of Directors The Rotary Board President Sam Sargeant President Elect David Juliano Secretary John Mattingly Treasurer Lori Cooke-Marra Sergeant at Arms Mark Davis Assistant Secretary Steve Lazarus Past-President Kevin Buno Foundation Chair Carlene Roche Directors 2010/2012: Tom Daly Mark Gingras John Mezzanotte Directors 2011/2013: Jerry Oliano Paul Gambardella Peter Davis Meets the third Tuesday of every month. Meeting starts at 5:15 PM in the conference room above TDBank, North Main Street, Wallingford. All Directors are expected to attend, and any club member is welcome to attend as well. Board meeting minutes will be available to the club members once they are approved by the board.
If you would like to donate ANY amount to The Rotary Foundation and haven’t done so in your dues please feel free to contact Carlene. You can make a one-time donation or make your donation online. Rotary Club of Wallingford @WallngfrdRotary www.wallingfordrotary.org
Miss a Meeting? For clubs worldwide go to: www.rotary.org/support/clubs/index.html Monday Branford 12:15 PM Ital-Amer Club 40 Hamre Lane Hamden 5:45 PM Playwright Rest 232 Whitney Ave Tuesday North Haven 7:15 AM The Breakfast Nook 448 Washington Avenue Meriden 12:00 PM IL Monticello 466 S Broad St Middletown 12:15 PM First & Last Tavern 220 Main St. New Haven 12:15 PM 115 Graduate Club 155 Elm St Wednesday Waterbury 12:15 PM Carmen Anthony st rd 1 and 3 Wed 496 Chase Ave. West Haven
12:15 PM App's 283 Captain Thomas Blvd North Branford 6:00 PM Nataz Restaurant 2025 Foxon Road Derby/Shelton 12:15 PM Brownson CC 15 Soundview Ave Thursday Milford 12:15 PM Aldario's Rest 240 Naugatuck Ave East Haven 6:15 PM Pompeo's Rest 485 W Main St Branford Cheshire 12:00/6:30 PM Cugino's Restaurant 1410 Highland Avenue Check website www.cheshirerotary.org for time Friday Trumbull 7:30 AM Public Library 33 Quality Street Orange 12:15 PM Racebrook CC Online
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Rotary Club of Wallingford “Service Above Self” since 1923 District 7980/Club 6756 TODAY 05/02/2012
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UPCOMING SPEAKER CHAIRS
05/09/2012 Matt Bailey 05/16/2012 Ken Sause 05/23/2012 No Mtg. (Golf Tourn.) **05/29/2012 Joint Meeting with Meriden (Please note the date) 06/06/2012 High School Citizen of the Year
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Forget Last Week’s Meeting? Last week we were stumped, yet again, by John Mezzanotte’s Rotarian quiz. Let’s get reading folks!
Purple Pinky Day
Great job by all the Rotarians who stepped up and helped make Purple Pinky Day happen. We were able to collect about $2000 to help end polio.
8th Grade Speaking and Essay Contest The Rotary 8th Grade Speaking and Essay Contest will be held at Dag Hammarskjold Middle School on Wednesday, May 23rd at 7:00pm. The host school this year is Holy Trinity. 8th Graders from Moran, Dag and Holy Trinity will compete again this year. The judges for this years contest are the following: Kevin Buno, Dave Juliano, Sal Menzo, Sam Sargeant and Ralph Tomaselli. Thank you to all the judges for being there that evening. Special thanks to Carlene for being a judge at all the past contests since its inception. We will miss you.
On This Date
What’s Rotary Doing? Grant Requests 2012 Redemption Song Wallingford Historic Preservation Trust, Inc. DR Mission Team Scholarships United Way of Meriden & Wallingford Inc. US Naval Sea Cadet Corps, Edson Division. Rotary Club of Wallingford, Dictionary Project Wallingford Project Graduation 2012 Wallingford Fireworks Fund Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care Birthright of Greater Meriden Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee Ulbrich Boys and Girls Club Tri-Town Special Olympics Wallingford Chorus Holiday for Giving Rushford Academy First Baptist Church Wallingford Paxton M. Landry (Individual request) Wallingford Early Childhood Alliance Resource and Education and Spanish Community of Wallingford (SCOW) Wallingford Center, Inc. Wallingford Family YMCA/Community Day Race Lyman Hall HS Agriculture Science and Tech Dept Family Science, Math, Technology Nights, Wallingford Youth and Social Services Wallingford Fuel Bank, Town of Wallingford Wallingford Family YMCA Rotary Club of Wallingford-8th Grade Speaking and Essay Contest CT Autism Spectrum Resource Center The Dry Dock (Redemption Son, LLC) Wallingford Rotary "4 Way Test Speaking Contest Meriden-Wallingford Campership People to People Ambassador Program Janette Birtha Wallingford Adult Education CT League for Nursing (CLN) Wallingford Alternative High School
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Rotary Citizen & Rotarian of the Year Nominations are currently being accepted for these two awards. If you know of anyone deserving of these honors, please fill out a form and submit to Paul Gambardella (Citizen of the Year) or Tom Daly (Rotarian of the Year). The forms can be downloaded from our website www.wallingfordrotary.org.
Dates to Remember April 27 – Purple Pinky Day May 17-20 – Rotary Celebration 2012 at The Crowne Plaza, Warwick, RI May 21 - Annual Golf Tournament at the Farms May 23 – 8th Grade Speaking Contest @ Dag May 29 – Joint Meeting with Meriden June 6 – High School Citizen of the Year