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For today’s meeting, Liz Paulus led the Pledge, and Connie Bunyard gave an invocation. Today was Patriots’ Day, a 9/11 day of remembrance. The winning raffle ticket was held by Jack Rosenberg, but he did not draw the Ace of Clubs. Our guest today was Augustine Tessier, the Rotary Youth Exchange student from France.
There were many Happy Bucks collected, including:
- Jim Schmidt, who was happy to have hiked 47 miles with his sons recently
- Lizzy Barron, who is traveling to Portugal to hike the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage
- Liz Paulus was happy to survive babysitting her three grandchildren
- Pam Cohen was happy to get 3 more volunteers to make chili for the Mesa West Experience
- Machel Considine told a story about her grandson, who likes Kindergarten except that he “has to listen”
- Deb Koeneman was happy to announce that she and Ed have a granddaughter on the way.
- Jack Rosenberg was happy that John Bunyard offered to donate a kidney but it turns out their blood types are not compatible
- Harry Grossman was happy that the Cardinals won!
- Warren Williamson was happy to tell his weekly joke
Announcements include the following:
- September 20 - Mesa West Experience
- September 25 - Jim Schmidt's official visit, new member induction, and a Rotary Builds Bridges graduation
- President Kayla Mudge exchanged banners with Augustine and presented her with pins for her RYE jacket.
The speaker today was Melinda Cadena, Executive Director for Angels on Patrol (AOP). AOP is a non-profit founded in 2009 by a Phoenix Police Lieutenant to address the gap that often occurs between crisis situations and the ability to refer persons to appropriate resources. AOP supports on-duty police officers 24 hours per day, every day of the year. The program helps during a crisis so that officers don’t spend their own money when the want to go beyond their call of duty and help people with food, clothing or other needs. The most common crisis is domestic violence and AOP can help bridge the gap between police intervention and longer term services.