WELCOME
Welcome to the Georgetown-Millsboro (DE) Rotary Club's web site. We're located in the center of Sussex County in the heart of DelMarVa (Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Peninsula), affectionately known as "Lower Slower" Delaware. For those living in the area or visiting, please consider joining us for lunch any Tuesday at the Sussex Pines Country Club, near Georgetown. Check out the speaker's schedule below or contact us for more information. Jan Fraipont, President
Announcements
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PDG Roger Update
Roger is now home and doing well. Thanks to everyone who visited, called or sent cards. Stephen Kasperski reported he talked to Roger by phone the morning of 8/24 and that he was in good spirits and able to talk. Additional information will be shared as it is available.
In Memoriam
With sadness we report the death of member Tammy Brittingham. Tammy fought the good fight as she courageously battled cancer for many years. She passed away on August 3rd. Her funeral service is private but a Celebration of Life Ceremony will be held on September 5th/2pm at Nassau Valley Vineyards. Details to follow. Contributions in memory of Tammy can be made to the Starrlight Foundation she founded via the Delaware Community Foundation. Contact member Hugh Leahy for assistance. There's a very nice tribute to Tammy on page 2 of the August 11th Sussex County Post.
We also mourn the death of PDG Ted Merrill. Ted served as Governor of District 7630 in 2005-06 and created and maintained the District web site.
Please include the families of Tammy and Ted in your prayers.
Coming Attractions
Golf Committee - August 31/11am
Club Endowment Committee - September 7/11am
Clayton Bunting Golf Classic - Rescheduled to September 8th/Sussex Pines
Rotary Leadership Institute - Sept 11/8:30am-5pm - Dove Pointe, Salisbury
Long Neck Rotary Charter Luncheon - Sept 12/1:15pm - Baywood
District Membership Seminar - Sept. 14/8:30am/Mapledale CC
The badly needed rain that fell on August 18th caused the course to be too wet for play on the 19th. The Clayton Bunting Golf Classic has been rescheduled for Wednesday, September 8th with a shotgun start at noon. Golf Chair Bud Clark invites all golfers to join us for a day of good food, fun and fellowship that will benefit the Sussex County Chapter of the American Red Cross and local Rotary projects. Please click here for a CBGC brochure that provides all of the details. If you would like to sponsor a Tee Sign please click the link or contact Carol Smith for more information. See you at Sussex Pines on Wednesday, September 8th.
Foursomes, Tee Sign Sponsors and Door Prizes are all still needed. Every member is asked to help secure two Tee signs and two door prizes.
New Club Credit Card
It is now possible to pay for meals, club dues, CBGC fees and just about anything else related to our club using the club's new credit card process that accepts Master Card, Visa and Discover. To make an online credit card payment go to: https://www.eprocessingnetwork.com/msc/index.pl Linda Price provides the following instructions: "Please choose "online terminal" and go Complete payment & customer information (it will help Ernie if you put a description) then click Submit - you can print a receipt or copy and past to your email." Please contact Linda if you have questions or need help (unless you're beyond help!).
Long Neck Club Update
Congratulation to the District's newest club as the 20th Charter Member was recruited at the August 5th meeting with Carl, Hugh and Dan present to witness history being made. Watch for details about the "official" chartering event. Congrats to PE Gene, PDG's Roger and Susan and everyone who helped make this new club possible. The Charter Luncheon will be on Sunday, September 12th at 1:15pm at Baywood. All Rotarians and friends are encouraged to attend.
Welcome
Our newest member is Chris Couch, the new director of the Georgetown Boys and Girls Club. Chris replaces member Buzz Matthews at the Georgetown facility as Buzz became the director of the Seaford Boys and Girls Club on July 1st. Additional details about Chris coming soon.
While not new to our club, we welcome back Wes Perkins. Wes served as club president for part of a year until an employment opportunity took him out of the area. Wes is back home and has rejoined us. He announced that he will be undergoing knee replacement surgery on both knees next week so please keep him in your prayers.
Please welcome Chris and welcome back Wes to our club.
Board Meeting Highlights
The Aug 17th meeting was called to order by Pres. Jan Fraipont. Thirteen officers and directors attended and one guest. Robin Parker's leave request was approved pending accounts receivable being made current. Chris Couch was approved as a new member. Treasurer Ernie Megee reported the status of "accounts receivable" has improved but a large amount is still outstanding. A $100 donation to the Starrlight Foundation was approved in memory of Tammy Brittingham. Pres. Jan shared a message from DG Don concerning the revision of club constitutions to add the fifth avenue of service - New Generations. The next Board meeting will be on Tuesday, September 16th at 8am in Lin Faucett's Board Room at Del Tech. Board meetings last about an hour, are open to all members and count as a meeting make-up.
Community Grants
Spring 2010 Grants - Four community organizations shared $5000 in the Spring 2010 Grants cycle. Sussex County Habitat for Humanity received $2000 and the following groups each received $1000, Lutheran Community Services for an emergency food program, Peoples Place for youth counseling and the Georgetown Boys and Girls Club for an after school homework assistance program. Pictured (l-r), Front row: Florence Davenport of Peoples Place and Jean Warren of Lutheran Community Services. Back row: President Bill Purnell, Kevin Gilmore, Sussex Habitat for Humanity, Buzz Matthews, Boys and Girls Club, Reid Beveridge, Grants Committee Chair and Ray Hopkins, immediate past Grants Committee Chair. Please click these links for the Grant Guidelines and Application to learn more.
College Scholarships
The Georgetown-Millsboro Rotary Club offers two $1000.00 scholarships to deserving high school seniors from the Georgetown-Millsboro area. Chandler Elmore of Sussex Tech and Lance Mears of Sussex Central were this year's recipients. Please click on Scholarship Guidelines and Application for more information or contact Scholarship Chair Dr. Carl Maschauer.
Thanks to Jason Bentley, our club has a Facebook page. To learn more go to: http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php#/pages/Georgetown-DE/Georgetown-Millsboro-Rotary-Club/362189010146?ref=ts If you have Facebook questions, please ask Jason (bentley@dtcc.edu) or Jennifer (jennifer.pavik@vernoncompany.com) our Facebook "experts".
MEETINGS
The club meets every Tuesday at noon at The Sussex Pines Country Club, 22480 Sussex Pines Road Georgetown, DE 19947 (302 856-3363)
Speakers - VP Jim Rasa coordinates our weekly speakers. Please contact Jim with speaker/program suggestions.
SPEAKER SCHEDULE
| DATE | Speaker | Topic | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
Aug 2 |
Pat Barnes |
The Grocery Club |
Jan Fraipont |
Aug 10 |
Sen Tom Carper |
Health Care |
Jim Rasa |
Aug 19 |
No Tuesday Meeting |
CBGC Golf Event |
Bud Clark |
Aug 24 |
John Yeager |
Mission of Hope |
Jim Rasa |
Aug 31 |
Pres Jan |
Club Assembly |
Pres Jan |
John Yeager presented a very interesting program on his Food for the Poor sponsored trip to Haiti a month prior to the devastating earthquake. Yeager, a pharmacist, said Haiti is an extremely poor country of nine million people with 80% of them living below the poverty level. He said the average Haitian family includes three to five children and that it is only possible, at best, to send one child to school as there is no public education. Yeager said Haiti is a beautiful Caribbean country that has great tourism potential if the nation is ever able to improve on its third world status. Jason Bentley won the 50/50 drawing and donated the proceeds to Food for the Poor. Bud Clark reported on the rescheduled CBGC and AG Dan reported on upcoming District events.
There was no meeting on August 17th due to the CBGC to have been held on 8/19 that has been rescheduled to Wednesday, September 8th.
The August 10th meeting was very busy with three presentations including reminders about the CBGC from Chair Bud Clark, Tee Sign Chair Carol Smith and Door Prize Chair Reid Beveridge. Every member was asked to help with two Tee Signs and two door prizes. We also heard about the Sussex County Heart Walk on October 2nd. Click Heart Walk for details. The main speaker was Senator Tom Carper who did a
commendable job of explaining the new federal health care bill. What could have been a contentious issue was not as Senator Carper deftly explained the ultimate purpose of the bill is to improve the level of care and reducing "defensive" medicine (unnecessary tests). Senator Carper is pictured left and at right with VP Jim Rasa and Pres Jan Fraipont.
Pat Barnes gave the club an update on the Grocery Club that received one of our community grants. The Grocery Club provides food to 25 needy families every month. Barnes said she hopes the Rotary funds will enable the Grocery Club to expand to 36 carefully screened families. Food is purchased from the Delaware Food Bank by the case and repackaged so that each family receives a
variety of items. A "Choice Table" of limited items gives the families an opportunity to choose favorite foods, often by the children. Pat shared a heartwarming story about a young boy who selected a cake for his birthday the following day. Linda Price won the 50/50 drawing and donated the money to the Grocery Club. In other business Pres. Jan encourage members to attend the Southern Sussex Rotary's Crab Feast on September 11th. AG Dan provided an update on the new Long Neck Club that is now within one member of chartering. Members were asked to continue working on recruiting foursomes for the CBGC and also Tee Sign sponsors and door prizes. Pat Barnes is pictured above right discussing the Grocery Club with Judy Dean.
President Jan conducted her first Club Assembly on July 27th. Reports were received by Bud Clark, Linda Price and Reid Beveridge about the Clayton Bunting Golf Classic and AG Dan Tabler about District events including the Membership Seminar on September 14th at Mapledale. The highlight was PDG Roger Clavette's recognition of Jan Fraipont and Terry Megee as our newest Paul Harris Fellows. Terry congratulated Paul Mylander on his fourth Paul Harris. Membership Chair Hugh Leahy provided a first reading on a 
prospective new member. State Senator Joe Booth provided a Legislative update. Pictured above left (l-r): Terry Megee, PDG Roger Clavette and President Jan Fraipont. State Senator Joe Booth is pictured right.
Paul Mylander introduced Beebe Hospital Administrator Jeffrey Fried who provided an update on the status of the hospital. Mr. Fried was very candid in his remarks concerning the problems the hospital has faced and is facing due to the Earl Bradley case. He expressed confidence that no one at Beebe had any knowledge of the inappropriate things Bradley was doing in his medical practice. Mr. Fried also presented some very positive things happening at Beebe including some excellent evaluations. In closing he said, "... our community will always need a hospital and Beebe will always be there."
Happy Birthday!
| Aug 4 | Marlene Elliott Brown | Aug 5 | Wes Perkins |
| Aug 9 | Vickie Croley | Aug 22 | Mike Johnson |
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