Thanks from Martha's Mission

Rotarians, Aquariums

From the January 21, 2013 Meeting at the NC Aquarium, Pine Knoll Shores.

Monday's Program: Tales of the Sea

The program on Monday January 28, 2013 will be provided by Rotarian Col. Hal Clark, USMC, Ret.

Hal will highlight personal reminisces about combat at sea!

Pig Cooking Tickets are Here!

Rotarians will be disbursed Newport Pig Cooking tickets to sell on Monday!

Tickets are $7.

The date is April 6, 2013 at the Newport Community Park.

British GSE Team to Visit

We are fortunate this year to have the British Group Study Exchange Team (GSE) visit with us on April 15, 2013 for our evening program.

The Inbound Team is composed of 5 people: 2 men and 3 women. The Team Leader is Rotarian Steve Davies, a retired educator. Team Members are Ben Mottram, a media specialist/journalist who is in charge of media relations for the Worcester Warriors, a Premier League Rugby Union Club, Hannah Newrick, a Social Worker, employed as an Activities Coordinator for a high dependency nursing unit that is home to adults with complex disabilities that include Multiple Sclerosis, Huntingdon’s Disease, and early onset dementia; Grace Rollason, a National Health Service (NHS) family physician; and Sarah Salter, a Social Worker, employed in a municipal setting in Bristol City that focuses on improving the quality of life for people living at home but in deteriorating health. More details will be shared as they become available.

Newport Rotarians Deliver Food to Food Pantries

On January 14, 2013 the Newport Rotary Club held Service Projects at two locations collecting food for the needy, to be distributed by local food pantries. Food pantry shelves were bare after the "holiday rush".

A truckload of non-perishable items items was delivered to Martha's Mission Cupboard in Morehead City on January 16 by Pam Wall from the Town and Country IGA collection site. Several carts of groceries were delivered from the Red & White Food Store location by Pres. Steve Blizzard to the Matthew 25 Fund at St. James Methodist Church later in the week. Thanks to all the Rotarians who supported this needed endeavor. Also, thanks for the owners of Town & Country and Red & White for supporting our project.  

Club to Meet at NC Aquarium Today

The Newport Rotary Club with hold a combination Service Project and Social Meeting at the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores NC today at 4:00pm. Rotarians can carpool from the Newport Rotary Building leaving promptly at 3:30. Admission is free with donations of goods to Martha's Mission, and the club fulfilled that obligation last week with their successful food drive and drop off of a truckload of canned goods and nonperishables last week. Dinner will follow at Mykonos Greek Restaurant in Morehead City at 6:00 pm. Address: 102 Harris Road.

Historian Rodney Kemp to Speak at Club Valentines Event

Rodney Kemp storytelling
at The History Place

Carteret County Historian and "Fish House Liar" Rodney Kemp will be the featured speaker at the Newport Rotary Club on February 11, 2013 for the club's Valentine Day event.

A favored story teller, author and preserver of local tradition, Rodney's presentation will be sure to delight, inform and entertain. The event is a family event.

Contact Winston Reese for more information.

Read more about Rodney Kemp here.

Next 6 Months: Rotary Awareness Program

The program on January 8, 2013 was led by PDG Bevin Wall, and centered on club programming and activities over the next 6 months and their effect on awareness of Rotary in the Newport community.

In summary, the consensus is that (1) regular meals are important, (2) having as many programs at our building at our regular date/time Monday nights 6:30pm is important, (3) the individual meal costs burden is satisfactory, (4) alternate "eat-out" opportunities should be tried, (5) our service meetings need to be numerous and visible.

As a result the Club Calendar at the "Upcoming Events" tab has been updated for January 2013- June 2013. A new page entitled "Meeting Duties" has been posted outlining the individual Rotarian's club responsibilities during that time frame.

Every active Rotarian has exactly one meal payment responsibility during this time period, exactly one clean-up responsibility, and at least one program responsibility. Additionally, some Rotarians are asked to coordinate one additional meal to be paid "dutch" by the group. Also, some Rotarians are asked to coordinate one additional service activity (non-program).

Please note the meal and clean-up schedule does differ from the July 2012-June 2013 Schedule previously posted. The old schedule should not be used and has been taken off the website. Please contact Bevin or President Steve if you have questions.