Each Monday night the Rotary Club of Cohasset has a speaker.  Speakers may educate, entertain or present a mission that they wish to have funding for.  Tonight's speaker was comedian Eric Golub who entertains for a living then gives back by donating his time across the country by performing for non-profits like Rotary Clubs.  Thank you Eric for your entertainment traveling from the West Coast to Boston.

Every year the presiding District Governor (DG) visits every one of the 72 clubs in the district each year.  Our District covers the South Shore, Cape and Islands and Rhode Island, and our DG is Bill Tenant from the Braintree Club.  Tonight was our visit from the DG where our President Ed Fox present his club's plan to the Governor and the Cohasset Club hear from the Governor where Rotary would like us to focus, and be the inspiration in 2018-19.

President inducts and welcomes to our two newest members John Herth and Patrick Buchanan along with their sponsor Diane Herth.  John Herth is an architect as Sr. Director of Global Design and Construction Services at Dunkin Brands and Patrick Buchanan is a Stock Analyst at Fidelity in Boston.  We look forward to them being the inspiration through Rotary!

Ed Fox was installed as President July 9th for his July 2018-June 2017 term.  His President Elect is Nicole Roth, Treasurer Lisa Hewitt Dick and Secretary Mal McCunney.  Ed is no stranger to Rotary, in fact he has been a member of Cohasset Rotary Club for 33 years!  This is his second presidency having been president in the 90's.  The club is thrilled to have a year under his leadership.

Officer Reardon and new canine partner Einstein visited the Cohasset Rotary Club on Monday to introduce Cohasset’s newest working police dog, an eleven month old Belgian Malinois who trains daily with Officer Pat Reardon.

Trish Hart spoke about the importance of integrative wellness:  yoga, breath work, stress management and mind/body wellness.  She practices at MGH, Benson Henry Institute, Center for Integrative Wellness (Hingham), and various yoga centers.  http://www.trishhartyoga.com

Welcome to our newest Rotarians Lisa Capobianco & Irene Lord who manifest the qualities of head and heart to impart the message of Rotary with all they come in contact with!

Ray Riddle was one of four volunteers from Mission Honduras who attended our meeting tonight.  Rotarian Wayne Robbins has volunteered on five trips himself!

We are excited to meet tonight to discuss with Helen Blowers of Weymouth Rotary, Principal Carolyn Connolly, staff and students to create an Interact Club for the Middle-High School students where they will learn to fund and hold service project, expand their networks, foster international understanding, and deepen relationships with other Interactors whilel they all grow as leaders!

 

 

15 Lightkeepers Way, Cohasset. Dinner & Discussions 6:30-8PM

 

Judy and Gary Ritts have served the Appalachia community with thousands of students over 28 years.  The Appalachia Service Project (ASP) makes homes dryer, safer and warmer for the residents of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia and Kentucky.  Students (and leaders) donate 10 days from their work schedules to drive two days down and two days pack, sleep on gymnasium floors and shower in cold water to serve the poor communities who desperately need our love and building  skills to improve their living situations.  The families are carefully selected to receive new roofs, decks, wheelchair ramps, stairs, floors, plumbing, electrical... whatever they need to be warmer, safer and dryer.  Judy Ritts has taught sixth grade special education for decades in Cohasset and retired last year.  Rev. Gary Ritts will be preaching his last sermon next week after two decades at the Second Congregational Church of Cohasset.  they look forward to leaving in two weeks for their last trip to Appalachia as the head of the project, but fear not - they will continue in some aspect as volunteers with ASP.

Pictured with Judy Ritts are two of the high school students attending the trip this year.

The Class of 2016 has it ALL and it's only just the beginning. Congratulations to all the Rotarian Scholarship Recipients of 2016 (not all pictured): 
Samantha Campedelli, Joseph Cavanaro, John Donohue, Rebecca Fredey, Nicholas Hall, Micaela Herth, Shea Kearney, Sean Mavilia, Benjamin Moy, Luke O'Brien, Madison O'Neil, Julia Richardson, Emily Rosano, Megan Rosano, Dominic Sestitio, Caitlyn Shaffer, Christian Tabb, Maria Waters