In attendance this morning were Blaise, Phil, Dave, Emily, Lon Penna, Rita, Derek, District Governor John Eaton, and prospective new member Ravi. We were very pleased with the great turnout for our program this morning, thank you all for coming!
A little buisness got taken care of after the bell, pledge and invocation by Derek. There was a fire on Fillmore Ave in Niskayuna destroying a home yesterday morning. the club decided a pancake breakfast owuld be a nice fundraiser to help out the Alesandrini family. The date is tentativley scheduled for November 13th, 2009, a Saturday at the Immanuel Luthern Church in Niskayuna. Wmily will reach out to the homeowners before proceeding with ticket printing and selling.
Rita spoke to the group about her time at RLI this weekend, she brought up some great things that she learned about the foundation, as well as the inverse pyramid and the whole structure of Rotary.
Blankets for Babies is coming along well. Emily has a lead on a venue for a 24 hour sew-a-thon. Shipping is $1.65 per blanket and we ship in large quantities. Jorge will contact John Eaton to see what we can do about district funding.
Our highlight of our morning was however, our speaker!! Phillip Morris, CEO of Proctors joined us this morning. It was very interesting and informative and we all send our thank yous to him for joining us. He explained how Proctor’s is reaching out the community through programs he developed called The Third Way and the Ambassadors Program which helps bring together people of different backgrounds from weekly chess games to city mission residents working at shows to help people cross the street and welcome the guests. He also explained to us about how theater is not really a money making business, the cost andthe expense of bringing in big shows like Wicked and the Phantom of the Opera and how the financing actually works. He also mentioned someting that was really interesting, Proctor’s has its own power plant in the building that heats itself and multiple surrounding buildings!! How cool! It was great insight into a landmark in Schenectady and a center of the community itself. Thank you again Mr. Phillip Morris.
Lastly, a reminder that next tuesday night, November 3rd is the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake clubs fundraiser, the Apple Pie Festival, it is taking place at Burnt Hills High School and tickets are $5 each for anyone who would like to attend.
Happy Tuesday!