PRESIDENT ROB asked us to keep the following in our thoughts and prayers: BOB BROCK, ROY WHISTLER, REX KEPLER, and the family and friends of RAY KAVANAUGH, who died this week.

DENNIS WEIDENAAR introduced members celebrating birthdays in October and announced that this generous group contributed $1,500 to the Foundations.

Jayne Feathers introduced Matt Rhoda and provided some facts to help us understand the situation worldwide and here in the United States. Worldwide over 10,000,000 children die annually from malnutrition and hunger. In the USA 1 in 10 children (over 12 Million) is at risk of malnutrition and hunger. One half of the kids in Tippecanoe County (5,300) are living at or below the poverty level.

Matt Rhoda, Principal, also added to those statistics. 70% of the kid at his school (480) qualify for free or reduced meals and book rental. 80 children are in the food back pack program to help make sure they don't go hungry during the weekend. Matt also told about the home lives of some of the children and the massive uphill battle they have on a daily basis.

Matt also asked for volunteers for the Miami Mentor program: 20 minutes, two times a week to help the children who need good role model in their lives. Matt was also helped by Debbie Gutwein in his presentation.

MIKE PIGGOTT introduced Hilde Thayer and Robby Stewart from McCutcheon High School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the Four-Way Test to commemorate meeting with us today.

Kathy Bunder (FF), Kim Motuliak (FF), Ed Boes (FF), Matt Rhoda - Miami School (speaker), Debbie Gutwein - Miami School, Courtney McClure (PAYLESS), Jill Ingrum (PAYLESS), Dick Pracht (Produce Provider), Susan Foresman University Inn - Produce Provider), Grayce Lechtenberg (Guest Of CHRISTA KECK), Ed Langston & Brian Bittner (Guest of BECKY ROBLEDO), Peter Bunder (Guest of LETA KELLEY), Carol Galbraith (Guest - and Wife of ROB), Lyle Thompson (Guest of MIKE PIGGOTT), Jung Koh - (Ambassadorial Scholar), Nelson DeLavergne (Guest of OSCAR HOPKINS).

Money collection: MARTHA CHISCON & PAUL POST; Invocation: JIM HOBBS Song Leader: BOB VERPLANK; Help with attendance and facilitating a smooth meeting: JO WADE and TOM MORAN; Help with Ripples: RICHARD BARTHOLOMEW and BILL FULLER.

PRESIDENT ROB'S THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

For every one of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out. The light doesn't always necessarily have to be in your family; for me it was teachers and school."

Oprah Winfrey.

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