OUR PROGRAM THIS WEEK

Lauren Clouse

will speak about the Winchester Rescue Mis- sion and progress on the new facility.

WHAT’S COMING UP. . . .

Feb. 13 – ?

Feb. 27 – AWARDS NIGHT – No Noon Meeting Apr 3-6th – District Conference

ELECTION RESULTS

Paul Frank –    President Bob Hall – President-elect

Darcus Breneman – Secretary Dave Sweeney – Treasure

New Board Members

congratulations to Larry Weiss, Trey Kern, Jean Barch and Donna Parrish on your election to the Board and thank you for agreeing to lead our club.

Winchester Charitable Foundation Board, Three Term Vacancies Elected:

Scott Arthur Kerri Burkhart Steve Parrish

OUR PROGRAM LAST WEEK

Don Louque of the Membership Committee led us in a fun get-to-know-other called the “Never Have I Ever” game. It was a series of questions put out to the group that were fun and allowed us to know each other a little better.

We found out who in the club had accidentally started a fire (it turns out we have a lot of pyro-

technics), who had escaped or entered a property through the window, who had saved another person’s life, who had fallen out of a moving boat, gone to a psychic reading and been to a haunted location. Fun game and we did learn more about each other.

Thank you Don!

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW BEFORE THEY RUN OUT!

Contact Rebekah DesMarais

at rebekah.desmarais@gmail.com

OUR NEWEST MEMBERS

Bruce Downing and Christine Kriz are our latest members to be sworn into the club. Welcome!

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS GRANT PROJECT

Tootie thanked all the helpers!

You have all been wonderful at volunteering for the Soup Kitchen Food Preparation at the Knights of Columbus Club! Thank you, but our mission is not completed. We still need help to support this ongoing project. Everyone I talked to enjoyed their time helping prepare the food for the frozen meals that the Knights send out in the weekly food deliveries they make.

We are staffing on Tuesday mornings from 9:30 to 2:00. Help- ing Chef Maggie Peterson with meal preparation for the frozen meals that are delivered along with the groceries by the delivery teams each week. They are currently delivered to over 100 families and these nutritious meals are very popular and appreciated by the families.

So to continue staffing the sous’ chef help for Chef Maggie Pe- terson, Kit Redner has created a Signup Genius where you can sign up to volunteer. See the link below. If you did not know your schedule when I sent around the clipboard at our meeting today, were not able to make the meeting or were on Zoom, here is your opportunity to help.

Thank you and remember we can not all do great things, but we can do small things with great love. This is a way to make a big difference in a small way. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B45A8AF22A4FBCE9-   54305202-knights#/

OR Contact Tootie Rinker at: tootie1222@gmail.com

NEW WEBSITE

Our new club website is up and running thanks to Angie Housman for your good work and be sure to check it out.

FEBRUARY SERVICE PROJECT – WINCHESTER RESCUE MISSION!

In order to help our community deal with the problem of home- lessness, our club will designate the WRM as this month’s service project. Our own Rotarian member, Lauren Clouse, who is speaking at our noon meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6th, will bring us up to date on the progress that WRM has made with their new facility and the challenges that they face on a daily basis. Our Club will support WRM’s efforts by helping to stock their shelves with needed items for their general operation.

A flyer will be on the lunch tables with a list of these items. Please take one and each week bring in something else on the list to donate to support this wonderful local mission that makes such an exceptional impact on our community. Start this Thurs- day by bringing in one or more of the following:

Paper goods

Paper towels          Toilet paper

Paper plates          Napkins

Paper cups            Plastic Cutlery (Knives, forks, spoons)

Cleaners

Fabulso Floor Cleaner

Concentrated Lysol hard surface cleaner Cleaning & Sanitizing Wipes

Trash Bags (13 / 33 / 55 Gallon – Black) Windex

High Efficiency Laundry Detergent (must be labeled “HE”) If you have any questions, contact Jean Barch at 540-247-8402 or barchfam@comcast.net.

HEALTH REPORT

>>Ridge White has recovered enough from his broken fibula and stomach issue that he was able to at- tend our meeting, although he still cannot drive.

>>Darcus Breneman’s husband Aaron is home after a successful ablation procedure and is doing well.

>>Gary Chrisman is scheduled for a triple heart bypass at Inova Hospital later this month.

HEALTH TIP

January is Thyroid Awareness Month. Our Thy- roids are located at the base of our throats, and we mostly don’t think about them unless there is a problem. One problem can be a goiter. A goiter is an enlarged thyroid and is caused by a lack of iodine in our bodies. You can avoid that by eating eggs, beans, and sweet potatoes – all of which are rich sources of iodine.

BLUE RIDGE HOSPICE  –  Volunteers Needed!

Blue Ridge Hospice volunteers are some of the most important members of their team. Thrift shop volunteers are needed to assist with receiving, sorting, tagging, and displaying donated items.

Hours are flexible: daytime and evenings, weekdays and weekends. This is a perfect opportunity for parents to volunteer with their teenagers or for retirees. For more information, contact them at: 540-313-9200 or Info@blueridgehospice.org.