Scuttlebutt March 27, 2022
This week we are coming back home with Tyler Earp and his Eagle Scout Project in Marblehead. We have had recent input about Madagascar, Ukraine, and the refugees from Afghanistan. This week we will discuss this Eagle Scout project here in Marblehead.
As Bob E. mentioned we need all hands-on deck at our meetings and for our upcoming yard sale. Last week when we had Lis Horowitz talk with us about welcoming Afghan refugees to the north shore, we had just 8 members on-site and 4 on zoom. I am not sure how we can keep asking speakers to come to our meetings to share their expertise and passions if we, as members, do not come. Coming soon we will have a speaker drive an hour to our meeting. I hope that ALL of our members will be there in-person or on zoom.
Below is a listing of the committees for our upcoming yard sale. ALL of us need to participate both by joining a committee and collecting items that can be sold.
COMMITTEE OUTLINE – RCOMH YARD SALE – SAT. MAY 14, 8-1; SUN. MAY 15 12-4
Home of Jessica and Andy Barnett, 217 HUMPHREY ST.
What Committee(s) Will I Be Signing Up For?
LOGISTICS: Minimum 4 volunteers needed – Bob Erbetta, Ch.
- Friday 5/13 – afternoon at St. Stephen’s 67 Cornell Rd. after Nursery School lets out for the day, meet Betsy Ganglani at the church to pick up and load tables, deliver and set up in Barnetts’ back yard
- Need a truck and strong backs
- Tables are rugged plastic, 6’ and 8’ long; Barnetts have chairs for table attendants
- Trash buckets w/plastic liners at strategic locations
- Need to solicit loans of tarps for overnight covering 5/13 and 5/14 (BSA?)
- Sunday 5/14 4:00, return tables to St. Stephen’s
- Sunday 5/14 or Monday 5/15 deliver left over items to Swap Shop, Magic Hat or Savers
SORTING, ORGANIZING, PRICING – Linda D. and Jessica, Co-Chairs + need 2-3 volunteers each day, 5/10-5/12, time tbd (Donations may be pre-priced by donators if desired-stickers/tags sent)
- Donations will be sorted by type and stored in different rooms inside the home
STAFFING/SCHEDULING, 2 HR. SHIFTS, 5/14 and 5/15 – NEEDS A COMMITTEE CHAIR, PREFERABLY WITH SPREADSHEET CAPABILITY, PLUS 2 VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE REMINDER CALLS
- Contacting members who haven’t signed up and contacting ElderAct president Linda Maffeo for integrating ElderAct volunteers into the schedule
- Publishing the schedule once it’s finalized to club members and ElderAct
- Will need coverage for at least 12 tables + front porch coverage (1 person covering 2 tables and 1-2 people for porch? Humphrey St. walkway will be blocked off – foot traffic into the sale via Ruby Ave.)
SNACK SHACK AND BEVERAGE TABLE – NEEDS A COMMITTEE CHAIR + 6 OTHER VOLUNTEERS
- Price out pre-packaged finger foods and juice boxes/canned sodas/iced tea (BJ’s? or COSTCO?), paper napkins and obtain funds from our treasurer (all paid receipts to Linda D.)
- Purchase ice cubes; Barnetts have ice chests
- Price sign for table
- Check with Dept. of Health for any regs that might apply to yard sales
CASHIERS FOR CHECKOUT – 2 HR. SHIFTS, 2 AT ALL TIMES, ENTRANCE/EXIT TABLE AT RUBY AVE. SIDE
- Obtain start-up cash from treasurer; bring a calculator (Each entrant will be given a slip that they will have filled out by the Rotarian attendant at each table from which they select mdse.; slip will be brought for totaling and payment to cashiers upon exiting.)
PUBLICITY – NEEDS A CHAIR + ?
- Multimedia releases: M’head Reporter, Swampscott Reporter, Salem News, Lynn Item, Beverly Times, Club’s Facebook Page, Instagram, Members’ FB pages, Discover Marblehead, MHTV calendar, Church and Synagogues’ newsletters, etc.
- Signage – Rotary Wheel and Banner (currently in storage at Dolibers’) for front of Barnett’s home; balloons for both Humphrey St. and Ruby Ave. sides of the home
- Rotary Collages (easels – if more than one, at driveway entrance, scattered at strategic locations around the property - Theme “What will your purchase today support?” (Lots of info and photographs at www.rotary.org!) Note: Cashiers’ table will also have our Invitation to Our Club pamphlets and other info about Rotary.
Final note.…committee signups will be at our March 29 meeting. Emphasis must be on every member, whether or not you’ve been to meetings lately, actively participating in some way. There are lots of opportunities to contribute prior to the day if you already have committed to another endeavor on 5/14 or 5/15. To continue the club’s good work, every dollar raised after expenses will enable us to address community and international needs.
Jessica 781-639-0624 (jdharbar@comcast.net)
From our District web site: The Gloucester Rotary will hold its annual
Polar Plunge on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at 11am at the Cape Ann Motor Inn on Long Beach, located at 33 Rockport Road in Gloucester. The event is part of Rotary International’s ongoing campaign to eradicate Polio in our lifetime.
This year the
District Assembly will be in-person at the Four Points Sheraton in Wakefield on Wednesday, April 27 beginning at 6pm.
Rotary International President-Elect Jennifer Jones recently addressed all our Rotary Club Presidents-Elect at the Northeast PETS (President Elect Training Seminar) in early March. Her powerful speech referenced her presidential theme - Imagine Rotary - and also related a story from her first few days in the RI PE office in Evanston and the power of connections across the Rotary world.
Her message is not only inspiring for Presidents-Elect, but for all Rotarians. You can now watch her speech and the following Q&A here:
https://youtu.be/Aur2YZXoRNI
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