This week's speaker was Kathleen Corcoran who finally delivered her classification speech. Kathleen is the Director of Institutional Giving for the Peabody Essex Museum.
Kathleen began her speech by noting the words "Serve to Change" statement from Rotary and how she aims to create positive change in her work. She traced her story back to her time at Clarke University where she was training to become a classical guitarist. She had opportunities to travel often, such as a trip to Barcelona where she shared a picture from Casa Beethoven. She also went to Oxford where she studied and was given access to the famous library collections there. Kathleen then headed to Arizona for her graduate studies where she taught elementary school kids how to play guitar and became a production assistant at the Arizona Opera Company.
This experience led her to Worcester where she wrote grants for Summers World. The program did lose its funding in 1988, so Kathleen joined the development team at the Worcester Art Museum. She helped coordinate funding at a Community Health Center in the Worcester area as well. While she did move on to Tufts University, Kathleen quickly found that she missed the arts so she jumped at the opportunity to work at the Peabody Essex Museum.
In her personal life, Kathleen had toured as a musician but no longer does. She met her husband seven years ago. Welcome aboard Kathleen!
Hopefully you have sold your Calendars! Gerrit Bradley asked for members to bring their Calendar stubs back along with ONE CHECK made out to the Rotary Club of Salem. Stubs and checks can also be given to Rich Eisner. Bill Henning is hoping to bill Rotarians who have not yet paid very soon!
John Hall gave a presentation on the history of the Four Way Test. Apparently the story began with an insolvent company that was set to be taken over by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932. Taylor developed the Four Way Test as a way to identify the best potential hires and to guide employees to improve themselves. The Four Way Test was adopted by Rotary in 1940. By the way, the company was saved and paid off its considerable debts. The goal of the test is moral excellence, and it guides us towards happier and more successful lives. Next week's presenter is To Be Determined
The pot crossed $1000! Marie Cardillo pulled both cards this week and there were no winners!
Guests and Visiting Rotarians
Jack the A/V Superstar was in attendance, along with Gerrit Bradley's sister Jessica. Linsey Wood, a prospective Rotarian, was the guest of Ryan Guilmartin.
YOURS IN SERVICE
There are a couple of upcoming service opportunities of sorts coming up. First is the Polar Plunge which will be taking place in April. We fully expect more plungers than usual due to the later plunging date. Get yourself ready or prepare your checkbook! Second, we were able to haggle four tickets to the Citizens Inn Gala and Action which will be taking place on March 11. Please let Jason Consalvo or Bill Henning know if you are interested by February 28. No need to report this to Ryan Guilmartin or Adria Duijvesteijn.
ROTARIAN NEWS
Jason Consalvo was elated to report that he forgave his final PPP loan and no longer wants to hear another triple P in his life.
Bruce Whear had to drop his morning chores to have a chat with his eldest son about life lessons. I am unsure which adjective to use to describe this talk.
Kristen Armstrong is always right, just ask her husband. She bought him a snow blower back in 2016, and he finally used it and admitted his preference for it.
Tim Clarke seemed relaxed after his delays in getting down to Key West. He even Zoomed in to Rotary from outside of the house to prove how much better the weather is in southern Florida!
John Hall gave us an update on his fundraising efforts after surpassing an $8 million goal. Perhaps the Salem Rotary should put him to good use...
Adria Duijvesteijn was perhaps too excited to announce that Dry January has ended.
Liz Bradt continues her run of unique family updates as she let us know that she is headed to Maine to visit her daughter who just returned from a dog mushing expedition as snowmobile support.
Upcoming events
Cooking with Julie
February 4 at 6 pm on Zoom
Turn simple grocery store ingredients into restaurant-worthy dishes with former Salem Rotarian Juli Lederhaus. Juli will walk us through an Italian inspired menu that uses ingredients you likely have in your home and can be a meal in minutes for a busy weeknight. A grocery list, recipes, and wine selections will be sent out beforehand. The cost is $50 and a portion of the proceeds will go to the wonderful people at the Salem Pantry.
Rotary Auction
May 20, 2022
Please make note of the date change. The hope is that the later date will increase attendance.
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