SOUTHBRIDGE ROTARY CLUB
Bulletin for November 28, 2012
Meeting at the Southbridge Business Center, Mechanic Street, Southbridge
12:00 Noon, Wednesdays
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
Chartered May 13, 1927
SPEAKERS:
12-05-12
MEETING TO BE HELD AT THE NEW HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL. See bits &
Pieces for details.
12-12-12
Al Lanni presents Shen Yun 2013, a Chinese dance team (no dancing)
12-19-12
DOD Center Shutdown
12-26-12
DOD Center Shutdown
01-02-13
Terri Lisle, TBA
01-09-13
Richard Mangion, TBA
01-16-13
Bob Knight, TBA
01-23-13
Paul Jalbert, TBA
01-30-13
Bruce Desrosier, TBA
VISITORS/GUESTS: ADG Roy Balfour
ATTENDANCE 63%
RAFFLE: Pat pulled the Ace of Spades on the 1st try and got $57.00
HAPPY DOLLARS:
Dino paid for Southbridge and Leominster both winning the Turkey Day
game; ADG Roy paid for the Neonatal cameras; Ken paid because Terry knows it all; Terry paid for
playing golf during a meeting; Pat paid for the speaker; Bill paid for a makeup and his Granddaughter
taking first steps; Terri paid for a family Thanksgiving: Joe A. paid for the holiday.
BIRTHDAYS: None
ANNIVERSARIES: None
MAKE UPS:
FINES:
none
None
BITS AND PIECES: Our meeting on 12-5-12 will be held at the new Southbridge
High/Middle school. We will meet in the lobby at noon for a tour of the facility and
then have lunch in the cafeteria.
ADG Roy spoke about the neonatal intensive care unit web
cameras. These cameras help new parents and family members keep
watch on the critical care Newborns in the neonatal intensive care
unit at UMass receive. These WebCams are helping 600 infants
yearly and is a joint effort of the UMass Memorial Children's
Medical Center and the Worcester Rotary club. Special web
cameras are mounted above the incubator providing parents and
family 24-hour a day, seven days a week access to a live video
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stream that they watch from their computer or laptop or iphone. Each camera costs $1200 and the
donor gets recognition for the gift. Right now UMass has only six shared cameras mounted on IV poles
and they have been viewed by families all over our state and families all over the world. Most of the
worldwide usage is by military stationed overseas. Their goal is one camera per infant bed that will
allow all the parents and families access around-the-clock. There are 49 beds in the UMass Children's
Center. Southbridge Rotary membership is responsible for three cameras being donated.
PRESIDENTS TALK: President Bill reminded us that we are meeting at the new
school next Wednesday. He then pointed out that the DOD will be closed for the
last two weeks of the year so we will not have meetings those weeks.
He mentioned that we need a Board meeting within the next week or two so
members may get a call to meet at his office.
SPEAKER: Pat introduced Bill Mason of Blessed John Paul Parish, St. Vincent’s Pantry. The St.
Vincent's food pantry serves the Sturbridge and Southbridge area and gives monthly handouts to 300
families. Of those families 100 people are seniors. The food pantry gives out 8 to 9000 pounds of food
monthly. The need is so great that the pantry has now outgrown its
resources. Questions asked are, who are the hungry, and how can you
help. Mr. Mason said he needs ambassadors to look for the hungry in
town. The pantry also offers a senior supplement now. They give each
senior a $10 gift card and a bag of food. Many seniors have had to give
up their apartments and either live with relatives, or have some other
living arrangement. Sometimes they cannot afford the apartment. Once a
month they receive enough food to last for one week. In September they
had a bag collection and 800 bags were collected and were used up in three weeks. When they receive
cash they buy food with it. They credited Big Bunny Market for selling food to the pantry at their
costs. Bill mentioned that hunger in this world is in the heart more than the stomach. The pantry is
located in the basement of the ministry center at St. Mary's Church on Hamilton Street. It is run by 35
volunteers, none of which collect a salary. The only expenses they have are electric and phone.
Because of government cutbacks they expect an increase in need. Bill finished this talk by making an
invitation to all who want to visit the facility to contact him.
Club Roster
P= Past President
Athanas, Joseph P. (P)
Blanchard, Bryan (P)
Carlson, Ronald P.
Coderre, Joseph A. (P)
Clemence, Richard
Desautels, Clement T. (P)
Detarando, Jay
Jalbert, Paul R. (P)
Keefe, Edward G.
Lanni, Arnold (P)
Lisle, terry
Mills, Paul A. (P)
Menard, Joan
Nikolla, Peter
Pettinelli, Philip (P)
Prohaska, Otto
Rizner, Kenneth E. (P)
Smalarz, Thomas J.
Tata, Constantino H. (Dino)
Waddick, James H. (P)
P = Past President
2011-2012
Bousquet, Glenn L. (P2)
Chernisky, Ronald (P)
Coderre, Robert E. (P)
Brenner, Jay
Desrosier, Bruce J. (P)
DiGregorio, Albert J. (P)
Jawor, John
Knight, Robert H. (P)
Lannon, William
Main, Jason (P)
Mitchell, Sean 4-25-12
Davenport, Jeffrey
DiGregorio, Paul J.
Plouffe, Normand E.
Prokos, Alexander
Colognesi, Theresa G. (P)
Leboeuf, Eric
Mangion, Richard M.
Morrill, Patrick S.
Rockwood, Marjorie (P)
Taylor, John E.
Tremblay, Ronald
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Officers and Directors
John Jawor
William Lannon
Jeffrey Davenport
Paul R. Jalbert
Theresa Colognesi
Joe Coderre
Director
Director
President
President Elect
Vice president
Treasurer
Secretary
Club Advisor
Ron Chernisky
Bryan Blanchard
Dino Tata
Terri Colognesi
Peter Nikola
Joan Menard
Terry Lisle
Terry Lisle
Dino Tata
Director
International Service
Vocational Service
Community Service
Club Service
Sergeant At Arms
Attendance
Bulletin Editor
Glenn Bousquet
Paul Harris Fellows
Joseph P. Athanas 1995
Paul A. Mills
Robert E. Coderre
John E. Taylor
Kenneth E. Rizner 10-30-1997 Paul R. Jalbert 2001
James Waddick 2006
Bryan Blanchard 2006
Constantino H. Tata (Dino) 2-26-04
Richard Ayers
Terri Colognesi 05-26-10
Zygmund J. Damian
Marjorie Rockwood 5-11-2002 Glenn Bousquet.10-08-2008
Ronald Chernisky 9-03-2008
Jeffrey Davenport 1995
Ronald Carlson 07-20-11
Deceased and Non-member Paul Harris Fellows,
Burns, Charles E.
Mozley, George
C. Stanley Knight
John CS. Crosbie
Laliberte, Oswald J.
Ricci, Raymond A.
C. Stanley Knight
Philip S. Morrill
Leclaire, Romeo H.
Wilson, Calvin
Charles T. Parham
Albert J. DiGregorio 1960
Moreno, Laurence
Witter, Simon E.
Judith Flannery (Non-member)
Normand E. Plouffe 1995
Neighboring Clubs
Sturbridge
Webster Dudley
Putnam
Auburn
Brookfields
Worcester
Monday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Thursday
6:00
4:30
12:15
6:00
6:30
12:15
Publick House, 277 Main Street Sturbridge, Ma.
Point Breeze Restaurant, 114 Point Breeze Road, Webster
J. D. Coopers 146 Park Road, Putnam, Ct.
Heritage Coffee Shop, Heritage Mall, Rte. 12 Auburn
Wok Inn Corner Rte. 67 & Rte 9, W. Brookfield, Ma.
Coral Seafood, 225 Worcester Street, Worcester, Ma.
The Four-Way Test
Is it the truth?
Is it fair to all concerned?
Will it build goodwill and better friendship?
Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
ROTARY CLUB OF SOUTHBRIDGE
P. O. Box 51
Southbridge, Mass. 01550
Chartered May 13, 1927
Club No. 2588
District No. 7910
www.southbridgerotary.org
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