Feb 3 2010

Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo

Minutes of 2-3-10 meeting

President Ginny Barr called the meeting to order.    Barry Johns gave the invocation.    “Health and Happiness” was led by Jacqueline Kleynenberg.   Rotarian Jeanette Coulter and her husband, Jerry will be celebrating their 30^th wedding anniversary this week and Chris Spearman and his wife will also be celebrating their anniversary.   John Lafond, District representative, recognized Ben Herritage for becoming a member of the Bequest Society for his generous donation to the Permanent Fund.  Maria Hargrave gave her classification speech.

  Judy Johnson reminded members of the upcoming “Pins for Polio” tournament scheduled for Saturday, February 27 from 2-5 at Anchor Lanes.  Team sponsors and bowlers are needed and 100% member participation is being requested.  Brochures for the “Tour de Lake” Bicycle rally were distributed along with sponsor forms.  Team leaders of the “tour de Lake” were asked to stay for a meeting immediately following this morning’s meeting.

Representative Nathan Ballentine introduced the guest speaker.  Mary Louise Resch, Government Relations and grant Specialist from Harvest Hope Food Bank gave an excellent presentation.  Her organization serves 20 counties in South Carolina and is the largest Food Bank in SC.  In 2009 the Harvest Hope Food Bank served 725,567 families in need which was a 76% increase since 2008.  This number represented 3,158,487 individuals which was also a 144% increase compared to last year.

Judy Johnson, President elect

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