50-50 RAFFLE
Pot Size: $682.00 There were no winners this week.
CALENDAR RAFFLE
SOLD BY: Nicholas Helides
SOLD TO: Nicholas Helides
VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS
Leanne Schild brought her daughter, Maria, and her sister, Rose.
Bernadette Butterfield from Groom Construction was a guest.
Nichole McLaughlin was a guest.
FINES AND RECOGNITIONS
Jason Consalvo stayed home relaxing while his wife and kids went to see Disney on Ice. Then he decided to spend some quality time with his son, and was so caught up in the excitement of being able to video and sled simultaneously, he missed the bump and had to catch his son with his feet.
Liz Bradt picked up a $500 Gift Card from Tri-City for the auction.
Nichole McLaughlin celebrated her daughter’s visit from Arizona.
Chris Casey spent the weekend in Baltimore visiting his son and watching his lacrosse game.
Gerrit Bradley gave his bird update – a red finch was spotted at Swampscott Middle School.
This Friday is Dutch Drinks at the Hawthorne Tavern from 4:30-6pm.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLUB BUSINESS
Jason welcomed Nichole McLaughlin to the Club.
Calendar money is due. If your name is on the list, you will be invoiced within the next 2 weeks.
Thursday, February 28th, there will be a World Peace and Understanding dinner. The topic is housing.
May 30th is the Senior Prom.
The annual Rotary auction will be held April 5th. Beverly Bank and North Shore Bank were our first sponsors!
New member orientation guides will be published utilizing a grant we received.
Please remember to "Like" us on Facebook!
BIRTHDAYS 
Happy birthday to:
Adria Duijvesteijn - February 9th
Rich Eisner - February 11th
Jeff Schribman - February 19th
Rocky Pelletier - February 29th!
SPEAKER OF THE WEEK
Leanne Schild gave her Classification Speech.
Leanne is originally from St. Paul, Minnesota where she grew up on a farm. She grew up in the 80s, and is truly an 80s girl. She even had a girl band!
She loves theater, and went to the College of St. Benedict .
In 1989, she spent 8 years studying International Relations abroad in Salzburg, Austria.
She won a full scholarship to Fulbright in Vienna. She also met her husband, a foreigner, while studying abroad.
Her greatest accomplishment was being there in 1989 watching the fall of the Berlin Wall, which was the beginning of the end of Communism.
Leanne was in Bosnia in 1995 for the signing of the Bosnian peace treaty.
She volunteered in Sarajevo, and met her best friend. She was inspired by her friend to continue her studies in education.
Leanne was stationed in New York during 911 working for EF Education, and then transferred to Boston.
She came to Salem in 1999, and has two children, a set of twins ( a boy and a girl). She worked part-time at the PEM Museum while her children were young.
She is the co-founder of Salem Education Foundation.
Leanne is currently employed by the Plummer Home for Boys now known as the Plummer Home for Promise.
NEXT WEEK'S SPEAKER
Some upcoming meetings will feature:
3/5/19 - Bill Henning and Thomas will speak
3/12/19 - Committee meetings
3/19/19 - Introduction to SeaGrass – Chip Tuttle will be the speaker
4/30/19 - Joint meeting with the Salem Chamber of Commerce - Senator Joan Lovely will be the speaker