Events

Vermont Close Up Magic!

Transition/end of life doula.

Allie Schachter will update the club on the 2025 season and other initiatives at the Flynn.

Liz Bernier will speak on the work and initiatives of the Vermont Council on World Affairs.

Molly Gray will speak to our club about the work of the Vermont Afghan Alliance.

Tino Rutanhira will speak about the organization and mission of the Vermont Professionals of Color.

Carol has decades of experience educating children, working with families, and building community. In 2009 she co-founded Common Roots centered on food education, food security and land stewardship. In 1982 she co-founded Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity the 52nd affiliate in the US. Carol is passionate about supporting food education, food equity, and leaving a vibrant food system for future generations.

Today, she will be talking about the purchase land adjacent to our South Village Farm on Spear Street.

Denise Vignoe will speak to our club about the work of the Howard Center.

Sergio is originally from the Dominican Republic and owns an engineering business here in Vermont.  According to Sergio, The Dominican Republic has deepened by commitment to community service.  Through my entrepreneurial endeavors, I want to make a positive impact on the community.

He will be giving a classification talk to introduce himself to the club.

Rotary member Eric von Wettberg, UVM Ass Professor Plant & Soil Science will present Doomsday Seed Vault program.

On this Halloween we are happy to have Jason Smiley talk to us about the Eddy file from Chittenden Vermont.  Jason is an Eddy Family Historian and has been researching the Eddy Brothers for more than a decade. There are many misconceptions about the Eddy family and plenty of false information out there that keeps getting retold. My goal is to bring to light the facts of the story.  More at his website.

More than 500 Afghans have resettled in Vermont, the largest per capita population of resettled Afghans in the country. And we’re proud to be part of helping this incredible community thrive.

The Alliance provides basic services, and connects Afghans to state and local service providers. The Alliance also helps preserve cultural traditions and connects the growing community through celebrations and community gatherings.

.Molly Gray will speak about the Afghan Resettlement efforts in Vermont.

SOUTH BURLINGTON ROTARY
BOARD MEETING
November 8,2024 at 7:15 AM
In Person, Delta Hotel dining at Duke’s Public House, Williston Rd. 05403

CLUB AGENDA
President’s remarks – Nina Borden  

• Club Assembly 2025.
• Leadership succession: President Elect 2025-6, Treasurer
• November, budget review (EOY prep)
• HSYMNKAM 2 minutes at weekly meeting

Secretary’s Report – Lynda Camire

• Approve club meeting minutes:
• October, done online?

Financial Report – Kathy LaCross, Kyle Nicholls

• Approve club treasurer’s report

COMMITTEE

• Club Service – Penrose Jackson
• Membership—Penne Tomkins
• Corporate membership suggestions
• Rotary survey (Visioning, Penrose, Penne)
• Communications—Tom O’Keefe
• PC software (TechSoup)
• Speaker Programs—Nancy Simson

Other Business: 

CHARITIES AGENDA
President’s remarks – Nina Borden

• Plans for 2024-25 - fundraising and spending.
• Ugly Sweater

Secretary’s Report – Lynda Camire

• Approve charities meeting minutes

Financial Report – Kathy LaCross, Kyle Nicholls 

• Approve charities treasurer’s report(s)  

COMMITTEES
Youth Services – PJ and Charlie Lawrence 

• Dictionary Project update
• Other projects

Community Services - Rich Berger

• TREX project survey

International and Foundation– Eric Bishop-von Wettberg and Alganesh Michael 

• Foundation month
• Polio Donations

FUNDRAISERS

• Curling—JW, MSK Update
• Eritrean Dinner--Alganesh Update

Next Board meeting Dec 13 (Friday 2)

November is ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH.  Libby Camire will provide the South Burlington Rotary Foundation Committee update.

Fed up with pumping in bathrooms and borrowed spaces—Mamava’s co-founders, Sascha Mayer and Christine Dodson, applied their decades of expertise in design and brand strategy to solve a problem that was largely invisible: the lack of lactation spaces in workplaces and public spaces.