Rotary District 6690 Governor visits Byesville Rotary

Pictured: Dr. Rom Gowande, District 6690 Governor, Sushi Gowande, Athens Rotary Member, and Phyliss Jeffries, Byesville Rotary President.

Readings for August 18: August Rotarian, “In the midst of the Great Depression,” p. 4, and “World Roundup,” pp. 14-15.

New fund raiser: Red Eye Bus to NYC—Nov. 6-7, $95 per seat; plans are to sell enough seats to reserve 2 buses; if all seats are sold—profit to club = $3416. Call Tanya Hitchens to reserve a seat. Invite all your friends, family and business associates to purchase a ticket.

The Byesville Rotary Club welcomed District 6690 Governor Rom Gawande, his wife and fellow Rotary member Sushi Gawande, and Assistant District Governor, Shane Pyle to their Tuesday morning meeting. Breakfast was catered by the Byesville Village Market.
The District Governor recognized the Byesville Rotary for the club’s participation in local community service projects and in the Rotary Foundation. He stated that he believed that part of the Rotary’s Club success was choosing projects that touch club member’s hearts.

The Governor was impressed with the number of projects the Byesville Rotary undertook to give back to the community. These projects included reducing hunger by providing annual Christmas Food Baskets to between 225-50 families in the Meadowbrook school district and supporting literacy by awarding 3-4 scholarships to Meadowbrook high school students and giving dictionaries to every third grader in the school district. Additionally, the club sponsors and Interact service club at Meadowbrook High School and works with SEORMC to provide a low cost health screening to community members.

Club members are reminded that the club will be holding a chicken BBQ on Saturday, August 22, at the gazebo at the corner of 2ed and Main in Byesville. Club members also began work on a new project—a bus trip to New York City scheduled for November 6-7. Members of the community interested in going on this shopping/sightseeing trip are welcome to contact Tanya Hitchens, 740-732-7483, for more information.

The club’s next meeting will be 7:30 am, August 18, at the Stop Nine Senior Center at 60313 (GPS use 60299) Southgate Road, Byesville. Anyone interested in learning more about the Byesville Rotary can call Membership Chairs Marty Patchen, 740-685-3828, or Larry Miller, 740-439-2767.