June 26, 2026/ Volume 38, No. 34
 

GO Ducks

This week we'll beef up all our ducks to participate and win in The Great Duck Race

 

MEETING LOCATION

 

GREEN'S FARMS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

71 Hillandale Rd

Westport

 

CAN’T BE THERE? JOIN VIA ZOOM

 

ZOOM LINK - CLICK HERE

Come for coffee and breakfast at 7:00am. 

The meeting will start at 7:30am.  

Meeting Opener: Mike Hibbard

Greeters: Tim Wetmore, Ruth Summers

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($100 annual)

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The Club Calendar is at the end of this newsletter. Please refer to it to see the meeting schedule, social events and more. It will be updated when speakers and events are added.



The updated Greeters and Openers schedule is also near the end of the newsletter, so please check to see if you are on there!

Friday Meeting - June 12

Club Assembly    

The Westport Sunrise Rotary

 

Board of Directors

2026-2027

 

President: Jim Ezzes

Immediate Past President: Mark Soboslai

President Elect:  Joe Scordato

Treasurer: Katie Augustyn

Secretary TBD

At Large Members: Ted Freedman

                                Aimee Monroy-Smith

                                Mukesh Kumar

                               

 

Committee Chairs:

Charitable Giving: Yvonne Senturia

Youth Services: Thomas Engelke

Membership: Liz Wong

Fellowship/Social: Alma Sarelli

Fundraising: Bruce Paul

International: Ken Bernhard

Hands On: Rob Hauck/ Bruce Fritz

Sunshine: George Masumian

Speakers: Steve Chin

Peace: Dennis Wong

Doug shared his experience of coping with the death of his mother-in-law

Ken was the jokester.

Tim and Ruth were the greeters.

A check for $692 was presented to Homes With Hope, the total of cash we collected at the EPIC Day of Service food drive in May. 
Pictured, L-R: Peter Helt, President of the Westport Rotary Club, Katharine Murray, Homes With Hope, Rob Hauck, WSR, Helen McAlinden and Paris Looney, Homes With Hope

Helen McAlinden thanked Rob Hauck for his amazing service as chair of our Hands-on Service committee.

Tim Wetmore, Ruth Summers and Bruce Paul looked splendid in their pink WSR attire!

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Sunny at Jesup Green
Duck Race Ticket Sales at GFC Block Party

GUESTS LAST MEETING:

Helen McAlinden and Katharine Murray, Homes With Hope

Peter Helt, President of the Westport Rotary club

Craig Grannan, Westport Rotary

 

GILLESPIE CENTER COOKING / SERVING SCHEDULE

 

One of our club’s ongoing and rewarding commitments to community service is our commitment to serving dinner meals on the first Saturday of each month at the Gillespie Center here in Westport.   

 

We are back to serving meals at the newly renovated Gillespie Center. We have the option to drop off prepared meals at 4:30 PM or to bring meals to serve in person at 4:40 PM (allow extra time if the meals need to be reheated). Meal service should include a main dish, side dish, vegetable, and dessert (no nuts or shellfish please). The number of meals to provide, currently 25, will be confirmed to you to in advance when it is your turn to serve.

 

If you choose to drop off prepared meals at 4:30 PM you have the option to prepare homemade meals, purchase prepared meals at the store/restaurant of your choice, or you can contact Fresh Market on the Post Road in Westport where you can purchase prepared meals (protein, two sides and cookies for $7 - $10 per meal). If you choose the Fresh Market option call Tory at 203 227-2910 on the Monday prior to your meal service to place your order. You can pay for the meals when you pick them up.

 

If you are unable to work on your assigned Saturday you will be responsible to call other Rotarians on the list to switch dates.

 

Thank you for your service,

Bruce Fritz

bufritz@gmail.com

203-247-1099

 

Meal Servers Schedule
July 4, 2026    BBQ

August 1, 2026 Ted Freedman, Eric Zielinski

September 5, 2026 Mark Soboslai, Liz Wong

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Join Date
Mark Soboslai
August 11, 2017
9 years
 
Jim Wong
August 19, 2022
4 years
 
Sam Gault
August 19, 2022
4 years
 
Vincent Penna
August 19, 2022
4 years
 

MEETING OPENERS SCHEDULE           

 

June          5      Wong D.

                  12    Robinson

                  19    Mandell

                  26    Hibbard

 

July           10    Masumian

                  17    Kumar

                  24    Hauck

 

GREETERS SCHEDULE

June              Wetmore; Summers

July                Chin; Kaufman

August           Keblish; Fairborne

September     Mathias; Nair

October         Paul; Plomnski

November     Haberstroh; Sarelli

December     Robinson; Mullen

 

 

2026

 

June

5: Craig Adler, HomeBridge Ventures

12: Club Assembly

19: High School students from Bridge Academy

26: Duck Race Prep

27: Great Duck Race

 

July

3: No meeting

10: Xanadu High School Mentoring, Michael Ma

17: Mosaic Senior Life, Jeff Gell

24: Star Inc., Ramona MacIntyre

31: No meeting

 

                

 President: Mark Soboslai

President-Elect: Jim Ezzes

Immediate Past President: Katie Augustyn

Treasurer: Rachelle Norzelus

Secretary: Joe Scordato

At Large Members: Ted Freedman, Bruce Paul

Committee Chairs:

Charitable Giving: Jeff Kaufman

Youth Services: Thomas Engelke

Membership: Liz Wong

Fellowship/Social: Alma Sarelli

Fundraising: Kendy Jean-Baptiste, Mukesh Kumar

International: Ken Bernhard

Hands On: Rob Hauck, Bruce Fritz

Sunshine: George Masumian

Public Image/Speakers: Ron Holtz

Peace: Dennis Wong

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