywine Hundred
www.brandywinehundredrotary.org
July 10, 2014
PROGRAMS: Speaker schedule is on the website. Check the calendar for
availability and then let Chris Vanderslice know and also Margo so she
can put it on the website.
BOARD MEETING: Tomorrow at Homewood Suites, 7:30 am
Today’s Meeting: United Way, Amy Seidlecki
Last Meeting: Our meeting on June 19th was Steve’s last official meeting
as club president. We spent the time reminiscing about the year gone by.
Ashley Buczik won the 50/50.
Program Schedule:
July 17
July 24
August 21
Rita Wilkins-Fresh Start Scholarship
Jamie Kleman, Children’s Author
District Governor’s Official Visit
Greeter Schedule:
TODAY
July 17
July 24
July 31
Rick Jensen and Jim McBride
Blaine Breeding and Peggy Munley
Jeff Kreston and Jeff Nichols
Bob Berman and Chris Vanderslice
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: It is my honor to serve as this club’s president
for the next Rotary Year. On behalf of the entire club, I would like to thank
president emeritus Steve Lewis for all his work this past year, as well as
the executive board for their additional time and effort. With the member’s
hard work and dedication, I plan on making this a banner year for our club.
The installation dinner June 24th at the Blue Ball Barn was a lot of fun.
Good food, good booze, good fellowship, and good remarks. Thank you to
all that participated. I think the installation, which we held in conjunction
with the Brandywine Naamans Club, is a good analogy to Rotary as a
whole: people coming together for the greater good. It is great that we
have such a close relationship with another club, that we not only come
together to do projects and fundraisers, but to break bread and install our
new slate of officers.
ROTARY HISTORY: Ever wonder why the Rotary year begins July 1?
The international convention initially played a key role in determining the
start date of our fiscal and administrative year.
Rotary's first fiscal year began the day after the first convention ended, on
18 August 1910. The 1911-12 fiscal year also related to the convention,
beginning with the first day of the 1911 convention on 21 August. At its
August 1912 meeting, the Board of Directors ordered an audit of the
International Association of Rotary Clubs' finances. The auditors
recommended that the organization end its fiscal year on 30 June to give
the secretary and treasurer time to prepare a financial statement for the
convention and board, and determine the proper number of club delegates
to the convention. The executive committee concurred, and at its April
1913 meeting, designated 30 June as the end of the fiscal year. This also
allowed for changes to the schedule for reporting club membership and
payments.
Rotary continued to hold its annual conventions in July or August until
1917. Delegates to the 1916 event in Cincinnati, Ohio, approved a
resolution to hold future conventions in June, mainly because of the heat
in cities where most of them occurred. The next one was held in June in
Atlanta, Georgia.
ROTARY’S FOUR WAY TEST
"Of the things we think, say or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Congratulations to our Rotarian of the Year: Chris Blackwell (cue the
confetti, balloons, horns, clowns, etc.). Great work this past year!
Onward and upward: the new Rotary year awaits.
Servitium omnium, Todd
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"
Club Membership
NAME
CLASSIFICATION
BUSINESS
Bob Berman, PHF
Retailing – Jewelry
House of Watches
Chris Blackwell, PHF
Painting and Decorating
Jamestown Painting
Paul Bouchard
Restaurant
Piccolina Toscana
Blaine Breeding
Real Estate
Patterson and Schwartz
Len Bronstein, PHF
Retail
Artisans Gifts and More
Ashley Buczik
Employee Benefits
IFS Benefits
#Michael Connelly, PHF
Protective Services
Conmac, Inc
#Charles Depfer, PHF
Medicine
Retired
Dan Devine
Real Estate
Long and Foster
#Dorothy Fischer, PHF
Education-Nursing
Retired
Todd Harra, PHF
Funeral Director
McCrery and Harra Funeral Home
#Rick Jensen, PHF
Broadcast Media
Delmarva Broadcasting
#*Margo Johnson, PHF
Benefits
Moynahan Management Corp.
Bob Kreston, PHF
Alcoholic Beverage
Kreston Wines and Spirits
Jeff Kreston, PHF
Retail Sales-alcohol
Kreston Wines and Spirits
Stephen Lewis, PHF
Insurance
Bramhall + Hitchen
Jim McBride, PHF
Home Services
Burns and McBride Home Comfort
#Ron Meick, PHF
Financial Services
Retired
#Peggy Munley, PHF
Dentistry-Periodontics
Margaret M Munley, DDS
#Jeffrey Nichols, PHF
Restaurant
The Melting Pot
Ann Tansey, PHF
CPA
Retired
#*Bob Valihura, PHF
Law - Corporate
Robert J Valihura, PA
Chris Vanderslice, PHF
Home Improvement Svc
Delaware Handyman Service
Jim Walls
Financial Services
Wells Fargo
ROTARY CLUB of BRANDYWINE HUNDRED
2014-2015
Revised 7/14
Bold: Charter Members
PHF-Paul Harris Fellow
# Past President
* Paul Harris Society
CURRENTS
Chartered May 16, 1991
President
President-Elect
Vice-President
Treasurer
Secretary
Director At Large
Director At Large
Past President
Sgt. At Arms
Todd Harra
Chris Vanderslice
Jim McBride
Chris Blackwell
Margo Johnson
Bob Berman
Bob Kreston
Steve Lewis
Jim Walls
DISTRICT GOVERNOR
Jennifer E. Reider
ASSISTANT GOVERNOR - AREA TEN
Lisa Cameron