Rotary President Elect Caitlin O’Reilly filled in for president Michelle Jones and called the meeting to order and also led the Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem. Afterward, Tory Irgang provided the invocation.

Vice President Zach Agett introduced the guests, which included Justina Dore (guest of Caitlin) and Rick Rupprecht (guest of Tory). Rick Rupprecht introduced himself as a local resident, retired from JCC. he then shared some details about his new cookbook, "Good Home Cooking with Uncle Rick." He said that the cookbook was created to be a fundraising instrument for local nonprofits. For a minimum donation of $30, the donor can then receive the cookbook. He's printed about 300 copies and is encouraging anyone to pick one up, as long as they donate to a local nonprofit or cause of their choice.

For announcements, Marion Beckerink said club is still working to raise funding as part of the Scholarship for Sophia Cama, a local student who is going abroad later this year as part of the group's student exchange program. Marion said the local club is working to raise $1,000 as a match for Sophia's own contribution. The club is going to appropriate $500 of its funding toward its match, and is asking individuals to also consider making a donation of their choice to help ensure we reach a total of $1,000. Donations can be made to the club with a note that it is for Sophia's scholarship fund.

Sophia and Jan Steinmann, our current exchange student from Switzerland, then provided a recap of their recent weekend trip to Algonquin in Canada with other students from the district.

Kathy Burch announced that the winner of the 50/50 would receive $35. Pat Kinney won the money and gave all proceeds back to the organization.

Sergeant-at-Arms Doug Conroe fined Andy and Lisa Goodell for a successful United Way campaign. He also fined Kristin Melville for being appointed to the Marvin House board. Doug also asked some Olympics trivia questions, including of the 90+ countries that participated, how many won at least one medal? (27 countries); What competition did Brazil win its first medal ever in? (Alpine Skiing); and which to hockey teams featured nothing but players from the NHL on their rosters? (Sweden and Team USA). Dan Heitzenrater, Max Eimiller, and Chris Anderson were fined for each question asked.

Happy Bucks:

Ruth Lundin gave a happy buck for the successful minigolf pub crawl fundraiser that was recently held, along with a reminder for the upcoming Coldest Night of the Year awareness event. Joni Blackman provided a reminder that next week is the monthly birthday celebrations and donated a buck. Tory Irgang gave a buck for a successful 4-H Green Tie event. Lori Brockelbank gave an update on her family's recent successes and milestones, including her recent new position with National Grid. Max Eimiller gave a buck for a successful Minigolf fundraiser, which raised $3500 for the club. Dan Heitzenrater gave a buck for a successful Chamber Board orientation event.  Rhonda Johnson gave a buck or a successful builders show she recently attended out of state. And Caitlin gave several happy bucks for having an approved dissertation that she will be defending in the next three weeks.