Byesville Rotary kicks off Xmas Food Basket fundraising with Red Eye Bus Tour to NYC

Reading for next meeting: September Rotarian--
"Conspicuous Consumption," p. 27 and "I (Mis) Behaved," p. 30.

Events:
September 12--Chicken BBQ
September 19--Ribs, Wine and Cheese Tasting at Rich Dairs
November 6-8--Red Eye Bus Tour to NYC

Ms. Jeffries answered club member questions about the club’s most recent project—a bus tour to New York City. She encouraged club members to let people know about the trip and to sell tickets. Funds raised by this project will be used to support the club’s Christmas Food Basket program.

The bus tour is scheduled just in time for the start of Christmas shopping. The bus will leave Byesville on the evening of Friday, November 6, at 9:00pm from the Stop Nine Church. Travelers are encouraged to bring pillows and blankets so they can sleep comfortably on the bus. Saturday morning, the bus will stop so that travelers can change clothes and get breakfast.

Tour participants will be dropped off at Rockefeller Center about 8:00am, Saturday morning. They will have all day to do anything they want—shop, visit Chinatown, see a Broadway show, visit Central Park or the Statue of Liberty. Handouts with information about where to go and how to get there will be provided. Tour members will meet back at Rockefeller Center at 8:00pm to get back on the bus. The tour should arrive back in Byesville around 7:00am Sunday, November 8.

Tickets are $95 for the trip. A deposit of $50 is due by September 15 to reserve seats. The deposit and the trip total are non-refundable. Byesville Rotary member, Tanya Hitchens, is coordinating the ticket sales. She can be contacted at 581-2099 or jjhitchens@yahoo.com to reserve a seat.

In other business, the club is planning a chicken BBQ on September 12 at the gazebo in the center of Byesville. The Meadowbrook High School Interact Club will be helping cook and sell the chickens. Club members voted to support the Masonic Lodge Learning Center Golf Outing by sponsoring a hole.

The club’s next meeting will be 7:30 am, September 8, 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. More information about the Byesville Rotary can be found at: www.Byesvillerotary.blogspot.com