Success

May 1, 2007

Hi Tim,

We did it! The 13 Annual Haverhill Rotary Auction was a huge success! Everyone worked extremely hard to create an auction that raised over $40,000. The team work and camaraderie that was shown along the way was incredible. I am so proud to be a member of the Haverhill Rotary Club. Thanks to co-chairs Sheryl and Julian and all our committee chairs. There are so many people who did very specific jobs and then some. Everyone had their hand in one thing or another to help out whether it was securing donations and/or items, selling tickets, distributing posters, working the phone bank, setting up, or cashing out! I appreciate everything everyone did. Thank you!

I attended a Rotary Youth Exchange Officers Meeting on Sunday, April 29th. It was great. Most may remember a few months ago Haverhill Rotary agreed to sponsor an out going exchange student. We are now learning more about sponsoring an incoming exchange student. Last November Jackie Banister, RYE Chairperson visited Haverhill along with a current exchange student from Venezuela. Their presentation was inspiring. The Rotary Youth Exchange is a wonderful program for Haverhill Rotary to participate in. I am currently lining folks up to take a role in the Youth Exchange. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact me.

Until next time,
Darlene

Here 'N There

Congratulations to all for the success of both auctions. We will benefit many deserving local charities.

Back from the South are Hy DerBogosian, Dean Benedict and Greg Stark. Winter's over!

Kudos to President Darlene Beal who was awarded the Haverhill Bar Association's Liberty Bell Award for her distinguished community service, which includes her international efforts on behalf of Rotary.

Get well wishes to Greg Laing, Haverhill Public Library's Special Collections Director who is at Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital.

Experience teaches only the teachable.

Charlie Boule is Corvairless as it has gone to a new owner in Andover.

Program Highlights

President Darlene gave us an abbreviated presentation of her Rotary trip to Dehli, India. The Rotary project was to distribute polio vaccine in clinics in Old Dehli, and actually administer the oral vaccine to children below five years of age.

The traveling Rotarian worked with local Rotarians to contact and vaccinate as many children as possible on National Immunization Day.

There was also a water sanitation project in the village of Chalhauka that Darlene helped on. It was a busy, productive experience for the traveling Rotarians. Truly service above self.

Darlene related two instances of chance meetings with Indian Rotarians on the basis of both parties wearing their Rotary pins.

Dressing Up Our Auction

Great Job Sheryl.

Dates to Remember May 18-20 - RYLA

Speakers:

May 3 - Lynn Murphy; Community Art Mural Project
May 10 - Kay Spofford
May 17 - HHS Classical Academy
May 24 - Dexter Mead; Veterans' Memorabilia
May 31 - Barbara Hildt; Youth Empowerment Program