The Meeting, Wednesday, May 22, 2013

President Keri Dobbs opened the meeting, Diane Brown said the pledge and Fred Danforth lead in the invocation Rual Perkins was the “mini-prize” winner, taking home $15, but drew the 8 of ♥’s. The “mega-prize” stands at $223. Guests were Diana Pedigo and Wally Wallace of Wallace Insurance. Wally is a member of the Weatherford Rotary club and Diana is considering membership in our club as she opens a new office here.  Welcome our guests!  Fred Danforth told us of an opportunity to donate to the Granbury Disaster Relief on the Rotary District 5790 website.                                                                 

Program Chair Gail Haterius, introduced Lisa Cox, the speaker for today’s program. Lisa is Vice President of Operations of Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail and spoke of implementing Junior Achievement in the Mineral Wells Independent School District. The program will begin here during the 2013-14 school year and is a world-wide program including the USA and over 100 other countries. There are presently 4,000,000 students in the program in the United States. “At Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail, we give young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices.” Use of corporate and community volunteers provide the additional manpower for the program.