The world lost an incredible human being and Rotarian last week with the passing of Marcel Schmidt.  We were often graced with his presence at our meetings and he was a friend to all.

 

Calling hours are Thursday December 22, 2022 from 4 to 6 pm, immediately followed by a Memorial Service.

 

The funeral home is

Firton-Adams

76 Broad St

Westfield MA 01085

December 22nd - Christmas Luncheon @ Mazzeos

December 29th - Dictionary Processing at the Berkshire Athenaeum - Lunch provided - Reply to Joan's email if you can attend and help out.

 

Our speaker on December 8th was Steven Valenti whose local business Steven Valenti’s Clothing for Men has been on North St for 39 years.   Steve imparted multiple pieces of wisdom to the group from his Boy Scout leadership days and his love of pizza.   Steven Valenti’s now offers women’s clothing along with his traditional men’s clothing and tux rentals.   He gave us the good news that he is buying the building that houses his business, his son Evan will be taking over the management of the business and that this June he will celebrate 40 years in business.   Steven Valenti’s still uses handwritten receipts and numbers their customers so he was able to record that they recently served the 250,000th customer.  Please support a great local business!  

Proposed Member: Ben Wax

Classification: Associations Family and Children - Services & Care

Proposer: Carol Leibinger-Healy 

 

John Hudnall is working with the United Way to organize a food packaging service project with a preliminary date of January 14th.  We hope to have members volunteer that Saturday morning to create an assembly line to make packages for those in need of food support.

 

Robert Harrison has "Save the Date" postcards for our 2023 Auction hot off the presses.  Please see him to take as many as you would like to send or give out.  These cards include free admission to the auction on April 1, 2023.

Jeff Hassett 01/05

Shaun Heimann 01/12

John Hudnall 01/26

Greg Knight 02/02

Don Kuczarski 02/09

Because of our meeting schedule, here are the birthdays and anniversaries until our next regular lunch meeting:

Celebrating birthdays:

Kelly Marion December 12th, John Murphy December 23rd, and Jay Marion December 27th,.

 

Club anniversaries:

Eric Schaffer 24 years as of December 10th,  David Dery 56 years as of December 15th, Don Kuczarski 21 years as of December 21st, Chris Farrell 34 years as of December 22nd and Dick Laureyns 44 years as of December 28th.  

The pot is at $570 with 32 cards in the deck. We are looking for the 2 of Clubs. Good luck!