Dear Rotarians and Friends,
 
This past Wednesday evening a majority of our Club members met at St. Luke’s Church in
Lakewood to package up all of the items we procured to support our project for the “Children
Of The Dump” in Nicaragua.  We packaged about 70 “Shoe Boxes” containing clothing,
hygiene, school supplies and fun items for boys and girls.  We also packed up “Layettes”
for new mothers and babies.  This project would not happen without the efforts of Bill Gaydos
and his wife Jayne.  Jayne gets credit for being the real driver behind our success, from the
organization of bulk shopping, right through to the packaging.  Not to be overlooked are our
special shoppers: Todd, Tim, Carol, Gordon and Bob that helped with the bulk purchases.
Our Club supplies about 10% of all the goods sent to this deserving cause.  Thank you all
for your individual contributions and efforts.  We are a better Club for doing this each year.
 
This coming Wednesday we will not have a morning meeting, but instead, we will gather at Ken & Kathy
Haber’s home at 17897 Lake Rd., Lakewood, at 6:00 PM, for a Club Social.  Ken and Kathy
will provide beer, wine, pop and appetizers and a lovely back yard setting.  We will also be
drawing the winner of the 50/50 cash raffle and the winner of the Broestl & Wallis Fine Jewelers
necklace they so generously donated.  Please RSVP to Ken if you have not already done so. 
Thank you Ken and Kathy for your hospitality.
 
As a reminder, we have a Board Meeting, Monday, August 7th, at 6:00 PM, at the Lakewood
Library in the basement meeting room.  Please make every effort to attend.  Let’s all continue
our work at “Making A  Difference”.  
      
Chuck,
440-463-1100