VICKI BURCH - 11:00 to 11:30

JAN BLAU - 11:30 - NOON

BRYAN METZGER - 11:00 to 11:30

VICKI BURCH - 11:30 to NOON

RENEE FIGUEROA

• 5/5    Dr. Awadh Dubey, Cataract Surgeries in India
           and Nepal.
• 5/12  High School Scholarship/Citizenship Awards
           Luncheon
• 5/19  Community College Scholarship Awards
           Luncheon
• 5/26  Club Assembly and the 30th Anniversary of
           Rotary’s fight for Polio Elimination

♦ Pub Club will meet on Wednesday at 5:30 at Avidity.  All are welcome.

♦ Volunteers are needed for the Volunteer Expo, sponsored by Leadership Lafayette.  It is at the YWCA on May 7th from 4 – 7 p.m.  Sign up if you can help!

♦ Dues statements will be arriving soon.  They will offer more versatility for payment.  Next week there will be credit card readers at the meeting for those who wish to use that form of payment.

♦ The District Conference is May 1 & 2.  Several dynamic speakers are ready to share their ideas in a TED Talks style format.   The State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis is the location for two days like you’ve never seen before at a District Conference.   Early bird pricing has been extended, so register now.     Please let JANE know if you are going so we can carpool.

♦ Daybreak’s major fund raiser is Toast to Mental Health.  MATT SALISBURY invited us to join the fun on May 7th from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Trails.  Snacks and a beverage are included in the ticket price.

♦ JERRY COLE, who celebrated his 90th birthday last October, will be celebrating a life goal in a few weeks when he will be among 36 students from the Purdue Statewide Technology program at SIA who will receive their bachelor's degrees. The graduation ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 9, in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center at 10:00 am. A reception will follow at 10:45 am in Stewart Center room 306.

♦ A group of 15-20 Rotarians are invited to attend the ceremony, and others are invited to attend the reception to help honor JERRY and share your good wishes. If you are interested in attending the graduation ceremony and seeing JERRY receive his diploma, or if you want to come to the reception to help JERRY celebrate, let SUSAN  HYCHKA know - susanhychka@purdue.edu, 765-409-5496.

♦ SAM BIEDERSTEDT announced that on May 2nd, Tree Lafayette will celebrate Arbor Day by planting 70 trees at Jefferson High School.  Please volunteer.  Many hands make light work.

♦ CECIL BLIGNAUT would like help selling Raffle tickets at the luncheon meetings.  There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board.

♦ 50/50 Raffle:  The owner of the winning ticket was CATHY BARRON.  Unfortunately, the aces eluded her.  She received a one Dollar coin as consolation.