THE GALLIPOLIS ROTARY CLUB

Dr. Dan Black and son, Dane Black, presented ‘Impressions of China’ at this week’s meeting of the Gallipolis Rotary Club.  Pictured above are Dr. Black, Resty Alonzo, President Bonnie McFarland, and Dane Black showing their certificates for Books For Schools which will be donated in their names to a local elementary school.

The Black’s participated in a People to People trip to China which allowed for exposure to the country’s medical centers and clinics to learn first hand about medical practices in China.  Dr. Black emphasized that Chinese medicine combines mind-body-spirit practices that date back thousands of years.  Dane enjoyed getting about the country and captured many interesting photographs of Beijing, The Great Wall, and other interesting sights.  Resty contributed a Happy Buck to the club on behalf of our speakers today. (more…)

President Bonnie McFarland called the regular meeting of the Gallipolis Rotary Club to order at bit after 7:15 am this morning.  ADG Matt Willis provided the invocation and Bonnie welcomed our guest speaker for the meeting, Brad Draper, Gifts Officer from Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio.

Valentine’s Dinner—President Bonnie reminded everyone to mark February 9th as our club’s Valentine’s Dinner.  There will be NO MORNING MEETING that day as members will be escorting their Valentine to an evening meeting at Dave’s American Grill starting a 6:00 pm.  A sign-up sheet was passed around for members to indicate their attendance and guest.  We will have our own private room and will be ordering off the menu.  Be sure to sign up next week!

Split-The-Pot—Jim Morrison ran STP for the meeting today and asked our guest speaker to draw the winning ticket for the small pot of $7 and the lucky winner was . . . PDG Mel!  Mel donated the funds to the club’s endowment and carefully drew for the big pot pulling the Ace of Spades.  The Foundation Fine was assessed against anyone who cannot make the Valentine’s Dinner meeting.

Coin Box—Rotarian John Ellison turned in a mighty heavy Rotary coin box today.  Margaret Evans provided John with a brand new EMPTY replacement box and offered club members additional coin boxes.  New Members are urged to use the coin box for loose change which can then be turned in as your donation toward the ‘Every Member, Every Year’ $100 donation to the Rotary Foundation. (more…)

Club President, Bonnie McFarland, called the meeting of the Gallipolis Rotary Club to order promptly at 7:15 am.  We had an excellent attendance today and Rotarian Bob Hood offered the invocation.

Treasurer’s Report—Club Treasurer, Shawn Siders, presented the financial report from last week’s board meeting concerning the expenditures for December for the club.

Two Blue Badges—President Bonnie called Dave Smith and James  Wellington forward to present them their new permanent Rotary blue badge.  Both had fulfilled the requirements to shed the old red badge.  Bonnie asked ADG Matt Willis to assist in the presentations.  Congratulations to Dave and James!

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The first Rotary meeting of the new year and new decade was opened by President Bonnie McFarland.  Cleeland Willis provided the invocation.  We had an excellent attendance despite the poor weather.   A new table arrangement greeted Rotarians this morning along with some nice table decorations provided by President Bonnie.  She worked hard the night before to arrange this setup and it looked great.  Thanks, Bonnie!

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