BRIARCRIER
March
21, 12:15, at The Briar's restaurant for the Briarcliff Manor Rotary
Club.
TODAY
IN HISTORY
March
20, 2014, Twitter celebrates its 8th Birthday.
MEETING
LEADER: President Anne Cargill (Computer says all caps from now on).
PLEDGE: ANNE
PATRIOTIC SONG: SY PRAYER: BISHOP JOHN
HAPPY
THOUGHTS: ANNE, HER GRANDSON IS SPEAKER; RICHARD, SPRING IS
HERE; KEN, WILL BE IN JAPAN NEXT WEEK; PLUS OTHERS NOT
CORRECTLY RECORDED.
ROTARIANS
PRESENT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: 19 ROTARIANS PRESENT. SY, NOT
ATTENDING APRIL 3 OR 4 MEETINGS BECAUSE WILL BE IN NYC ATTENDING
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL LAW COURSE. RACHEL, RE
NO CONTEST FOR VOTE FOR VILLAGE TRUSTEES; ERNIE RE PROBLEM WITH
MOTHER'S DAY EVENT; MEMBERS DECIDE TO SEND CURRENT ISSUE BACK TO
BOARD.
GUESTS:
NONE
SPEAKER
AND SUBJECT: BAILIE JONES ON TANZANIA
SUMMARY OF
TALK
BAILIE
JONES IS A BRIGHT WELL-SPOKEN JUNIOR AT BRONXVILLE HS. HE SPENT TWO
WEEKS LAST SUMMER AT A GIRL'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN TANZANIA. THESE
GIRLS ARE ORPHANS, POOR, SOME OF WHOM WERE LIVING ON THE STREETS. HE
DID MUSCULAR WORK LIKE MOVING ROCKS AND PUMPING WATER. HE TUTORED THE
GIRLS IN READING AND SCIENCE. HE TRIED TO DO FUN THINGS LIKE SOCCER.
THIS SCHOOL IS NEAR THE SECOND LARGEST LAKE IN THE WORLD. THEY DRINK
ITS WATER AFTER PURIFICATION. HE IS PROUD THAT HE COULD VOLUNTEER TO
TEACH SUCH A NEEDY GROUP. IT WAS A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE AND HE
PLANS TO RETURN NEXT SUMMER.
FRIDAY,
AT LUNCH, ELDERACT AT ATRIA BY PEARL BLAUSTEIN, PRES.
ELINOR
YUTER, REPORTER
RACHEL
LIEHBACHER, EXPEDITER
