President Jim rang the bell at 7:15 a.m.

Pledge of Allegiance: Lynn proudly led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Prayer: Chet led us in a thoughtful prayer this week.

Late Fines: Tom, Deb, Chris & Maila

Jack went through the Ripley Believe or not calendar and did have this… "A restaurant in San Francisco, Calif., called "Casa Sanchez" offers free lunches for Life to anyone who will sit and be tattooed with the restaurants logo!"

Tom had a $ for his house closing and that it went well however the house still needs to be fixed and he had to rent a sprayer to paint his shutters.

Rick had a $ for he didn’t check if there was any birthdays or anniversaries on the list and stated something about a school…St. Joseph’s!

Veronica had a good luck $ for the Multi Service Dinner tonight….

Chris had a miss $ for last weeks meeting because the public health dept. had a 2 ½ day survey and it went very well!

Jay had a $ for he is taking his 2 grandchildren to the Grand Canyon and will be walking on the sky view….

Barbara had a thank goodness $ for the dinner tonight and stated that Anita won a raffle….

Tony had a $ for next week for he and his wife are watching their 2 grandchildren while his son and wife go on a cruise…they have done this before and I’m sure they will both be in bed at 8 with them!!

Doug had a $ for he found his golf balls from last week’s snow….

Merrilyn had a thank goodness $ for she is feeling better and glad she didn’t get seriously hurt when she slipped off the desk while taking pictures of a house!

Craig had a $ for he attended his 1^st BOD meeting and didn’t realize that everyone attended yesterday morning…thought it was a small gathering!

Lynn had a $ for her new job she started and didn’t realize the humbling effect it had on her. She also got another call with another job so we shall see, its good to be back this morning…she did so make-ups however this is home! And asked "Deb, why are you late this morning?" Brian does have his license but due to the weather Deb felt safer driving him….

Monique had a happy $ to be here….

Maila had a happy $ for she is trying to go away this weekend to the Berkshires due to the weather because last month she had to cancel due to the weather!

Mickey had a good luck $ for the Multi Service Dinner tonight!

Sett had a happy $ for his whole family was up from Alabama to celebrate his birthday and had a sad $ for Chuck because he would like to have lobster however with the shortage and the expense on them now….I don’t know!

Donna had a leave early $ b’c she has to bring her daughter to school this morning…

President Jim had a $ for his grandson who is doing great however his immune system is very low and cannot be exposed to daycare, etc. so Karen will be the nanny for him from July-September and that means Karen will be back and forth to fulfill her duties up here….

Raffle: #50 was a winner for Toby who pulled a five for $5.00…CONGRATS!!

Program: I am going to keep some things on the bulletin that is important listed below:

Speaker: We had a club forum this morning and Rotary moment with Rick whom he handed out a Rotary organizational chart to everyone to show the different levels and connections. President Jim stated 15 people were at the BOD meeting this past Wednesday and below I have captured areas of discussion:

• BOD voted and approved a $1000 donation to Toby’s daughter who is attending University of Vermont as a med student and will be traveling to Kashmir for 4 weeks in June so then can educate the people especially the women and children on health issues….
• Annual Mother’s Day Flower Sale on May 12^th sign-up sheet being passed around…
• Tony informed of us the Johnny Appleseed Lawn Festival on May 19^th from 10-2…all welcome!
• October 6, 2007 Mystic, CT their club zone 31 is having a luncheon and International President Wilf Wilkinson will be speaking…sign-up sheet being passed around.
• Laws of Life Project – Nick has raised $2245 with his goal being $3200
• RYLA – applications are being submitted to the Fitchburg/Leominster high schools looking for 2 students…Tony, Rich, Toby and Gina are on this committee.
• Fitchburg Club may be doing a Worcester Tornadoes bus trip – show of hands of interest….
• New Membership – Deb stated we have 2 out of 3 for potential members.
• Looking for a slogan of the collection of books for the elderly that Nancy is doing…Tony suggested another Duck Tour this year?? Nancy??
• Fundraisers – we are looking for service projects that our club can be involved in, let President Jim or President Elect Donna know…
• Membership Book – being finalized, next week will be proofing by all individuals…
• Golf Tournament – looking for items, donations, giveaways

Adjourned Meeting: 8:19

Respectfully submitted,