Attendance:

9 out of 25 members attended.

 

Schedule:

See the Upcoming Events section on the left side of the Crete Rotary home page.  You may click on a specific event to get more details.

 

Feb. 17, 2016 – No meeting.  Instead, we will have a couple of work projects:

 

Monday, Feb. 15 & Thursday, Feb. 18 – Crete Elementary School Book Fair

Volunteers for Monday, Feb. 15:

6:00-7:15pm – Jack G, Mary G

7:15-8:30pm – Jack T, Jim F

Volunteers for Thursday, Feb. 18:

2:00-3:30pm – Alec E, Tom S

3:30-5:00pm – Cody V, Jim F

6:00-7:15pm – Chris D, Barb H

7:15 – 8:30pm – Jim J, Judy H

 

Saturday, Feb. 20 – Boy Scout Pancake Breakfast

7:00-9:00am – Chris D, Bob G, Jill M

9:00-11:00am – Jack G, Mary G, Jack T

 

Feb. 24, 2016 – Building homes in Guatemala with John Lothrop.

 

March 2, 2016 – Sarah Barg will discuss the College to Career Center at Doane.

 

Treasurer’s Report:

Checking:  $5,555 (plus $5,000 dedicated to Mary Howard’s memorial with R.I.)

Scholarship:  $5,273.78

Grants:  $10.39

 

 

Foundation Giving:

The Crete Rotary Club’s giving to The Rotary Foundation to date is $2,327 toward our goal of $2,500 ($100 per Rotarian).  We are 93% toward our goal.

 

Our giving for End Polio Now is $822, or 94% of our goal of $875 ($35 per Rotarian).

 

Executive Director Dan McElravy gave an update on the Chamber of Commerce activities.  These include:

1.      New Business Ribbon Cuttings

2.      Business After Hours Socials

3.      Quarterly Chamber Membership Meetings

4.      Easter Egg Hunt Promotion

5.      Chamber Golf Tournament

6.      Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center / Memorial Weekend BBQ

7.      July 4 Fireworks Display

8.      Great Pumpkin Festival

9.      Holiday Arts & Crafts Show

10. Breakfast with Santa

11. Holiday Promotion – Shop Crete First.