President-Elect Andy Bradford opened the meeting, Dick Myren gave an Invocation, and Harry Grossman led the Pledge of Allegiance. John Pennypacker led the club to sing the Rotary Four-Way Test. Today’s guests included Jack Rosenberg’s childhood friend, Steve, Kelly (John Benedick’s daughter), Trevor Johnson (a prospective member), Faith Johnson (outbound RYE), and Steph (inbound RYE from Romania).
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Erica McBeth won today’s raffle. However, she did not draw the Ace of Clubs, so the large pot carries over.
Next, John Bunyard collected Happy Bucks:
- Kelly Benedict was happy to be here today
- Dick Myren was happy to contribute for himself, Don Labarge, and Rod Daniels
- Harry Grossman was unhappy to report that he cannot wear his red shoes yet this Cardinals’ season
- John Benedict was happy that his daughter was here today
- Jack Rosenberg was happy to donate towards Polio Plus in honor of his 72nd birthday
- Chuck Flint was happy to be back after missing a couple of meetings
- Barbara Glenn was happy to see an entire table of retired old men eating out (ROMEO’s)
- Erica McBeth was happy to donate her raffle winnings
- Don LaBarge was happy to be here
- Andy Bradford was happy to be expecting his second grandchild
- Pam Cohen was happy that RYE participants were here today
Announcements:
- Aug 20 - Feed My Starving Children service project next Thursday eve instead of the regular lunch meeting
- Sept 12 – Love My City service project to support the City of Mesa
Today’s speaker was Erica McBeth who became a member of Mesa West Rotary Club about a year ago. She is taking over the McKinney-Vento/Rotary Builds Bridges program from Colleen and is a Board member. She presented information about her project to author a book entitled “52 New Friends”, where she met and had conversations with one new person each week for a year. The project began in 2017 after she had been struggling with several issues, including depression. Within several months of starting this project, she felt better. All proceeds from the book go to suicide prevention. She used what she learned to help others and to build her marketing business.
