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P. O. Box 10742 State College, 16805

Edition: #418 Editor: Paul Rutter

May 21, 2009 Jason Dambach, GM of State College Spikes
May 28, 2009 SCAHS Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) students
June 4, 2009 Club Assembly
June 9-12, 2009 Puerto Rican GSE Team
June 9, 2009 Cookout for GSE team at Paul's camp
June 11, 2009 GSE?
June 18, 2009 Marsha  Landis, Director, Masonic Learning Center

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Visiting Rotarians: None
Make-ups turned in: Paul Rutter in Cashiers, NC, and the Breakfast Club.
Guests:
50/50: Currently, the total pot stands at nearly $830 with 29 cards remaining. The 50/50 drawing was a ticket held by Meg Moose, who did not draw the winning card but the 2 of clubs.
Auction: The auction item was a garden basket from Cathy Brown. This was won by Kat Snowe for $27.

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Lederer Park Clean-up April 18, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.: Brad is in charge coordinating this event, with all of us helping! Many Hands makes short work. Foundation Dinner April 16, 2009. Planning Committee Chair: Dick Held, members all multiple Paul Harris Fellows 2009 Spaghetti Dinner committee: Eberly, Bedell, Geise and all of us! 2009 Entertainment Book committee: Eberly, Moose and all of us! Club Holiday Party, December: Brytczuk chair, all club Festival of the Trees, December 6-8, 2008: Eberly chair, all of the club Wine Auction , October 2008: Walsh, Brytczuk, Goldsten, and those that attended. Philippine GSE Exchange, October 2008: Rutter, Williams, Whitfield Farmers Market, Food delivery to Food Bank, Each Friday 2008 Rotarians? Email Roger Fetter PSU Football Games, Fall 2008: Rotarians? email Paul C.Carolina: Rutter x2, Dunlap x2, Moose x2, Oregon St.: Rutter x2, Mose x2, Dunlap x2, Moose x2, Temple: Rutter, Moose, Snowe x2 Illinois: Rutter, Moose, Snowe x2, Michigan: Rutter x2, Moose, Dunlop x2, Indiana: Rutter, Moose x2, Snowe x2, Meinke (RYEX) x3, Dunlap x2 Michigan St.: Rutter x2, Dunlap, Moose, Snowe x2, Meinke (RYEX) x2 2008-9 Hosts for Highschool International Youth Exchange: Whitfield Chair, Rutter

Happy Bucks Paul Rutter was happy that he and Fabian finished the Red Moshannon Canoe race upright, dry, and with both paddles.

Jim let us know that we sold over $3,000 of auction items at the spaghetti dinner. We served 420 plates too.

Membership count to date is 46

Treasurer's Report: Bills are all paid to date

More money is due in from the spaghetti dinner receipts

Year to date money total is $19,669.66

Public Relations: State College Magazine should have a report on Rotary, Farmers Market, and Food Bank relationship

There should be a news release on the Foundation Dinner

Membership: There will be a meeting next week and all members of that committee w ill be reminded

Service Projects: Looking for Host Families

Ticket Sales: Over $4,000 sold for the spaghetti dinner

Money from the auction sales is still coming in @$10,000 has been turned in to date on coupon book sales

Jim Eberly handed out a newspaper that was compiled by 5 clubs in the Hagerstown, MD area, suggested we look at it and think about doing s omething similar with the clubs in this vicinity

Foundation: A great program was given thanks to Carl

GSE: Bob Williams gave short report

Fellowship: Gary Brytczuk said that the annual picnic is scheduled for June 14, a Sunday. More information to follow.

District Conference: 4 days spent in the Cumberland, MD area. One of the highlights was the Youth Exchange Program. Also, our club won an “Honorable Mention” Award for our “per capita” donations towards the Polio Project.

An area business has donated $250 towards the “Polio Project” to be matched by club members

GSE team from Puerto Rico will be here June 9-12; the GSE cookout at Paul's hunting camp is June 9.

Attendance was 63% with 47 members.

Jim Eberly will be the assistant governor next year. We need a new fund raising chairman or to split the duties up

Scott Lamb was inducted as a new member. Yahoo!

Rotaract member, Matthew Letterman, a Junior in Information Technology, introduced his fellow Rotaract member, Peter Corralis, a Junior in Anthropology, and the 2 of them told of some of their projects.

They visit “The Oaks” retirement home in Pleasant Gap each Monday and interact with the residents. They have helped with the Red Cross Blood Drive and worked at the Relay for Life this past April 18 th .

Peter told of their International Project, “Concha” which is a program to fight Cerebral Palsy.

And, they will help with a 5-K race in September in conjunction with a Service Fraternity on campus.

Their website is: wwwclubs.psu.edu/rotaract or www.sc-rotary.org

Any donations to their club should be made out to” PSU Rotaract Club”.

Submitted by Kay Ward

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Reminders on makeup's:
All makeup's are good for credit toward meetings missed 14 days before or 14 days after the makeup. Makeup's made at other Rotary Club meetings also get a dues credit. Makeup's at service projects get attendance credit only. All makeup cards should be turned into the club secretary promptly. To find out where you can makeup, check the RI Club Directory, or District Web site.

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