Dave Hall introduced the newest Club member Roger Gibboni. Roger is the proprietor of Rogers High Fidelity. The firm manufactures top notch audio equipment at their North Adams facility. Mr. Gibboni transferred in from the Rotary Club of North Adams. In his brief remarks, Roger thanked Dave and the group for welcoming him to the Club and stated that he looks forward to an active membership in the Rotary Club of Pittsfield.
Options to donate agencies supported by RI who are on the ground helping Ukraine:
CARE.ORG: With families at risk fleeing Ukraine violence, CARE provides humanitarian aid, with food, water and hygiene kits to the most vulnerable in Ukraine.
AMERICARES.ORG: Through their Ukraine Crisis Fund, AMERICARES will help deliver medicine, medical supplies and emergency funding to support families and people affected by the Ukrainian crisis.
UNICEFUSA.ORG: On the ground helping Ukraine's children.
The Wine Pairing Dinner is scheduled for this Saturday, March 19th at Mazzeo's. The event kicks off at 6:00 PM. Tickets are $100 per person, with 100% of the profits from the fundraiser going to a memorial scholarship for Dr. John Reynolds. Only 75 ticket sold, so please RSVP pronto. If you have not yet paid, please get your check to Joan DiMartino.
Rotary Club of Pittsfield will be doing a first responder appreciation as part of the District 7890 Day of Service challenge on April 9. We will be distributing coffee, doughnuts, or other treats for local police (headquarters), fire (five locations) and ambulance services (two locations). Joan DiMartino and Jeff Whitehouse are seeking volunteers to assist in distribution to these eight locations.
Tom Hamel secured an auction donation (from Fidelity National Trust) of two tickets to a Celtics vs. Heat game on March 30. With the auction postponed the game now predates the auction so that the Club will host a special auction at the March 19 wine pairing dinner just for these tickets.
Celtics vs. Heat
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Sec LOGE17, Row 11, Seats 5 & 6
Proceeds from the sale of these tickets will go to the Dr. John Reynolds Scholarship Fund.
It's almost time! The Auction is Saturday, April 2nd, at Berkshire Hills Country Club. Please gather up your items and get them to Molari's so they may be entered into the database in preparation for our best auction ever! Robert Harrison announced the Auction Committee has garnered about $80,000 worth of items for this years Auction!
Please note, proof of vaccination is no longer required.
Sparks has confirmed the grand reopening of Patrick's Pub will take place Tuesday March 15th, giving the new crew two precious days to train for today's big day! You guessed it, Jeff Whitehouse will be firmly ensconced on his thrown, er stool at the reopened public house. Sparks further confirmed the 17th is also Saint Patrick's Day.
In order to balance the throngs, the 5th Thursday gathering will be held at the 101 Restaurant and Bar (Holiday Inn) on Thursday evening, March 31st. 101 is the sister restaurant of Patrick's Pub.
Please RSVP your intent to Joan DiMartino (joan.dimartino@gd-ms.com) by 12:00 noon Tuesday so she may give Mazzeo's a head count. If unable to attend, our luncheon meetings are also available live on Zoom. If you cannot be there in person, consider streaming the event via the following link:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82492414654?pwd=ODJaSUdkY0pPS3pNbHRsdFhqWjh0QT09 (Meeting ID: 824 9241 4654 and Passcode: 514940). Sometimes it takes a few moments to set up Zoom, so please be patient........ and please, if you've committed to attending, please don't neglect to attend unless there's a crisis.
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