Eva Sereghy, was inducted into the Club last week! Eva is a Rotary veteran, belonging to the McLean, Virginia Club from 9/2012 – 6/2023. Eva has been a frequent guest here in Pittsfield and is familiar to us all! She was sponsored by our Merchant Marine Alex Reczkowski and her membership falls under the classification of public health. Her recent background, National Institute of Health / Health Research Policy Program Analyst. Welcome to Pittsfield Rotary Eva!
Our guest speaker last week was Rebecca Brien of Downtown Pittsfield Inc. Brien, most recently the Director of Sales & Marketing at the Hilton Garden Inn Pittsfield, brings a combined professional background in business, sales, and hospitality, along with a passion for fundraising and volunteerism, to her new role as Managing Director of DPI. The organization boasts, Brien brings key skills to her new role in building relationships with business owners, residents, and visitors. In her comments, Ms. Brien touts the many new and continuing efforts of her organization, including new guidebooks, support for the Berkshire Flyer tourist train, expanded events around the July 4th parade, new murals throughout downtown and a wide assortment of grants in support of cultural and educational programing in downtown. Brien pledges to keep DPI focused on helping businesses of all sizes in the downtown area thrive.
Robert Harrison and Dave Hall have begun distributing commitment lists from last year’s auction. Please commit to your items or let them know that you cannot commit by January 1st.
Robert would like to see all Rotarians acquire 10 items this year. If you need suggestions or have an idea for an item, please see Robert so that he can give you item suggestions or make sure we don’t double solicit.
We apologize for the lateness of this issue of Sparks. Things got a little frisky at the Sparks Tower Christmas party over the weekend. {Name redacted} spilled a tankard of adult beverage across the main control panel at the Tower and shorted out the main flux capacitor, forcing an unplanned closure of the Tower. Due to continued supply chain issues with our overseas supplier, we had a long delay in receiving our emergency shipment containing the aforementioned capacitor. We have taken steps to ensure this type of incident will not be repeated. We appreciate your understanding.
One birthday to celebrate this week: Ken Sewall 1/11; and two Club anniversaries: John McLaughlin, 26 years a/o 1/8/1998, and Kelly Marion, 22 years a/o 1/10/2002.
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Eva Sereghy, was inducted into the Club last week! Eva is a Rotary veteran, belonging to the McLean, Virginia Club from 9/2012 – 6/2023. Eva has been a frequent guest here in Pittsfield and is familiar to us all! She was sponsored by our Merchant Marine Alex Reczkowski and her membership falls under the classification of public health. Her recent background, National Institute of Health / Health Research Policy Program Analyst. Welcome to Pittsfield Rotary Eva!
Our guest speaker last week was Rebecca Brien of Downtown Pittsfield Inc. Brien, most recently the Director of Sales & Marketing at the Hilton Garden Inn Pittsfield, brings a combined professional background in business, sales, and hospitality, along with a passion for fundraising and volunteerism, to her new role as Managing Director of DPI. The organization boasts, Brien brings key skills to her new role in building relationships with business owners, residents, and visitors. In her comments, Ms. Brien touts the many new and continuing efforts of her organization, including new guidebooks, support for the Berkshire Flyer tourist train, expanded events around the July 4th parade, new murals throughout downtown and a wide assortment of grants in support of cultural and educational programing in downtown. Brien pledges to keep DPI focused on helping businesses of all sizes in the downtown area thrive.
We apologize for the lateness of this issue of Sparks. Things got a little frisky at the Sparks Tower Christmas party over the weekend. {Name redacted} spilled a tankard of adult beverage across the main control panel at the Tower and shorted out the main flux capacitor, forcing an unplanned closure of the Tower. Due to continued supply chain issues with our overseas supplier, we had a long delay in receiving our emergency shipment containing the aforementioned capacitor. We have taken steps to ensure this type of incident will not be repeated. We appreciate your understanding.