BRIARCRIER
September
20, 2013 – Friday 12:15, The Briar's Restaurant, Briarcliff
Manor Rotary Club.
TODAY IN
HISTORY
1897:
The famous New York Sun editorial: "Yes, Virginia, there is a
Santa Claus."
MEETING
LEADER – President Anne Cargill
PLEDGE
– Anne Cargill PATRIOTIC SONG – Sy
Yuter PRAYER – Rev. Lee Carrozzi
HAPPY
THOUGHTS AND BUCKS: Dr. Bob Amsterdam, still looking for
replacement German Sheperd; Jeff Taylor, will be leaving October 1 to
manage a Wells Fargo bank in Ct.
GUESTS:
Pastor of Congregational Church Bonnie Rosborough, Patrick Hermance.
ROTARIANS
PRESENT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS - 22 Rotarians present. Magic
Masters basketball game six weeks from tonight.
SPEAKERS
AND SUBJECT – Pearl Peterson and Dr. Robert Berson re
Restorative Justice
SUMMARY
OF TALK
Pearl
Peterson, a former incarcerated woman, spoke about breaking the
chains of the past with a community enrichment program designed
to assist those with a criminal or troubled past to successfully
navigate through the systems they are required to go through in order
to be productive contributors to society. Compassionate guidance and
workshops are offered, like: goal setting, social skills, resume
writing, job search assistance, interview preparation, expunging
records, support groups, continuing education, self care, money
management and relationships. Dr. Berson continued with the
astonishing statistics on incarceration.
This
Friday at The Briar's Restaurant -- Dr. Vijiya Jain on
Nutrition
Elinor
Yuter, Reporter
Rachel
Leihbacher, Expediter
