Kristin Keller, Club President called the meeting to order
Ray Warco offered the prayer and led the pledge to the flag
 
Announcements:
August 30 is the last club meeting to be held at Palmera Inn and Suites.  We have been so fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet at this menu when we had to find a location when USCB had to close because of Covid.  We are grateful for all that the staff at Palmera have done for us.
 
September 6, Tuesday after Labor Day there is NO MEETING
 
September 13 we will be returning to USCB for our meeting.  We will be having the benefit of a great breakfast prepared on site and comfortable meeting area and state of the art presentation capabilities.  
 
Visiting dignitaries: District 7770 Governor Bob Gross, Area 4 Assistant Governor Mary Briggs, Past Area 4 Assistant Governor Dot Jeger
 
November 11 & 12 we have volunteer opportunities; The Island Rec Center is having an Oyster Festival and we can man some of the shifts to "work off" our debt to them.  We will man the beer truck and there are 2 shifts to cover.  Our pop corn wagon will also be at the event and we will need ten volunteers.  Watch for more information
 
Past President Lynn King collected Happy $$
John Farrenkopf gave us a cryptic string of numbers - but we must WAIT until our first meeting at USCB to find out the answer.  The numbers are:
86 68 27    45 81 36          Does anyone know what they mean?????
 
Speaker
AG Mary Briggs introduced our speaker
DG Bob Gross, bringing the message from RI to the clubs came to give us information about what is happening around the district and the world. He began with reminding us of the vision statement of Rotary:
He also talked about the theme of RI President Jennifer Jones.  "Imagine Rotary" The theme urges all Rotarians to "dream big and take action, uniting to work toward positive global changes".  President Jennifer encourages many "imagines" but "Imagine a world that deserves our best where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference" is inspiration to all of us. The 2022 Theme logo is significant:
The circle represents on mankind ; the seven dots are Rotary's seven areas of focus ( Peace and conflict prevention/resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, economic and community development, environment); the colors - purple for polio eradication, green for the environment, white for peace. 
DG Bob brought us up to date with polio efforts and statistics and that 20 million people did not get polio because of the efforts of Rotarians.  Clean water, another topic and the fact that in many countries you can not safely use water from the tap.  Our district has sponsored many water projects, including in Peru, Dominican Republic and Ghana.  The Rotary Foundation, our charity was another topic he covered, emphasizing that we get 1/2 back.  Foundation funds district grants, ambassadorial scholars, and exchange students, so he asked us to please meet our giving goal.  DG Bob also talked about how Rotarians are helping in Ukraine by using grants for fire engines and ambulances and contaminated water.  Shelter Boxes are tailored to specific needs and there have been 114 of them ear marked for Ukraine.  
He left us with several inspiring quotes, urged us to get involved and broaden our horizons and not to forget that his District Conference will be March 24 - 26 in Myrtle Beach.